Philip Whittaker: Pipps Ford Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 182 of 182 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 29/12/2019 New Pit lone juvenile 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 01/03/2007 Pipps Ford 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 31/01/2019 6 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 22/12/2016 Most Recent Rodwell Dairy 7 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 8 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 23/01/2013 Needham lake & Pipps Ford 9 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Most recent 01/11/18 10 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 19/02/2007 Pipps Ford 11 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 12 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata var.dates locations river & pits 13 Garganey Spatula querquedula 29/03/2022 Riverside Fm Pool 14 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 04/02/2006 Pipps Ford 15 Gadwall Mareca strepera 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 16 Wigeon Mareca penelope 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 18 Pintail Anas acuta 24/02/2012 On river probably an injured bird 19 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2003 Pipps Ford 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 02/10/2016 Pipps Ford working Pit 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2003 Pipps Ford 23 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 03/04/2020 Pipps Ford overhead Three Groups heard early am 24 Goosander Mergus merganser 20/03/2004 Pipps Ford 25 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 11/04/1995 26 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 27 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 28 Swift Apus apus 04/04/2000 29 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 07/04/2004 30 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 31 Stock Dove Columba oenas 21/02/2004 Pipps Ford 32 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 33 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 05/05/2004 34 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 35 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 36 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 37 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2003 Pipps Ford 38 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 40 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 10/04/2005 Pipps Ford 41 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 30/05/2018 Pipps Ford GPs Self-found at 18.00 present and roosted till 19.00 not present following day. 42 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 25/03/2018 On GPs One then flew east 43 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 04/05/2023 Latest 44 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2004 Pipps Ford 45 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 46 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 47 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/03/2004 Pipps Ford 48 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 23/07/2004 49 Curlew Numenius arquata 14/03/2003 Pipps Ford 50 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 06/05/2014 New Pit for 15mins 51 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/03/1998 New Pits 52 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 10/01/1995 53 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/02/2004 54 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 10/04/2005 56 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 03/01/2009 Pipps Ford Two present. One over wintering at site 57 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/05/2011 New GPs 58 Redshank Tringa totanus 21/02/2004 Pipps Ford 59 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/09/2013 Wader pools juvenile 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 24/04/2011 New GPs 61 Knot Calidris canutus 02/03/2018 GPs in very cold spell 62 Ruff Calidris pugnax 10/08/2013 New pits 1st in 17 yrs 63 Dunlin Calidris alpina Pipps Ford 64 Little Stint Calidris minuta 28/08/2016 New Quarry 65 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 14/05/2004 66 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 05/09/2017 New Workings Present for 10mins 67 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 68 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 18/03/2015 Quite regular 2015 69 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 70 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 18/03/2015 New Pits 3CY 71 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 72 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 07/03/2015 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 74 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 30/11/2019 Pipps Ford A few this most recent sighting 75 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 76 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 14/04/2022 Pits Most recent 77 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 78 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 10/03/2018 Needham Lake 79 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 09/07/2016 New Restoration Juvenile stayed all day at least 80 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/06/2018 Flew over heading east 81 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 09/01/2010 82 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 83 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 03/11/2010 Rodwells Dairy gt Blakenham 84 Great White Egret Ardea alba Pipps ford 85 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 86 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/08/1995 Pipps Ford 87 Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Pipps Ford 88 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 89 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 10/08/2002 Pipps Ford 90 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 16/03/2021 91 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 02/03/2011 Pipps Ford Flew east at 12.45pm over fields between railway and river 92 Red Kite Milvus milvus 21/02/1996 Pipps Ford 93 Black Kite Milvus migrans 26/07/2015 Pipps Ford Accepted SORC 94 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 28/12/2000 Pipps Ford 95 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2009 Pipps Ford 96 Barn Owl Tyto alba 04/04/2000 Pipps Ford 97 Little Owl Athene noctua 04/04/2000 98 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 31/12/1988 99 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 04/04/2000 Pipps Ford 100 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 03/01/2009 Pipps Ford 101 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 03/09/2010 Pipps Ford 1st for site flew down side of river towards Bayhlam 102 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 09/03/1996 103 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 104 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 105 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 106 Merlin Falco columbarius 14/02/2016 New Pit 107 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/04/2005 Pipps Ford 108 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 17/10/2009 Pipps Ford flew west 5.30pm. 109 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 22/06/1998 110 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 20/08/2011 Pipps Ford behind GPs 2nd best patch bird! 111 Jay Garrulus glandarius 30/12/2004 Pipps Ford 112 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 113 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 114 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 115 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 116 Raven Corvus corax 04/03/2018 On Pylons a pair present on pylons may have flown from Shrubland 117 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 19/04/2005 Pipps Ford 118 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2009 Pipps Ford 119 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 25/09/2005 Pipps Ford 120 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 121 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 122 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 123 Woodlark Lullula arborea 16/10/2009 Flew over west 124 Skylark Alauda arvensis 01/01/2000 Pipps Ford 125 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 04/04/2000 126 Swallow Hirundo rustica 06/04/2005 127 House Martin Delichon urbicum 04/04/2000 128 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 129 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2009 Pipps Ford 130 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 09/08/2014 Briefly in hedge behind new pit then flew south 131 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 15/04/1996 132 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 28/02/2009 Pipps Ford 133 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 02/05/2004 134 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 20/05/2004 135 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 30/03/1999 136 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 24/04/2004 137 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/05/2004 138 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 12/04/1996 139 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/05/1996 140 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/1996 141 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 142 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 143 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 144 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 145 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 146 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 147 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 148 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 149 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 150 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 151 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 22/04/2004 Pipps Ford 152 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 24/10/2018 Nocturnal Recording clear flight calls 153 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 154 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 155 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 04/04/2000 156 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 09/09/2023 Gardens 157 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 04/04/2000 and 25th July 2010 158 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 09/09/2011 On new Pits 8am 1st for site 159 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 19/09/2011 On and about railway fence 160 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 14/09/2004 161 Dipper Cinclus cinclus 21/10/2016 Hawkesmill Race and weirs Black-bellied Dipper 162 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 25/09/2005 Pipps Ford 163 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 164 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 04/04/2000 165 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 166 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 167 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 168 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 09/10/2013 By railway 169 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/02/2007 170 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 171 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 172 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 173 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 174 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2006 Pipps Ford 175 Linnet Linaria cannabina 02/01/2009 Beach Farm 176 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 19/12/2012 Pipps Ford behind Chicken Farm 177 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 178 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 179 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 180 Siskin Spinus spinus 01/01/2009 Pipps Ford 181 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 182 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 29/01/2004 Pipps Ford