Stephen McAvoy: Norfolk Year List 2020 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 196 of 196 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 15/10/2020 Burnham Overy 2x 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/01/2020 Lady Anne's Drive 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 28/11/2020 Titchwell 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 23/03/2020 Nunnery Lakes 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 06/09/2020 Cantley Sugar Factory Lagoons 1x 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 16 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 17 Pintail Anas acuta 20/09/2020 Dickleburgh Moor 18 Teal Anas crecca 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 21 Eider Somateria mollissima 18/01/2020 Holkham Gap 22 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 18/01/2020 Holkham Gap 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 24 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 31/10/2020 Nunnery Lakes 2x fem/imm 25 Goosander Mergus merganser 25/11/2020 Butten Island, Thetford 26 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 18/01/2020 Holkham Gap 27 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 19/09/2020 Warham Greens 28 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 29 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 30 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 06/08/2020 Brecks 31 Swift Apus apus 20/04/2020 Thetford 32 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 17/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 33 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 34 Stock Dove Columba oenas 35 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 36 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 06/07/2020 North Norfolk 37 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 38 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Nunnery Lakes 39 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 40 Coot Fulica atra 41 Crane Grus grus 06/06/2020 *** Two flying over. 42 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 43 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 18/01/2020 Holkham Park 44 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 18/01/2020 Holkham Park 45 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 46 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 14/06/2020 Potter Heigham 47 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 18/01/2020 Titchwell 48 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 19/09/2020 Titchwell 49 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 18/01/2020 Titchwell 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/07/2020 Cley 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 18/01/2020 Lady Anne's Drive 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 1x west. 53 Curlew Numenius arquata 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 54 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 55 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 18/01/2020 Titchwell 56 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/03/2020 Thetford - Spring Walk 57 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 18/01/2020 Titchwell Bus Stop 58 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 30/07/2020 Nunnery Lakes 59 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 22/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 4x 60 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 15/08/2020 North Point Pools x2 61 Redshank Tringa totanus 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 62 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Yes 01/12/2020 Wiveton Long staying bird. 63 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 18/01/2020 Titchwell 64 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 15/08/2020 North Point Pools 65 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 66 Knot Calidris canutus 18/01/2020 Titchwell 67 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/01/2020 Lady Anne's Drive 68 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/09/2020 Cantley Sugar Factory Lagoons 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 18/01/2020 Holkham Gap 70 Dunlin Calidris alpina 18/01/2020 Titchwell 71 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 1x west. 72 Little Stint Calidris minuta 20/09/2020 Dickleburgh Moor 1x 73 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 15/08/2020 Wells Wood 74 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 14/06/2020 Potter Heigham 75 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 2x west 76 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 06/09/2020 Cantley Sugar Factory Lagoons 77 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 03/10/2020 Kelling 78 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 06/06/2020 Lynford Pair. 79 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 15/08/2020 Wells Wood 80 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 81 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 18/01/2020 Holkham Gap 82 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 83 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 21/05/2020 Nunnery Lakes Two flew over. 84 Common Gull Larus canus 85 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 12/02/2020 Nunnery Lakes first-winter 86 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 87 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 18/01/2020 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 89 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 29/01/2020 Nunnery Lakes One on D Lake. 90 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 91 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 92 Puffin Fratercula arctica 01/12/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 1x flying east 93 Razorbill Alca torda 03/10/2020 Sheringham 94 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 03/10/2020 Sheringham 95 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 96 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 28/11/2020 Holkham Gap 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 28/11/2020 Holkham Gap 98 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 18/01/2020 Hunstanton 99 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 1x east 100 Gannet Morus bassanus 29/08/2020 Sheringham Seawatch 101 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 102 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 14/06/2020 Potter Heigham 103 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2020 Thetford - Spring Walk 104 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 15/10/2020 Burnham Overy Finally! 105 Great White Egret Ardea alba 18/01/2020 Holkham Freshmarsh Seen from bus :) 106 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 107 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 108 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 02/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 109 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 18/01/2020 Lady Anne's Drive 110 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/01/2020 Titchwell 111 Red Kite Milvus milvus 18/01/2020 Heacham 112 Buzzard Buteo buteo 113 Barn Owl Tyto alba 18/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 114 Little Owl Athene noctua 06/06/2020 Brecks 115 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 03/02/2020 Thetford 116 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 117 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 118 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 119 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 120 Hobby Falco subbuteo 10/05/2020 Nunnery Lakes 121 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 19/01/2020 Nunnery Lakes 122 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 19/09/2020 Warham Greens 123 Jay Garrulus glandarius 124 Magpie Pica pica 125 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 126 Rook Corvus frugilegus 127 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 128 Raven Corvus corax 02/02/2020 Nunnery Lakes One flying east over Great Snare Hill. 129 Coal Tit Periparus ater 130 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 131 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 132 Great Tit Parus major 133 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 14/06/2020 Hickling Broad 134 Woodlark Lullula arborea 23/03/2020 Nunnery Lakes 135 Skylark Alauda arvensis 136 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 19/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 137 Swallow Hirundo rustica 10/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 138 House Martin Delichon urbicum 05/04/2020 Thetford 139 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 140 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 141 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 22/09/2020 Holkham Pines 1x 142 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 15/10/2020 Burnham Overy Dunes One showing well by Gun Hill. 143 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 144 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 27/02/2020 Nunnery Lakes 145 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 08/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 146 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 12/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 147 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 26/05/2020 Nunnery Lakes One singing in morning and not seen subsequently. 148 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 25/06/2020 Nunnery Lakes 149 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 23/03/2020 Thetford - Spring Walk 150 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Nunnery Lakes 151 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 15/10/2020 Burnham Overy Dunes One at east end. 152 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 19/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 153 Whitethroat Curruca communis 12/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 154 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 06/07/2020 Kelling Heath 155 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 10/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 156 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 157 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 158 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 159 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 160 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 161 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 162 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 17/01/2020 Thetford - Spring Walk 163 Redwing Turdus iliacus 164 Blackbird Turdus merula 165 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 166 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/05/2020 Foulden Common 167 Robin Erithacus rubecula 168 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 22/09/2020 Wells Woods 169 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 19/08/2020 Nunnery Lakes 170 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 15/10/2020 Holme One seen briefly in the evening. 171 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/09/2020 Warham Greens 172 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 02/09/2020 Nunnery Lakes 173 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/03/2020 Nunnery Lakes 174 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 06/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 175 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 176 Dunnock Prunella modularis 177 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 18/04/2020 Nunnery Lakes 1x flying over. 178 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 179 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 180 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 181 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 06/06/2020 Lynford 182 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 183 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 184 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 23/01/2020 Nunnery Lakes 185 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 18/09/2020 Thetford One flying over. 186 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 187 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 188 Linnet Linaria cannabina 189 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 08/02/2020 Nunnery Lakes 190 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 28/07/2020 Nunnery Lakes Flying over. 191 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 192 Siskin Spinus spinus 193 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 22/09/2020 Burnham Overy Dunes 1x flying east. 194 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 18/01/2020 Holkham Gap 195 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 196 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus