As lockdown is continuing and so is my bird list, I thought it would be a good time to show you what I've got so far. Every bird that is listed below was either seen or heard from around Norwich from January until today. Some were just added in the last few days and I will talk about these findings another time. A couple of others, the woodcock and red kite, were seen but it took a while for me to decide to add them as I didn't get a good view of them at the time but have since thought over them and I'm now 100% certain that they were indeed what they were. I will add a date and location on some of the big highlights as well as the odd note here and there. The really common birds were seen in more than one place in Norwich and won't have any notes attached to them. Total species at this moment is 82!
- Mute Swan
- Pink-footed Goose (Flying over my flat)
- Russian White-fronted Goose (March 7th, Marston Marshes)
- Greylag Goose
- Canada Goose
- Barnacle Goose (A lone feral, relatively tame bird at Whitlingham Broad)
- Egyptian Goose
- Gadwall (Whitlingham Broad and Thorpe Marshes)
- Teal (Whitlingham Broad and Thorpe Marshes)
- Mallard
- Shoveler (Thorpe Marshes)
- Pochard (Whitlingham Broad)
- Tufted Duck (Whitlingham Broad and Thorpe Marshes)
- Scaup (Feb 6th, Whitlingham Broad)
- Goldeneye (Jan 31st & Feb 17th, Whitlingham Broad)
- Smew (Feb 13th, Whitlingham Broad)
- Pheasant (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
- Little Grebe (Feb 17th, Whitlingham Broad)
- Great Crested Grebe (Whitlingham Broad)
- Grey Heron
- Little Egret (Whitlingham Broad and Marston Marshes)
- Cormorant
- Red Kite (March 7th, Marston Marshes, flying really high up near the sun and took a while to decide completely)
- Sparrowhawk
- Buzzard
- Kestrel
- Peregrine (Norwich Cathedral)
- Water Rail (Whitlingham Broad, heard only)
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Oystercatcher (March 1st, Whitlingham Broad)
- Lapwing (Feb 14th, Earlham Marshes and Hellesdon Road)
- Snipe (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
- Woodcock (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road, after much thinking over as it flew past me so quickly)
- Curlew (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull (Feb 17th, Whitlingham Broad)
- Herring Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull (Jan 28th, Wensum Park)
- Rock Dove/ Feral Pigeon
- Stock Dove
- Woodpigeon
- Collard Dove
- Ring-necked Parakeet (Jan 30th & March 7th, Hellesdon Road and Marston Marshes)
- Tawny Owl (Heard only)
- Kingfisher (Surprisingly everywhere from Whitlingham Broad to the River Wensum in the city centre)
- Green Woodpecker (Catton Park)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Magpie
- Jay
- Jackdaw
- Carrion Crow
- Blue Tit
- Great Tit
- Coal Tit
- Long-tailed Tit
- Skylark (Heard only at Sprowston Park & Ride car park)
- Cetti's Warbler (Whitlingham Broad, mostly heard but caught a glimpse)
- Goldcrest
- Wren
- Nuthatch (Heard only at Catton Park)
- Treecreeper (Catton Park)
- Starling
- Blackbird
- Song Thrush
- Redwing (everywhere this winter!)
- Mistle Thrush
- Robin
- Black Redstart (March 4th, around the corner from my flat!)
- Stonechat (Feb 14th & March 5th, Earlham Marshes & Thorpe Marshes)
- Dunnock
- Pied Wagtail
- Meadow Pipit (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
- House Sparrow
- Chaffinch
- Greenfinch
- Goldfinch
- Siskin (Whitlingham Broad, Thorpe Marshes and Marston Marshes)
- Bullfinch (Feb 6th, Whitlingham Broad, heard briefly)
- Reed Bunting
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