Mark Ellis: Suffolk Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 183 of 183 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 13/02/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 22/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 24/02/2021 Carlton Marshes 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 North Cove 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 07/04/2021 Hen Reedbeds 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2021 Oulton Broad 21 BC 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2021 Oulton Broad 21 BC (New for House) 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 25/02/2021 Barsham 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 02/01/2021 Oulton Broad N E Park 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 08/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2021 Castle Marshes 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 16 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 17 Teal Anas crecca 09/01/2021 Blythburgh 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 20 Scaup Aythya marila 27/02/2021 Benacre 21 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 20/02/2021 Covehithe Broad 22 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 09/03/2021 Covehithe Broad 23 Goosander Mergus merganser 21/03/2021 Dunwich Flying over Heath northbound! 24 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 02/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing 25 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Castle Marshes 26 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 02/01/2021 Worlingham 27 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 04/07/2021 Minsmere 28 Swift Apus apus 29/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 29 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 02/05/2021 Carlton Marshes 30 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing (Feral of course!) 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/02/2021 Lowestoft Sparrows Nest 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 33 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur ********** ********** 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad 35 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 36 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 38 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 05/03/2021 Oulton Marshes 39 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 30/03/2021 Minsmere 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 09/01/2021 Blythburgh 41 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 09/01/2021 Blythburgh 42 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 13/02/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 43 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 31/01/2021 Worlingham 44 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 27/02/2021 Benacre 45 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 06/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 46 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 09/01/2021 North Cove 47 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 48 Curlew Numenius arquata 09/01/2021 Blythburgh 49 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 13/02/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 50 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 09/01/2021 Blythburgh 51 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 14/11/2021 Carlton Marshes 52 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 07/02/2021 Oulton Broad 21 BC (Another for the House life list) 53 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 07/02/2021 Carlton Marshes 54 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 08/04/2021 Minsmere 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/05/2021 Oulton Broad N E Park 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 04/07/2021 Minsmere 57 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 07/05/2021 Carlton Marshes 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 26/06/2021 Minsmere 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 07/03/2021 Carlton Marshes 61 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2021 Lowestoft Ness Point 62 Knot Calidris canutus 26/06/2021 Minsmere 63 Ruff Calidris pugnax 07/03/2021 Carlton Marshes 64 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 06/05/2021 Carlton Marshes 65 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 06/05/2021 Carlton Marshes 66 Sanderling Calidris alba 29/01/2021 Lowestoft North Denes (1) 67 Dunlin Calidris alpina 09/01/2021 Blythburgh 68 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 29/01/2021 Lowestoft North Denes (3) 69 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/08/2021 Minsmere 70 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 21/07/2021 Minsmere 71 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 14/08/2021 Minsmere 72 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 12/06/2021 Carlton Marshes 73 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 08/05/2021 Minsmere 74 Black Tern Chlidonias niger ********** ********** 75 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 08/05/2021 Minsmere 76 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 02/05/2021 Carlton Marshes 77 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 26/06/2021 Minsmere 78 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 08/05/2021 Minsmere 79 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 21/07/2021 Minsmere 80 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 26/02/2021 Lowestoft 81 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 82 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 83 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Castle Marshes 84 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 13/02/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 85 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 86 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 87 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 16/07/2021 Hen Reedbeds 88 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 89 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 10/01/2021 Lowestoft Harbour 90 Little Auk Alle alle 06/12/2021 Oulton Broad N E Park 91 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 09/04/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 92 Gannet Morus bassanus 27/03/2021 Lowestoft Ness Point 93 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing 94 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing 95 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 06/05/2021 Carlton Marshes 96 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 06/06/2021 Minsmere 97 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 08/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 98 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 22/04/2021 Oulton Marshes 99 Great White Egret Ardea alba 22/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 100 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Castle Mashes 101 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/09/2021 Bentley 102 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 10/01/2021 Oulton Broad N E Park 103 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2021 Castle Marshes 104 Red Kite Milvus milvus 27/02/2021 Kessingland 105 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 15/03/2021 Carlton Marshes 106 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 North Cove 107 Barn Owl Tyto alba 22/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 108 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 25/12/2021 Oulton Broad 109 Hoopoe Upupa epops 29/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 110 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 23/06/2021 Icklingham 111 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 05/02/2021 Carlton Marshes 112 Bee-eater Merops apiaster 21/06/2021 Gapton Marsh 9 birds 113 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 03/01/2021 Sotterley 114 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 09/02/2021 Kessingland 115 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 08/01/2021 Carlton Colville 116 Hobby Falco subbuteo 09/05/2021 Beccles 117 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 10/01/2021 Lowestoft 118 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 23/05/2021 Bawdsey 119 Jay Garrulus glandarius 16/01/2021 Lowestoft Sparrows Nest 120 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 121 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad 21 BC 122 Rook Corvus frugilegus 03/01/2021 Worlingham 123 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Lowestoft Ness Point 124 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 North Cove 125 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 01/01/2021 North Cove 126 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 127 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 128 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 09/01/2021 Blythburgh 129 Woodlark Lullula arborea 17/04/2021 Hinton 130 Skylark Alauda arvensis 20/02/2021 Covehithe 131 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 30/03/2021 Oulton Broad 21 BC 132 Swallow Hirundo rustica 02/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 133 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/04/2021 Kessingland 134 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 08/04/2021 Oulton Marshes 135 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing 136 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 20/04/2021 Oulton Broad 21 BC (New for House) 137 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 16/01/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 138 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 06/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 139 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/05/2021 Oulton Marshes 140 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 22/04/2021 Oulton Marshes 141 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/03/2021 Minsmere 142 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 19/05/2021 North Cove 143 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 08/06/2021 Thorington 144 Whitethroat Curruca communis 22/04/2021 Oulton Marshes 145 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 10/10/2021 Minsmere 146 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 23/01/2021 Kessingland 147 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 148 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 24/01/2021 Beccles Dell (Addition to Lowestoft Ness) 149 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 07/02/2021 Carlton Marshes 150 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad 21 BC 151 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 18/01/2021 Bungay 152 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 17/01/2021 Beccles Marshes 153 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2021 Sotterley 154 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 155 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 03/01/2021 Sotterley 156 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 01/06/2021 Sotterley 157 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 158 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 09/05/2021 Westleton 159 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 05/09/2021 Kessingland 160 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 09/04/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 161 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 05/09/2021 Kessingland 162 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 Castle Marshes 163 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 29/03/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 164 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing 165 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Leathes Ham 166 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 06/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 167 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 22/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 168 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 27/02/2021 Kessingland 169 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Lowestoft Ness Point 170 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 22/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 171 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 31/10/2021 Carlton Marshes 172 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 01/01/2021 Lowestoft Ness Point 173 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 North Cove 174 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 30/03/2021 Minsmere 175 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 30/03/2021 Minsmere 176 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2021 Oulton Broad Lake Lothing 177 Linnet Linaria cannabina 08/01/2021 Carlton Marshes 178 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 06/04/2021 Carlton Marshes 179 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 North Cove 180 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2021 North Cove 181 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 29/10/2021 Lowestoft North Denes 182 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 16/05/2021 Westleton 183 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 09/01/2021 Blythburgh