James Anderson: Suffolk Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 244 of 244 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 07/02/2016 North Warren 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 05/11/2010 minsmere 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 25/02/2012 Minsmere 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 05/11/2010 Minsmere 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 07/02/2016 North Warren 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 24/12/2014 North Warren Also, 5 seen at Hollesley Marshes 04/01/20. 3 seen at Lakenheath 15/02/2023 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 07/02/2016 North Warren Also, 20+ at Holleseley Marshes 04/01/20 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 05/11/2010 Minsmere 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/11/2010 Minsmere 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 19/02/2011 Blythburgh 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 05/11/2010 Minsmere 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 05/11/2010 Minsmere 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 24/01/2016 Christchurch park 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 16/03/2014 Minsmere 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 05/11/2010 Minsmere 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 05/11/2010 Minsmere 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 05/11/2010 Minsmere 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 05/11/2010 Minsmere 19 Pintail Anas acuta 20/05/2010 Minsmere 20 Teal Anas crecca 25/02/2012 Minsmere 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 07/02/2016 Blythburgh Also seen at Herringfleet 05/03/19 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 08/06/2013 Minsmere 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 05/11/2010 Minsmere 24 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 09/07/2011 Minsmere 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 05/11/2010 Minsmere 26 Scaup Aythya marila 02/12/2010 Minsmere 27 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 05/11/2010 Dunwich Cliffs Watched as it drifted towards Minsmere then seen again from public hide area at Minsmere 28 Eider Somateria mollissima 20/08/2011 Shingle Street 29 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 17/04/2024 Walberswick 1st winter drake 30 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 10/11/2019 Walberswick 31 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 13/02/2013 Lackford Lakes 32 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 05/11/2010 Minsmere 33 Smew Mergellus albellus 24/12/2014 Covehithe 34 Goosander Mergus merganser 24/01/2016 Alton Water 35 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 08/09/2014 Landguard NR 3 36 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 09/04/2017 Cavenheath Heath 37 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 02/12/2019 38 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 39 Quail Coturnix coturnix 11/06/2019 Hazelwood Common 40 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 20/05/2010 Fields off Westleton Road 41 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 29/06/2012 West Stow 42 Swift Apus apus 03/05/2014 Lakenheath 43 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 16/06/2013 Trimley Marshes 44 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/04/2014 Minsmere 45 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 20/05/2010 minsmere 46 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20/05/2010 minsmere 47 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 20/05/2010 minsmere 48 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 09/07/2011 Minsmere 49 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 20/05/2010 minsmere 50 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 51 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 52 Coot Fulica atra 20/05/2010 Minsmere 53 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 12/10/2014 Minsmere 54 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 06/10/2011 Boyton Marshes 55 Crane Grus grus 10/04/2011 Lakenheath 56 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 20/05/2010 Minsmere 57 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 25/02/2012 Alton Waters 58 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 59 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 24/01/2016 Alton Water 60 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 25/07/2010 Fox Holes 61 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 62 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 19/02/2011 Lowestoft 63 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 20/05/2010 Minsmere 64 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 20/05/2010 Minsmere 65 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 20/04/2014 Kessingland 66 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20/05/2010 Minsmere 67 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 14/04/2017 Landguard 68 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 69 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2017 Hollesley Marshes, Suffolk 70 Curlew Numenius arquata 23/05/2015 Tinker's Marsh 71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/09/2017 Minsmere 72 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/04/2017 Hollesley 73 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/04/2007 Minsmere 74 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 18/06/2014 Brecks 75 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 23/04/2017 Hollesley 76 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 23/05/2015 Minsmere 77 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 19/02/2011 Lowestoft 78 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 19/02/2011 Lowestoft 79 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 23/04/2017 Hollesley 80 Redshank Tringa totanus 23/04/2017 Hollesley 81 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 27/02/2022 Minsmere RSPB Seen on south scrape from the public hide 82 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 16/03/2014 Minsmere 83 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/03/2014 