Michael Smith: Norfolk Year List 2022 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 246 of 246 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 04/02/2022 Blakeney 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 07/01/2022 Whitlingham 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 6 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 01/01/2022 Buckenham Marshes 7 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 01/01/2022 Buckenham Marshes 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 07/01/2022 Ludham Airfield 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 07/01/2022 Ludham Airfield 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 01/04/2022 Santon Downham 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 21/03/2022 Strumpshaw Fen 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2022 Buckenham Marshes 21 Teal Anas crecca 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 13/12/2022 Ormesby Broad 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 16/11/2022 Ormesby Broad Pair 25 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 24/11/2022 Filby Broad 26 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 27 Scaup Aythya marila 18/01/2022 Holkham Park 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 06/01/2022 Holkham 29 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 11/02/2022 Holkham 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 24/01/2022 Burnham Overy 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2022 Filby Broad 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 13/12/2022 Ormesby Broad 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 23/02/2022 Ormesby Little Broad 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 06/01/2022 Holkham 37 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 38 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 39 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 24/05/2022 Buxton Heath 40 Swift Apus apus 10/05/2022 Snettisham 41 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 25/04/2022 Dersingham 42 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 05/01/2022 Holkham Feral 43 Stock Dove Columba oenas 44 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 45 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 10/05/2022 Snettisham 46 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 47 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 12/01/2022 Titchwell 48 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 04/09/2022 Cantley 49 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 50 Coot Fulica atra 51 Crane Grus grus 07/01/2022 Thurne 16 52 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 53 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/01/2022 Ormesby Little Broad 54 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 55 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 14/10/2022 Holme 56 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 02/01/2022 Pentney Gp 57 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 01/04/2022 Wheeting Heath 58 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 59 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 10/05/2022 Hickling 60 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 05/01/2022 Titchwell 61 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 62 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 63 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 25/04/2022 Thornham 64 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 65 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 24/03/2022 Titchwell 66 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 67 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 23/05/2022 Hickling 68 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18/04/2022 Snettisham 69 Curlew Numenius arquata 70 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2022 Titchwell 71 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 72 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 19/10/2022 Cley 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 21/09/2022 Cley 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2022 Brundall 75 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 76 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 21/09/2022 Salthouse 77 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/05/2022 Hickling 78 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 09/06/2022 Titchwell 79 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 29/03/2022 Potter Heigham 80 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/04/2022 Thornham 81 Redshank Tringa totanus 82 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 24/07/2022 Titchwell 83 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 02/02/2022 Titchwell 84 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 23/01/2022 Thornham 85 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 86 Knot Calidris canutus 87 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/01/2022 Holkham 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 27/05/2022 Cley 89 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 18/04/2022 Titchwell 90 Sanderling Calidris alba 91 Dunlin Calidris alpina 92 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 06/01/2022 Sheringham 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta 23/01/2022 Snettisham 94 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 08/08/2022 Cley 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 27/05/2022 Cley 96 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 23/05/2022 Hickling 97 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 26/04/2022 Whitlingham 98 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 12/04/2022 Barton Broad 99 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 04/04/2022 Cley 100 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 08/04/2022 Barton Broad 101 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 11/02/2022 Holkham 102 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 103 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 10/01/2022 Gt Yarmouth 104 Common Gull Larus canus 105 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 02/01/2022 East Wretham Heath 106 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 107 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 02/01/2022 East Wretham Heath 108 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 109 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 110 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 06/01/2022 Cley 111 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 05/09/2022 Weybourne 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 31/08/2022 Horsey 113 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 16/11/2022 Salthouse 114 Puffin Fratercula arctica 15/11/2022 Salthouse 115 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 02/11/2022 Cley 116 Razorbill Alca torda 21/09/2022 Salthouse 117 Little Auk Alle alle 24/11/2022 Waxham 118 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 26/09/2022 Sheringham 119 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 120 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 09/11/2022 Holkham 121 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 02/01/2022 Pentney Gp 122 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 12/01/2022 Hunstanton 123 Gannet Morus bassanus 04/04/2022 Cley 124 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 125 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2022 Whitlingham 126 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 21/02/2022 Rockland 127 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 11/02/2022 Holkham 128 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 