David Bradnum: Norfolk Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 348 of 348 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 13/02/2000 Holkham 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 5 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 19/02/1999 Holkham 6 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 01/01/2007 Morston plus others previously 7 Greylag Goose Anser anser 8 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 9 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 10 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 11 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 12 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 02/01/2011 Cantley 13 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 14 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 15 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 16 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 17 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 18 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 19 Garganey Spatula querquedula 20 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 21 Gadwall Mareca strepera 22 Wigeon Mareca penelope 23 American Wigeon Mareca americana 24/02/2007 Buckenham 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 25 Pintail Anas acuta 26 Teal Anas crecca 27 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 29/03/2007 Titchwell plus others earlier 28 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 29 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 16/02/1998 Welney 30 Pochard Aythya ferina 31 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 01/02/1998 Stiffkey 32 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 27/12/2009 Wroxham Broad 33 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 34 Scaup Aythya marila 35 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 08/07/2023 Colney GP 36 King Eider Somateria spectabilis Yes 10/11/2018 Sheringham 37 Eider Somateria mollissima 38 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata 13/04/1997 Titchwell 39 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 40 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 41 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 42 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 43 Smew Mergellus albellus 44 Goosander Mergus merganser 45 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 46 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 47 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 48 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 49 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 50 Quail Coturnix coturnix 30/07/1999 Choseley, Norfolk in flight as farmer harvested field! 51 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 52 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 53 Swift Apus apus 54 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 01/08/2009 Kelling / Weybourne 55 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 56 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 57 Stock Dove Columba oenas 58 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 59 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 60 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 61 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 62 Corncrake Crex crex 09/06/2018 Bungay 63 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 64 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 65 Coot Fulica atra 66 Crane Grus grus 67 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 68 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 28/03/1999 Stowbridge GP, Norfolk 69 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 01/01/1992 Rollesby Broad 70 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 71 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 10/04/1994 Breydon Water 72 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 01/02/1998 Holkham Park Lake 73 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 74 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 75 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 22/05/1994 Titchwell ... and more than a few occasions since! 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 77 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 79 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 31/07/2009 Breydon 80 American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica 30/10/2005 Cley 81 Dotterel Eudromias morinellus 82 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 29/05/2005 Breydon / Burgh Castle 83 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 84 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 85 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 86 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 04/07/2004 Snettisham 87 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 88 Curlew Numenius arquata 89 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 90 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 91 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 25/07/2021 Dickleburgh Moor 92 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 93 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 94 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 95 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 96 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus 17/09/1995 Cantley 97 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 98 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 99 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 05/08/1995 Cantley BF 3 together 100 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 101 Redshank Tringa totanus 102 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 31/10/2004 Stiffkey Fen 103 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 104 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 105 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 15/05/1995 Burgh Castle 106 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 107 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 14/07/2014 Breydon Water 108 Knot Calidris canutus 109 Ruff Calidris pugnax 110 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 30/04/1995 Breydon Water not accepted, but seen others since 111 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 16/05/2005 Burnham Norton 112 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 113 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 114 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 15/10/1995 Weybourne 115 Sanderling Calidris alba 116 Dunlin Calidris alpina 117 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 118 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 05/10/1997 Cantley BF 119 Little Stint Calidris minuta 120 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 28/07/1996 Breydon Water 121 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 122 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 02/12/2011 Cley 123 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 23/05/1993 Gimingham 124 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 03/07/1994 Cley 125 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 126 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 14/10/2006 Titchwell wrong date 127 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 17/07/1993 Hickling 128 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 15/05/1994 Rockland Broad 2 together 129 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 130 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 03/10/2003 Snettisham 131 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 132 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 133 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 134 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 135 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 19/07/2005 Cley mad after-work twitch 136 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 137 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 01/01/2006 Cley 138 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 139 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 28/09/2007 Sheringham 140 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 141 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Yes 05/01/1992 Walcott 142 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 143 Common Gull Larus canus 144 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 16/02/1992 Gt Yarmouth (Bure Park) 145 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 23/11/2013 Edgefield Tip 146 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 147 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 148 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 149 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 150 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 151 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 152 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 15/09/2002 Waxham plus several others since, all juvs 153 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 154 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 155 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 156 Puffin Fratercula arctica 13/09/2009 Sheringham 157 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 29/01/2012 Holkham Gap 158 Razorbill Alca torda 159 Little Auk Alle alle 160 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 161 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 162 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 01/01/1992 Rollesby Broad 163 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/1992 Potter Heigham 164 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 23/09/2018 Cley Coastguards seen well with other observers; pending submission 165 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 30/08/2010 Sheringham 166 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 13/09/1998 Waxham 167 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 168 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 169 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 170 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 13/09/2009 Sheringham 171 Gannet Morus bassanus 172 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 173 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 174 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 08/07/2018 Dickleburgh Moor 175 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 176 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 177 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Yes 