Minsmere 84 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 20/05/2010 Minsmere 85 Knot Calidris canutus 07/02/2016 Blythburgh 86 Ruff Calidris pugnax 23/05/2015 Tinker's Marsh 87 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 23/05/2015 Tinker's Marsh 88 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 23/05/2015 Tinker's Marsh 89 Sanderling Calidris alba 17/06/2020 MInsmere 90 Dunlin Calidris alpina 07/02/2016 Blythburgh 91 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 19/02/2011 Ness Point 92 Little Stint Calidris minuta 08/06/2013 Minsmere 93 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 16/09/2012 Minsmere 94 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 15/07/2014 Minsmere 95 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/05/2010 Minsmere 96 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 13/09/2015 Minsmere 97 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 19/11/2016 Mistley/Felixstowe 98 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 20/05/2010 Minsmere 99 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20/05/2010 Minsmere 100 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 20/05/2010 Minsmere 101 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 102 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 02/06/2019 Minsmere RSPB 30+ birds seen on East Scrape from East Hide 103 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 104 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 20/05/2010 Titchwell 105 Common Gull Larus canus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 106 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 23/05/2015 Tinker's Marsh 107 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 108 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 14/02/2019 Lackford Lakes SWT 2nd winter on the Sailing Lake 109 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 20/05/2010 minsmere 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 10/09/2017 Minsmere 111 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 19/02/2011 Links Road, Lowestoft 112 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 05/06/2011 Landguard 113 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 25/03/2017 Landguard 114 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/08/2012 Landguard NR 115 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 07/02/2016 Ness Point 116 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 24/01/2016 Alton water 117 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Lowestoft 118 Gannet Morus bassanus 20/05/2010 Dunwich Cliffs 119 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 20/05/2010 Minsmere 120 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 27/06/2010 Landguard 121 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 25/01/2018 Eastbridge Showed well in flooded field 122 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20/05/2010 Minsmere 123 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 12/03/2016 Minsmere 124 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 14/04/2018 Charlton Marshes Nice flight views after 4 hours wait, Then seen walking along channel before disappearing into reeds after another 3 hours wait. 125 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 25/05/2015 Lakenheath Very elusive, heard calling several times before two short flight views 126 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 20/05/2010 Minsmere 127 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 24/01/2016 Iken 128 Great White Egret Ardea alba 14/09/2014 Minsmere 129 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 20/05/2010 Minsmere 130 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 09/09/2011 Minsmere 131 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 04/02/2012 Minsmere 132 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 25/03/2012 Mayday Farm 133 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 134 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 05/10/2011 Minsmere 135 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/06/2013 Lakenheath 136 Buzzard Buteo buteo 20/05/2010 Minsmere 137 Barn Owl Tyto alba 20/05/2010 Mnsmere 138 Little Owl Athene noctua 20/06/2013 West Stow 139 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Minsmere 140 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 18/06/2012 The Brecks 141 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 25/06/2021 Icklingham Super views as it perched on fence posts, telegraph wires, and surrounding trees of sheep fields 142 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 18/05/2014 Lakenheath 143 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 07/09/2014 Landguard 144 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 05/03/2019 Thetford Forest 145 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 20/05/2010 Minsmere 146 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 20/05/2010 Minsmere 147 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 148 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 03/05/2013 Lakenheath 149 Hobby Falco subbuteo 07/07/2012 Minsmere 150 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 07/07/2012 Minsmere 151 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 30/05/2010 Lakenheath 152 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 08/09/2014 Hollesley 153 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 07/09/2014 Hollesley 154 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/10/2014 Ness Point 155 Jay Garrulus glandarius 20/05/2010 Minsmere 156 Magpie Pica pica 20/05/2010 Minsmere 157 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 20/05/2010 Minsmere 158 Rook Corvus frugilegus 04/02/2012 Dunwich 159 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 20/05/2010 Minsmere 160 Raven Corvus corax 18/01/2015 Santon Downham 161 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 28/10/2012 Landguard 162 Coal Tit Periparus ater 19/02/2011 Minsmere 163 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 19/02/2011 Minsmere 164 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 165 Great Tit Parus major 20/05/2010 Minsmere 166 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 04/02/2012 Minsmere 167 Woodlark Lullula arborea 02/04/2016 Dunwich Heath 168 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/05/2010 Minsmere 169 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 24/12/2014 Covehithe Broad 170 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 10/04/2011 Lakenheath 171 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2011 Lakenheath 172 House Martin Delichon urbicum 21/03/2017 Minsmere 173 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 20/05/2010 Minsmere 174 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 175 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 29/05/2017 Gas House Drove, Brandon 176 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 14/10/2018 Minsmere In trees between work centre and the car park 177 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 27/08/2012 Landguard 178 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 20/05/2010 Minsmere 179 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 02/06/2019 Dunwich Heath Heard singing on arrival and eventually gave good views perched in treetops 180 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/04/2011 Lakenheath 181 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/05/2010 Minsmere 182 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 29/05/2017 Lakenheath 183 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 01/06/2013 Lakenheath 184 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 10/04/2011 Lakenheath 185 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 20/05/2010 Minsmere 186 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 03/05/2014 Lakenheath 187 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/08/2012 Landguard 188 Whitethroat Curruca communis 27/08/2012 Landguard 189 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 05/11/2010 Dunwich Heath 190 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Minsmere 191 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 10/09/2017 Minsmere 192 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 20/05/2010 Minsmere 193 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 19/02/2011 Minsmere 194 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 17/06/2020 Minsmere 195 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 20/05/2010 Minsmere 196 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 28/10/2012 Landguard 197 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 28/10/2012 Landguard 198 Redwing Turdus iliacus 28/10/2012 Landguard 199 Blackbird Turdus merula 20/05/2010 Minsmere 200 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 28/10/2012 Landguard 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 20/04/2014 Kessingland 202 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 25/08/2013 Landguard 203 Robin Erithacus rubecula 28/10/2012 Landguard 204 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 07/04/2010 Landguard 205 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 12/08/2010 Minsmere 206 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 09/09/2018 Landguard 207 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 13/09/2015 Minsmere 208 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 03/05/2013 Lakenheath 209 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 02/12/2019 Hollesley Marshes, Suffolk 210 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 25/07/2010 Lakenheath 211 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Landguard 212 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 08/11/2014 Lowestoft 213 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 24/02/2013 Thetford Seen on Little Ouse. Watsonian Boundary 214 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 13/02/2016 Lackford Lakes 215 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Minsmere 216 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 28/10/2022 Slaughden, Suffolk Seen at first light roosting on a pipe of Martello Tower. Then distant scope views, before it flew back down the beach and landed just feet from where I was standing. 217 Dunnock Prunella modularis 20/05/2010 Minsmere 218 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 14/02/2019 Lackford Lakes 219 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 10/11/2019 Walberswick 220 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 10/09/2017 Minsmere 221 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 10/09/2017 Minsmere 222 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 20/05/2010 Minsmere 223 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 05/11/2010 Covehithe 224 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 20/05/2010 Dunwich Heath 225 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 09/04/2017 Cavenham Heath 226 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 28/09/2017 Landguard NR 227 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 10/09/2017 Minsmere 228 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 26/01/2018 Hazelwood Marshes 2 229 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 20/05/2010 Minsmere 230 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 05/03/2019 Thetford Forest 231 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 24/05/2015 Minsmere 232 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 20/05/2010 Minsmere 233 Linnet Linaria cannabina 16/03/2014 Dunwich Heath 234 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 09/03/2014 Mayday Farm 235 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 17/12/2017 Hazelwood Common 236 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 15/12/2012 Aldeburgh 237 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 17/12/2017 Upper Hollesley Common 6 birds seen 238 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 09/03/2014 Mayday Farm 239 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 20/05/2010 Minsmere 240 Siskin Spinus spinus 26/01/2018 Minsmere 241 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 05/11/2010 Covehithe 242 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 26/01/2014 Landguard 243 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 05/03/2019 Thetford Forest 244 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 20/05/2010 Minsmere