Brian Smith: Norfolk Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 228 of 228 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 06/01/2020 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/01/2020 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/01/2020 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/01/2020 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 05/01/2020 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 05/01/2020 West Somerton 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 05/01/2020 Cantley 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/01/2020 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 13/01/2020 Ludham 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 13/01/2020 Ludham 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/01/2020 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/01/2020 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 27/01/2020 Whitlingham C.P. 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20/03/2020 Holme 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 06/01/2020 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 06/01/2020 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 06/01/2020 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/01/2020 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20/01/2020 20 Teal Anas crecca 06/01/2020 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 06/01/2020 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 26/10/2020 Holkham Hall Lake 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 06/01/2020 24 Scaup Aythya marila 02/02/2020 Hickling Broad 25 Eider Somateria mollissima 10/11/2020 26 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 20/01/2020 Holkham 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 20/01/2020 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/01/2020 Ormseby Broad 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 13/01/2020 30 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/03/2020 Blickling 31 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 06/01/2020 32 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 20/01/2020 Holkham 33 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 05/01/2020 34 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/01/2020 35 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 18/05/2020 Dersingham Bog 36 Swift Apus apus 04/05/2020 37 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 15/05/2020 38 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 06/01/2020 39 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/01/2020 40 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2020 41 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 26/07/2020 Snettisham 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 05/01/2020 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20/01/2020 Titchwell 44 Corncrake Crex crex 23/05/2020 Thorpe Marsh 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 13/01/2020 46 Coot Fulica atra 06/01/2020 47 Crane Grus grus 05/01/2020 Billockby 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2020 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/12/2020 Malthouse Broad 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 06/01/2020 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 26/01/2020 Wroxham Broad 52 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 06/01/2020 Holkham Park 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2020 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 20/01/2020 Titchwell 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 06/01/2020 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 20/01/2020 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 06/01/2020 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 04/05/2020 Whitlingham C.P. 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/01/2020 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 13/05/2020 Cley 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 06/01/2020 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/01/2020 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 20/01/2020 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 20/01/2020 Titchwell 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 06/01/2020 66 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 27/09/2020 Kelling W.M. 67 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 06/07/2020 Cley 68 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/07/2020 69 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/06/2020 70 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 13/05/2020 Wells 71 Redshank Tringa totanus 06/01/2020 72 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 15/09/2020 Runham 73 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 06/01/2020 Thornham 74 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/06/2020 75 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 06/01/2020 76 Knot Calidris canutus 20/01/2020 77 Ruff Calidris pugnax 05/01/2020 Cantley 78 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 30/08/2020 Cley 79 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 13/05/2020 Wells 80 Sanderling Calidris alba 06/01/2020 81 Dunlin Calidris alpina 06/01/2020 82 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 21/01/2020 West Runton 83 Little Stint Calidris minuta 10/08/2020 Titchwell 84 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 13/09/2020 Dickleburgh Moor 85 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 13/05/2020 86 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 08/06/2020 Potter Heigham 87 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 05/09/2020 Cantley B.F. 88 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/10/2020 Kelling W.M. 89 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 04/05/2020 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 13/05/2020 91 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 22/06/2020 Cley 92 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 30/08/2020 93 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2020 94 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 26/01/2020 Great Yarmouth 95 Common Gull Larus canus 05/01/2020 96 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 06/01/2020 Sheringham 97 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 05/01/2020 98 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 20/12/2020 Wensum Park Norwich 99 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 05/01/2020 100 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 27/01/2020 101 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 02/12/2020 Winterton 102 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 30/08/2020 Sheringham 103 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 16/08/2020 104 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 30/08/2020 105 Razorbill Alca torda 14/10/2020 106 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 17/02/2020 107 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 06/01/2020 108 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 26/11/2020 Holkham 109 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 10/11/2020 Holkham 110 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 20/01/2020 111 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/02/2020 112 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 05/01/2020 113 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 11/10/2020 Martham Ferry 114 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 13/05/2020 Cley 115 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 31/05/2020 