24/06/2007 Titchwell 178 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 179 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 30/06/2019 Stiffkey 180 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 25/07/1995 Hickling 181 Great White Egret Ardea alba 28/10/2007 Wells two, plus others earlier 182 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 183 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 07/05/2006 Titchwell 184 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 185 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus 186 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 187 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 188 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 189 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 190 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 28/11/2010 Thornham 191 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Yes 30/09/2006 Winterton 192 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 193 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/05/2009 North Creake 194 Black Kite Milvus migrans 28/12/2006 Cley lineatus 195 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 16/01/2005 Gt Bircham 196 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 197 Buzzard Buteo buteo 198 Barn Owl Tyto alba 199 Little Owl Athene noctua 200 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 201 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 202 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 10/03/2018 Thornham Point 203 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 204 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/05/1996 Lound 205 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 206 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 09/07/2022 Trimingham 207 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 208 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 209 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 210 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 211 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 212 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 18/05/1997 Hickling 213 Merlin Falco columbarius 214 Hobby Falco subbuteo 215 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 216 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 217 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 218 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 07/09/1993 Burnham Overy Staithe 219 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 17/07/1993 Weybourne 220 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 12/10/1996 Horsey presumed Daurian 221 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 222 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/09/2020 Warham Greens 223 Jay Garrulus glandarius 224 Magpie Pica pica 225 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 226 Rook Corvus frugilegus 227 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 228 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 229 Raven Corvus corax 16/11/2019 Holkham 230 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 231 Coal Tit Periparus ater 232 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 233 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 234 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 235 Great Tit Parus major 236 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 01/02/1998 Titchwell 237 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 238 Woodlark Lullula arborea 239 Skylark Alauda arvensis 240 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 241 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 30/10/1997 Salthouse 242 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 243 Swallow Hirundo rustica 244 House Martin Delichon urbicum 245 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 05/11/1994 Winterton 246 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 247 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 248 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 249 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 27/08/2011 Cromer 250 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 12/02/1995 Gt Yarmouth Cemetery 251 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 252 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 29/10/1995 Gt Yarmouth Cemetery 253 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 16/04/2022 Stiffkey Fen 254 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 255 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 256 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 22/04/2007 Colney, Norfolk 257 Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides 27/08/2011 Cromer 258 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 26/05/1998 Berney Marshes 259 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 260 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum 30/09/2007 Salthouse 261 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 262 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris ********** ********** 263 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 03/09/1993 Gorleston 264 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 26/08/2013 Burnham Overy 265 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 04/07/2010 Haddiscoe 266 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 25/04/1999 Hickling 267 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 268 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 269 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 270 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 271 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 272 Moltoni's Subalpine Warbler Curruca subalpina Yes 02/06/2018 Blakeney Point Also saw 2007 Burnham Overy Dunes bird, now accepted as Moltonis 273 Whitethroat Curruca communis 274 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 08/06/2014 Burnham Overy Dunes 275 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 276 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 277 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 278 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 279 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 280 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 281 Rose-coloured Starling Pastor roseus 26/09/2003 Kelling 282 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 283 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 284 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 285 Redwing Turdus iliacus 286 Blackbird Turdus merula 287 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 288 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 289 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 17/10/2020 Stiffkey 290 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 291 Robin Erithacus rubecula 292 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 293 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica 22/05/1994 Cley 294 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 18/09/1994 Horsey 295 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 296 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 19/10/1994 Gt Yarmouth Cemetery twitched in school lunchbreak! 297 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 298 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 299 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 300 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 20/10/2018 Salthouse 301 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 302 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 303 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 23/10/2016 Burnham Overy Dunes / Gun Hill 304 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 05/12/1999 Holkham 305 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 31/10/1993 Stiffkey 306 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 307 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 308 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 309 Dunnock Prunella modularis 310 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 311 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 05/01/2020 Sedgeford 312 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola 23/08/2003 Kelling Water Meadows 313 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 314 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 315 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 09/10/1994 Horsey 316 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 25/08/2008 Blakeney Point 317 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 318 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 319 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 09/10/2010 Stiffkey 320 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 321 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 322 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 323 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 324 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 325 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 326 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus 07/10/2007 Warham Greens finally! 327 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 328 Twite Linaria flavirostris 329 Linnet Linaria cannabina 330 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 331 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 332 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 01/01/1996 Sheringham 333 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 23/11/2013 Holt CP 334 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 335 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 01/09/2013 Lynford Arboretum 336 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 337 Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella Yes 10/05/2015 Burnham Overy Dunes 338 Serin Serinus serinus ********** ********** 339 Siskin Spinus spinus 340 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 341 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 342 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 343 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 344 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 29/02/2004 Choseley 345 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana 05/09/2009 Cley 346 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 27/04/2014 Holme self found 347 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 348 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 11/01/2008 Cley