23/02/2022 Barton Broad 129 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 24/07/2022 Cley 130 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 131 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 01/01/2022 Martham 132 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2022 Martham 133 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 134 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 12/09/2022 Sparham Pools 2 135 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 29/06/2022 Swanton Novers 136 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 05/01/2022 Spixworth 137 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 07/02/2022 Swanton Novers 138 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 139 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/01/2022 Stalham 140 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 29/12/2022 Wareham Greens 141 Red Kite Milvus milvus 05/01/2022 Burnham Norton 142 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 23/01/2022 Holkham Park 143 Buzzard Buteo buteo 144 Barn Owl Tyto alba 07/01/2022 Spixworth 145 Little Owl Athene noctua 05/01/2022 Cockthorpe 146 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 29/12/2022 Glandford 147 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 10/01/2022 Winterton 4 148 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 14/03/2022 Lynford Arboretum 149 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/01/2022 Holkham Park 150 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 17/06/2022 Trimingham 151 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 17/01/2022 Brecks 152 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 153 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 23/01/2022 Spixworth 154 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 155 Merlin Falco columbarius 12/01/2022 Stiffkey 156 Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/05/2022 Hickling 157 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 10/01/2022 Cantley 158 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 10/01/2022 Hellesdon 159 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 04/04/2022 Sparham 160 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 28/05/2022 Horsham St Faiths 161 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio ********** ********** 162 Jay Garrulus glandarius 163 Magpie Pica pica 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 31/07/2022 Warham 168 Raven Corvus corax 18/01/2022 Holkham Park 169 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 06/01/2022 Holkham Flyover 170 Coal Tit Periparus ater 171 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 172 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 173 Great Tit Parus major 174 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 12/01/2022 Titchwell 175 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/01/2022 Cockley Cley 176 Skylark Alauda arvensis 177 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 18/01/2022 Holkham 178 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 08/03/2022 West Runton 179 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/04/2022 Salhouse 180 Swallow Hirundo rustica 11/04/2022 Spixworth 181 House Martin Delichon urbicum 25/04/2022 Burnham Norton 182 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/01/2022 Burnham Norton 183 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 184 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 30/11/2022 Brancaster 185 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 26/09/2022 Walsey Hills 186 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 11/04/2022 Stiffkey Fen 187 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 12/04/2022 Barton Broad 188 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 05/01/2022 Titchwell 189 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 23/05/2022 Snettisham 190 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 15/04/2022 Hickling Broad 191 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 26/04/2022 Whitlingham 192 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 18/04/2022 Snettisham 193 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 08/04/2022 Barton Broad 194 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/05/2022 Kelling Heath 195 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 12/09/2022 Kelling Water Meadows 196 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 18/04/2022 Snettisham 197 Whitethroat Curruca communis 18/04/2022 Snettisham 198 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 24/01/2022 Kelling Heath 199 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 12/01/2022 Holkham Park 200 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 201 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 202 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 203 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 204 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 205 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 206 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2022 Garden 207 Redwing Turdus iliacus 208 Blackbird Turdus merula 209 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2022 Reepham 210 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 28/03/2022 Kelling Heath 211 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 26/05/2022 Wymondham 212 Robin Erithacus rubecula 213 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 05/09/2022 Wells Woods 214 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/03/2022 Weybourne 215 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 05/09/2022 Weybourne 216 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 31/08/2022 Horsey 217 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2022 Lynford 218 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/03/2022 Weybourne 219 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 31/10/2022 Cley 220 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 10/01/2022 Winterton 221 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 222 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 31/10/2022 Blakeney Point 223 Dunnock Prunella modularis 224 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 18/04/2022 Snettisham 225 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 24/01/2022 Wiveton 226 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 227 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 228 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/04/2022 Dersingham 229 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 05/01/2022 Titchwell 230 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/01/2022 Holkham 231 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 232 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 02/01/2022 Lynford 233 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 17/01/2022 Lynford Arboretum 234 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 07/02/2022 Sparham Pools 235 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 236 Twite Linaria flavirostris 15/11/2022 Salthouse 237 Linnet Linaria cannabina 238 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 03/10/2022 Wells Woods 239 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/03/2022 Ranworth Broad 240 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 241 Siskin Spinus spinus 242 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 06/01/2022 Holkham 243 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 24/03/2022 Choseley 244 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 02/01/2022 Lynford 245 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 22/03/2022 Kelling Heath 246 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus