Brian Smith: Norfolk Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 222 of 222 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/02/2021 Potter Heigham 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 02/01/2021 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2021 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 02/01/2021 Buckenham Marsh 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 01/01/2021 Horsey 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2021 Buckenham Marsh 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/01/2021 Ludham 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 01/01/2021 Ludham 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2021 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 02/01/2021 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 31/03/2021 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 30/03/2021 Cley 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2021 19 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 20 Pintail Anas acuta 15/02/2021 Potter Heigham 21 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2021 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 30/03/2021 Titchwell 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2021 25 Scaup Aythya marila 12/02/2021 Whitlingham C.P. 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 09/03/2021 Wroxham Broad 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 19/10/2021 Winterton 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 08/04/2021 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 27/03/2021 Ormesby Little Broad 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2021 31 Smew Mergellus albellus 01/01/2021 Filby Broad 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 13/10/2021 Salthouse 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 30/03/2021 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 08/04/2021 Flitcham Abbey Farm 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2021 37 Swift Apus apus 09/05/2021 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 26/04/2021 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 07/01/2021 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 42 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 23/05/2021 Snettisham 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 27/01/2021 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 47 Crane Grus grus 23/01/2021 Potter Heigham 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 18/01/2021 49 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 15/11/2021 Holkham 50 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2021 51 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 09/03/2021 Ormesby Broad 52 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 30/05/2021 Cockley Cley 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 22/02/2021 54 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 24/06/2021 Hickling 55 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 22/02/2021 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 22/03/2021 57 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2021 58 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 05/07/2021 Cley 59 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 22/03/2021 60 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 19/04/2021 Wells 61 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 62 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 08/04/2021 Flitcham Abbey Farm 63 Curlew Numenius arquata 15/03/2021 64 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 19/04/2021 65 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 23/01/2021 66 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Yes 26/07/2021 Potter Heigham 67 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 08/04/2021 Cley 68 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 15/02/2021 Potter Heigham 69 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 23/01/2021 70 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 08/04/2021 Cley 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 26/04/2021 Kelling W.M. 72 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 15/03/2021 Potter Heigham 73 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/04/2021 Potter Heigham 74 Redshank Tringa totanus 22/02/2021 75 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 05/07/2021 Titchwell 76 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 19/04/2021 Morston 77 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 22/03/2021 78 Knot Calidris canutus 30/03/2021 79 Ruff Calidris pugnax 02/01/2021 80 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 23/05/2021 Snettisham 81 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/03/2021 82 Dunlin Calidris alpina 19/02/2021 83 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 27/03/2021 Waxham 84 Little Stint Calidris minuta 11/08/2021 Snettisham 85 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 11/08/2021 Snettisham 86 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 08/09/2021 Titchwell 87 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 16/06/2021 Hickling 88 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 23/05/2021 89 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/08/2021 Snettisham 90 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 31/08/2021 Cley 91 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 24/04/2021 92 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 05/07/2021 Cley 93 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/04/2021 94 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 27/03/2021 Wroxham Broad 95 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/09/2021 96 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 97 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 30/03/2021 98 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 99 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 08/08/2021 Cromer 100 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 101 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 07/01/2021 Norwich 102 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 103 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 05/02/2021 104 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 01/04/2021 Weybourne 105 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 15/09/2021 106 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 31/08/2021 Cley 107 Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle 25/10/2021 Holkham 108 Razorbill Alca torda 13/10/2021 Cley 109 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 27/03/2021 110 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 22/03/2021 111 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 07/11/2021 Cley 112 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 15/11/2021 Holkham 113 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 08/04/2021 114 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 23/11/2021 Cley 115 Gannet Morus bassanus 22/03/2021 116 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 117 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 22/10/2021 Cromer 118 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 16/06/2021 Hickling 119 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 15/03/2021 Potter Heigham 120 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 20/05/2021 Hickling 121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2021 122 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 05/02/2021 Thurne 123 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2021 Horsey 124 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 125 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 126 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2021 127 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 18/01/2021 Ranworth 128 Red Kite Milvus milvus 19/02/2021 129 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 29/11/2021 Holkham Park 130 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 131 Barn Owl Tyto alba 23/01/2021 132 Little Owl Athene noctua 22/03/2021 Cockthorpe 133 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 05/02/2021 Thurne 134 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 07/01/2021 135 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 21/06/2021 Great Yarmouth 136 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 07/01/2021 137 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 10/02/2021 138 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 139 Merlin Falco columbarius 13/10/2021 Salthouse 140 Hobby Falco subbuteo 20/05/2021 Buckenham Marshes 141 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/02/2021 Billockby 142 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 07/01/2021 Norwich 143 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 25/10/2021 Waxham 144 Jay Garrulus glandarius 07/01/2021 145 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2021 146 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 147 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2021 148 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 149 Raven Corvus corax 08/04/2021 Flitcham Abbey Farm 150 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 151 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2021 152 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 153 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2021 154 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 27/01/2021 155 Woodlark Lullula arborea 22/03/2021 Kelling Heath 156 Skylark Alauda arvensis 10/01/2021 157 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 25/10/2021 Holkham 158 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 01/11/2021 West Runton 159 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2021 160 Swallow Hirundo rustica 01/04/2021 161 House Martin Delichon urbicum 09/05/2021 162 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 27/01/2021 163 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 164 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 13/04/2021 165 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 12/03/2021 166 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13/04/2021 167 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2021 168 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 16/06/2021 Kelling 169 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 13/04/2021 Hockwold 170 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/03/2021 171 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 09/05/2021 Kelling Heath 172 Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria 05/12/2021 Wiveton 173 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 28/04/2021 174 Whitethroat Curruca communis 23/04/2021 175 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 22/03/2021 Kelling Heath 176 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 31/03/2021 Lynford Arboretum 177 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2021 178 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2021 179 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 18/01/2021 180 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 18/01/2021 181 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 182 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 07/01/2021 183 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 184 Redwing Turdus iliacus 07/01/2021 185 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 186 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 10/01/2021 187 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 23/04/2021 Hindolveston 188 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 30/05/2021 Santon Downham 189 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 190 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva 07/11/2021 Titchwell 191 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 03/09/2021 Waxham 192 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 22/03/2021 Spixworth 193 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 19/04/2021 Wells 194 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 06/09/2021 Kelling 195 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2021 196 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2021 197 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 23/11/2021 Cley 198 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 08/04/2021 Flitcham Abbey Farm 199 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 10/01/2021 200 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 201 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 23/04/2021 Wells 202 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 07/01/2021 Norwich 203 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2021 204 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi 11/10/2021 Gorleston 205 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 23/01/2021 206 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 23/05/2021 Dersingham Bog 207 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 07/11/2021 Wells 208 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 17/10/2021 Titchwell 209 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 210 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 27/03/2021 Ormesby Little Broad 211 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 13/11/2021 Lynford Arboretum 212 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 02/02/2021 213 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 18/01/2021 214 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/02/2021 215 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 25/01/2021 216 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 31/03/2021 217 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 218 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 219 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 17/10/2021 Titchwell 220 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 09/05/2021 Choseley 221 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 03/03/2021 222 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 23/01/2021