James Emerson: Whitlingham CP Life List BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 159 of 159 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 09/02/2012 Whitlingham C.P. 1st winter Dark-bellied Brent 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP Max count 74 (09/07/11) 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 02/01/2009 Great Broad One, seen again in the summer 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP Max count 224 (30/06/11) 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 13/10/2009 Whitlingham CP In flight, seen from east end of Great Broad 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP Max count 131 (09/07/11) 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/11/2022 Trowse Water Meadow 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/04/2006 Great Broad Max Count 94 (16/07/11) 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 22/02/2008 Thorpe Gravel Workings 2 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14/03/2010 West end of Great Broad Drake 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 28/03/2019 Whitlingham C.P. A pair on the Little Broad. PATCH TICK 150! 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 12/11/2008 Little Broad 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 30/04/2006 Great Broad Max count 400+ (19/12/09) 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 17/09/2008 Great Broad Max count 43 (17/09/11) 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP Max count 190 (15/08/12) 16 Pintail Anas acuta 18/02/2012 Great Broad Two females in the conservation area bay 17 Teal Anas crecca 06/01/2008 Great Broad Max count c350 (22/01/12) 18 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 21/11/2009 Whitlingham Great Broad Drake at east end. 2 self-found in Oct 2010. 19 Pochard Aythya ferina 15/08/2007 Great Broad Max count 182 (03/02/13) 20 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Yes 21/01/2012 Great Broad A 1st-winter drake in the conservation area bay. Also a ringed bird found on 21/10/07 on the Great Broad. 21 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/11/2008 Great Broad Female. First lifer seen at Whitlingham. Also seen in Feb 2010, and self-found on 09/12/12. 22 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP 23 Scaup Aythya marila 02/01/2009 Great Broad Female 24 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 08/11/2016 Whitlingham Great Broad Female found by Justin Lansdell - first Whitlingham record. 25 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 13/10/2009 Thorpe Broad Drake. Another drake seen on the Great Broad 09/08/12. Self-found juvenile on Great Broad 09/12/12. 26 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 22/02/2008 Great Broad 27 Smew Mergellus albellus 05/02/2009 Great Broad Redhead. Also three in Feb 2012. 28 Goosander Mergus merganser 19/12/2009 Little Broad Redhead. Max count of 6 (5 males) on 15/02/10. 29 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 28/11/2020 St Andrew's Broad 30 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 02/01/2010 Whitlingham Great Broad Female 31 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 16/11/2007 Trowse Meadows Many since, including one over the Great Broad 32 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 23/04/2008 Fields opposite Whitlingham Hall Also twice in 2010 on Whitlingham Lane 33 Swift Apus apus 05/08/2007 Whitlingham CP 34 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 30/04/2009 Thorpe Marshes 2 heard that day. Another three heard in 2011 before finally seeing one 02/06/11 at the east end of the Great Broad. 35 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 05/08/2007 Whitlingham CP Feral Pigeon 36 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/03/2007 Whitlingham Woods Also many on Thorpe Marshes 37 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP 38 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 30/06/2011 Whitlingham C.P. Patch tick. One flew over the river towards Thorpe. 39 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 22/02/2008 Whitlingham Lane 40 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 19/12/2009 Little Broad 41 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 30/04/2006 Great Broad 42 Coot Fulica atra 30/04/2006 Great Broad 43 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 16/11/2007 Great Broad 44 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 21/10/2007 Great Broad Co-found. Another one seen 07/01/10 stayed for several weeks. 45 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 30/04/2006 Great Broad 46 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 15/12/2012 Thorpe Broad At last! My fifth patch grebe. I then found one at Whitlingham (18/01/13). 47 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 30/12/2009 Great Broad Winter plumaged bird, stayed until 02/01/10. 48 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 13/03/2007 Great Broad Also nearby at sewage works 49 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 04/04/2009 Thorpe Marshes Self found 50 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 18/04/2010 Thorpe Station Marsh 3 birds present 51 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 06/01/2008 Great Broad Many before this near the sewage works 52 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 03/05/2016 Thorpe Broad One on the western shingle edge found by Drew L, then after a while flew off calling. 53 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/02/2009 Great Broad 54 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 21/12/2009 Whitlingham CP Flushed from Thorpe side of river 55 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 19/12/2009 Great Broad Seen before this date. Max count of 15 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2008 Thorpe Marsh 57 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 31/03/2009 Thorpe Marshes Seen before this on gravel workings (2007?) 58 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 24/06/2012 Thorpe Station Marsh One on the scrape (patch tick) 59 Redshank Tringa totanus 17/04/2008 Great Broad Conservation Area 2nd record at Thorpe Broad (25/03/10) 60 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 30/04/2009 Whitlingham (Thorpe Marsh) 61 Dunlin Calidris alpina 14/02/2012 Thorpe Marshes One on the scrape 62 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 07/09/2010 Whitlingham Great Broad Juvenile hawking along the North shore of the Great Broad 63 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/05/2010 Great Broad 64 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 23/04/2008 Little Broad 65 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 04/01/2010 Great Broad One seen before this (April 2009?), and a self-found 1st winter 13/04/11 66 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 13/04/2013 Whitlingham Great Broad Adult 67 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 30/04/2006 Great Broad 68 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 11/01/2015 Thorpe St Andrew 1st-winter present at Thorpe St Andrew green then flew over to Whitlingham. 69 Common Gull Larus canus 13/03/2007 Great Broad 70 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 31/03/2012 Whitlingham C.P. 3rd-winter on the Great Broad 71 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 30/04/2006 Great Broad 72 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 16/10/2010 Great Broad Adult/near adult winter plumage with raft of Lesser Black-backed Gulls 73 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 16/11/2007 Great Broad 74 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 30/04/2006 Great Broad 75 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 22/01/2023 Whitlingham C.P. PATCH TICK! 3rd winter, found by Robin Chittenden. 76 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 27/12/2009 Great Broad Juvenile. Bird stayed into 2010. 77 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 30/04/2006 Great Broad 78 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 03/01/2022 Whitlingham Great Broad Patch tick! 79 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/03/2011 Whitlingham C.P. One in flight. Also 2 on Great Broad (18/01/13). 80 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 25/03/2011 Whitlingham C.P. One flew over the Great Broad at c17:40 81 Great White Egret Ardea alba 26/01/2021 Whitlingham C.P. Patch tick, along the edge of the Great Broad. 82 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 13/03/2007 Great Broad Max count of 6 (12/01/13) 83 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 18/02/2009 Whitlingham CP 84 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 23/04/2010 Thorpe Marsh One seen previously 85 Red Kite Milvus milvus 09/08/2012 Whitlingham Lane One circling over the meadows then flew north. 86 Buzzard Buteo buteo 05/08/2007 Whitlingham Meadows Flying over treeline 87 Barn Owl Tyto alba 12/11/2008 Trowse Meadow Flew from common into housing estate 88 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/10/2011 Thorpe Marshes One hunting over the marsh at dusk. My 130th Whitlingham-area bird 89 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 20/05/2011 Whitlingham CP Heard in 2009, first seen in 2011. 90 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 13/03/2007 Trowse Meadows many seen since at Whitlingham CP 91 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/08/2007 Trees near Little Broad 92 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 21/10/2007 Whitlingham Marsh 93 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 22/02/2008 Whitlingham Woods 94 Hobby Falco subbuteo 29/04/2012 Thorpe Station Marsh One flew over 95 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/06/2011 Trowse Meadows One flew over waste ground heading towards the C.P. 96 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 23/01/2022 Whitlingham C.P. Flew in at dusk and roosted on the Great Broad island. 97 Jay Garrulus glandarius 13/03/2007 Whitlingham Woods 98 Magpie Pica pica 13/03/2007 Whitlingham CP 99 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 06/01/2008 Whitlingham CP 100 Rook Corvus frugilegus 15/08/2007 Whitlingham CP 101 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 15/08/2007 Whitlingham CP 102 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 25/03/2011 Trowse Meadows A flock of 19 flew over heading towards Thorpe 103 Coal Tit Periparus ater 22/02/2008 Whitlingham Woods 104 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 18/05/2007 Whitlingham C.P. 105 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 30/04/2006 Alders near Little Broad 106 Great Tit Parus major 30/04/2006 Alders near Little Broad 107 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 22/12/2017 Thorpe Marsh One in the reedbed between permissive path and railway line. 108 Skylark Alauda arvensis 21/12/2009 Whitlingham C.P. 13 flew west 109 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/04/2008 Whitlingham CP 110 Swallow Hirundo rustica 05/04/2008 Little Broad 111 House Martin Delichon urbicum 15/08/2007 Whitlingham CP 112 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 05/04/2008 Whitlingham Marsh 113 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 30/04/2006 Alders near Little Broad 114 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 23/04/2008 Whitlingham CP 115 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 13/03/2007 Whitlingham CP Possibly earliest arrival 116 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2008 Great Broad 117 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 15/08/2007 Whitlingham CP 118 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris ********** ********** 119 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes ********** ********** 120 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 21/04/2011 Thorpe Station Marsh Seen and heard 121 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP 122 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 04/05/2009 Near Little Broad 123 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 23/05/2009 North of Great Broad One singing 124 Whitethroat Curruca communis 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP 125 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 13/03/2007 Whitlingham Woods Also near Little Broad 126 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 13/03/2007 Whitlingham CP 127 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 28/12/2010 Feeders near the car park 128 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 13/03/2007 Whitlingham Woods Also seen near Little Broad 129 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 30/04/2006 Whitlingham Lane 130 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 05/04/2008 Whitlingham CP 131 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2008 Whitlingham Meadows 132 Redwing Turdus iliacus 28/10/2009 Whitlingham C.P. 133 Blackbird Turdus merula 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP 134 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 06/01/2008 Whitlingham Meadows 135 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 09/10/2016 Whitlingham C.P. 136 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 02/07/2010 Whitlingham C.P. One near ruins of Trowse Newton Hall 137 Robin Erithacus rubecula 30/04/2006 Whitlingham CP 138 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 03/05/2012 Whitlingham C.P. Heard singing on 03/05/12, seen on 06/05/12 with a 2nd bird heard. Also one seen 15/04/13. 139 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/09/2014 Thorpe Marsh 140 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 22/02/2008 Whitlingham Marsh 141 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/04/2018 Thorpe Marshes My 149th patch bird. 142 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 30/04/2006 Whitlingham Lane On feeders in garden south of Whitlingham Lane 143 Dunnock Prunella modularis 13/03/2007 Whitlingham CP 144 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 05/06/2007 Great Broad 145 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 13/03/2007 Whitlingham Marsh Also White Wagtail on same date 146 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 21/12/2010 Thorpe Station Marshes Seen before this - maybe at the sewage works? 147 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 13/03/2007 Whitlingham CP 148 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 06/01/2008 Whitlingham Meadows Small flock feeding under Beech trees 149 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 29/10/2017 Whitlingham C.P. Two singles flew west early morning. An unprecedented movement of this species has occurred over the past few weeks. 150 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 30/12/2009 Great Broad Male in flight along path through conservation area 151 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 21/10/2007 Whitlingham CP 152 Linnet Linaria cannabina 29/07/2008 Whitlingham C.P. Also 16/10/10 153 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 23/11/2008 Little Broad 154 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 16/11/2007 Alders near Little Broad 155 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 03/03/2018 Whitlingham C.P. 148. Coues's Arctic Redpoll. A new bird for the site, found on 27th Feb by Justin Lansdell and ID confirmed from photos by Andy Stoddart. 156 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 18/10/2020 Whitlingham C.P. Two flew west between rain showers. Patch tick. 157 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/06/2007 Whitlingham CP 158 Siskin Spinus spinus 16/11/2007 Alders near Little Broad 159 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 18/05/2007 Whitlingham C.P.