Nick Moran: The Nunnery Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 144 of 144 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 2 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 31/03/2021 D Lake 1 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 4 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2021 6 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2021 Flood 7 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 10/01/2021 Island pools 2 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 09/01/2021 D Lake 2 males 10 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 11 Pintail Anas acuta 11/01/2021 D Lake Male 12 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 13 Pochard Aythya ferina 09/01/2021 D Lake and A Lake 5 m, 2 f on D, female on A 14 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 15 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 09/11/2021 D Lake Female 16 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/12/2021 D Lake 1 male 17 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus 14/03/2021 Shadwell track 1 male 18 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 19 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2021 20 Swift Apus apus 23/04/2021 D Lake 1 21 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 18/04/2021 1 22 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 02/01/2021 23 Stock Dove Columba oenas 02/01/2021 24 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 25 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 25/07/2021 Compartment 21 1 26 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 27 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 28 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 29 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2021 Swimming pool area 1 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 04/02/2021 E Lake 1 32 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 03/08/2021 Shadwell Calling 33 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 19/02/2021 Island pools 1 34 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 23/03/2021 Island pools 1 injured bird: first for the reserve 35 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 25/09/2021 Southern meadow 1 heard in flight 36 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/04/2021 Flood 2 37 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 09/04/2021 Island pools 1 38 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 05/01/2021 Fen meadow 39 Curlew Numenius arquata 19/02/2021 Flood 2 40 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 24/01/2021 Wagtail Way meadow 1 41 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 04/01/2021 Fen meadow 1 42 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 43 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/05/2021 Island pools 1 44 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 31/01/2021 Pony paddock area 1 heard 45 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 02/05/2021 Flood 1 46 Redshank Tringa totanus 25/07/2021 Flood 1 heard in flight 47 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 27/08/2021 Flood Juvenile 48 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 21/08/2021 Flood 1 juvenile 49 Dunlin Calidris alpina 30/07/2021 1 flew north, calling 50 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 02/09/2021 D Lake 1cy 51 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 22/06/2021 Flood 1 52 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 05/09/2021 Shadwell At least 2 heard, flying north 53 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 28/11/2021 E Lake 2cy flew over 54 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 55 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 16/01/2021 Flood Adult flew S 56 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 57 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 26/01/2021 Flood 4cy 58 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 59 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 16/01/2021 Flood 2cy, adult 60 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 61 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 62 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 63 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 64 Great White Egret Ardea alba 27/02/2021 Pony paddock area 1 65 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 66 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 67 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 02/01/2021 Great Snare Hill 2cy 68 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 20/02/2021 Flood 1 female 69 Red Kite Milvus milvus 07/03/2021 1 70 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 71 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2021 72 Little Owl Athene noctua 01/06/2021 Fen Meadow/Shadwell Heard in flight at north end of reserve from Oartridge Drive 73 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 04/01/2021 Fen meadow 74 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 75 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 76 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2021 77 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 78 Hobby Falco subbuteo 01/05/2021 D Lake area 1 79 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 01/01/2021 2 80 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2021 81 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 82 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 83 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 84 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 85 Raven Corvus corax 07/01/2021 Shadwell 1 86 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 87 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2021 88 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 89 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 90 Woodlark Lullula arborea 15/03/2021 Shadwell track 1 91 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2021 92 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 18/03/2021 1 93 Swallow Hirundo rustica 31/03/2021 Pony paddock area 3 94 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/04/2021 E Lake 1 95 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2021 96 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 97 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 09/01/2021 Shadwell track 1 heard and seen briefly along track south of containers 98 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 02/04/2021 Smeeton Scrape area 1 99 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2021 100 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 10/04/2021 A Lake 1 101 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/04/2021 Bob Clarke Lake reedbed 1 102 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 20/04/2021 Compartment 21 1 103 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 29/03/2021 B Lake 1 male 104 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 24/04/2021 D Lake area 1 105 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 27/04/2021 Shadwell track 1 106 Whitethroat Curruca communis 10/04/2021 D/E Lake carpark 1 107 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 24/05/2021 Track by balancing pond 1 singing 108 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 109 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 110 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 01/01/2021 111 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2021 112 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 02/01/2021 113 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 114 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 115 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 116 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 117 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2021 118 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 12/08/2021 E Lake 1 119 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 120 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 01/09/2021 Bob Clarke/E Lake carpark Female/1st-winter 121 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 09/04/2021 Shadwell track nr containers 1 male 122 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Female by flood 123 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 05/05/2021 Shadwell field 1 124 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 125 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 126 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/05/2021 E Lake 1 127 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2021 128 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 129 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 130 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 05/09/2021 Flood Flew west at 0633 131 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/11/2021 Shadwell track 1 flew west; ID via sound recording of calls 132 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 133 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 09/02/2021 Shadwell track Overdue! 134 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 23/10/2021 Fen meadow 1 west, calling 135 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 136 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 137 Linnet Linaria cannabina 06/01/2021 138 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 17/03/2021 Track southeast of Nunnery Place 1 male 139 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 01/01/2021 140 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 09/01/2021 A Lake 1 over north end 141 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 142 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 143 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2021 144 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021