Hickling 116 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 06/01/2020 117 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 13/01/2020 Halvergate 118 Great White Egret Ardea alba 05/01/2020 Horsey 119 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 05/01/2020 120 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 13/01/2020 121 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 23/01/2020 Brecks 122 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 06/01/2020 123 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 21/01/2020 Stiffkey 124 Red Kite Milvus milvus 06/01/2020 125 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 06/01/2020 Wells 126 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/01/2020 127 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/01/2020 128 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/01/2020 Cockthorpe 129 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 20/01/2020 Burnham Overy 130 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 23/01/2020 131 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 27/01/2020 132 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 13/01/2020 133 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 20/01/2020 134 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 02/01/2020 135 Merlin Falco columbarius 21/01/2020 Stiffkey 136 Hobby Falco subbuteo 16/05/2020 Buckenham Marshes 137 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/01/2020 Cantley 138 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 27/01/2020 Hellesdon 139 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 05/09/2020 Waxham 140 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 18/09/2020 Warham Greens 141 Jay Garrulus glandarius 06/01/2020 142 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2020 143 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 05/01/2020 144 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2020 145 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2020 146 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 02/02/2020 Horsey 147 Raven Corvus corax 23/01/2020 Brecks 148 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 20/03/2020 Salthouse 149 Coal Tit Periparus ater 06/01/2020 150 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 06/01/2020 151 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2020 152 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2020 153 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 13/05/2020 154 Woodlark Lullula arborea 23/01/2020 Lynford 155 Skylark Alauda arvensis 15/01/2020 156 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 20/01/2020 Holkham 157 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 02/05/2020 158 Swallow Hirundo rustica 18/04/2020 159 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2020 160 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 17/02/2020 161 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 06/01/2020 162 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 04/10/2020 Wells 163 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/10/2020 Waxham 164 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 19/10/2020 Weybourne 165 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 04/05/2020 166 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 17/02/2020 Holt 167 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 04/05/2020 168 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 07/06/2020 Beeston Bump 169 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 04/05/2020 170 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 15/06/2020 Walsey Hills 171 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 15/06/2020 Thorpe Marshes 172 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18/05/2020 Dersingham Bog 173 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 07/04/2020 174 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2020 175 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 16/10/2020 Holkham 176 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2020 177 Whitethroat Curruca communis 25/04/2020 178 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 22/06/2020 Kelling Heath 179 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2020 180 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 06/01/2020 181 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 23/01/2020 182 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 06/01/2020 183 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 03/01/2020 184 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 12/01/2020 185 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 05/01/2020 186 Redwing Turdus iliacus 21/01/2020 187 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2020 188 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2020 189 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 14/10/2020 Warham Greens 190 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 191 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/05/2020 Wymondham 192 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2020 193 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 20/09/2020 Wells 194 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 16/08/2020 Brancaster 195 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 15/10/2020 Waxham 196 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 21/01/2020 Cley 197 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 26/05/2020 East Wretham Heath 198 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 13/05/2020 Burnham Norton 199 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 16/10/2020 Holkham 200 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 21/01/2020 201 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 13/05/2020 Cley 202 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 05/01/2020 Eccles-on-Sea 203 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 18/05/2020 Flitcham 204 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 05/01/2020 205 Dunnock Prunella modularis 02/01/2020 206 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 03/08/2020 Cley 207 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 06/01/2020 Sedgeford 208 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 17/02/2020 Holt 209 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 06/01/2020 210 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 13/01/2020 211 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 26/05/2020 Brecks 212 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 17/02/2020 Titchwell 213 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/01/2020 Thornham 214 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2020 215 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/01/2020 Lynford 216 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 23/01/2020 Lynford 217 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 06/01/2020 218 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 13/01/2020 219 Twite Linaria flavirostris 06/01/2020 Thornham 220 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2020 221 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/09/2020 222 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 26/07/2020 Lynford 223 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 02/01/2020 224 Siskin Spinus spinus 13/01/2020 225 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 02/12/2020 Happisburgh 226 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 20/01/2020 Holkham 227 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/03/2020 228 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 13/01/2020