Monday 8 March 2021

My 2021 Lockdown Bird List So Far...

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!

  1. Mute Swan 
  2. Pink-footed Goose (Flying over my flat)
  3. Russian White-fronted Goose (March 7th, Marston Marshes)
  4. Greylag Goose
  5. Canada Goose
  6. Barnacle Goose (A lone feral, relatively tame bird at Whitlingham Broad)
  7. Egyptian Goose 
  8. Gadwall (Whitlingham Broad and Thorpe Marshes)
  9. Teal (Whitlingham Broad and Thorpe Marshes)
  10. Mallard
  11. Shoveler (Thorpe Marshes)
  12. Pochard (Whitlingham Broad)
  13. Tufted Duck (Whitlingham Broad and Thorpe Marshes)
  14. Scaup (Feb 6th, Whitlingham Broad)
  15. Goldeneye (Jan 31st & Feb 17th, Whitlingham Broad)
  16. Smew (Feb 13th, Whitlingham Broad)
  17. Pheasant (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
  18. Little Grebe (Feb 17th, Whitlingham Broad)
  19. Great Crested Grebe (Whitlingham Broad)
  20. Grey Heron
  21. Little Egret (Whitlingham Broad and Marston Marshes)
  22. Cormorant
  23. Red Kite (March 7th, Marston Marshes, flying really high up near the sun and took a while to decide completely)
  24. Sparrowhawk
  25. Buzzard
  26. Kestrel
  27. Peregrine (Norwich Cathedral)
  28. Water Rail (Whitlingham Broad, heard only)
  29. Moorhen
  30. Coot
  31. Oystercatcher (March 1st, Whitlingham Broad)
  32. Lapwing (Feb 14th, Earlham Marshes and Hellesdon Road)
  33. Snipe (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
  34. Woodcock (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road, after much thinking over as it flew past me so quickly)
  35. Curlew (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
  36. Black-headed Gull
  37. Common Gull
  38. Lesser Black-backed Gull
  39. Great Black-backed Gull (Feb 17th, Whitlingham Broad)
  40. Herring Gull
  41. Yellow-legged Gull (Jan 28th, Wensum Park)
  42. Rock Dove/ Feral Pigeon
  43. Stock Dove
  44. Woodpigeon
  45. Collard Dove
  46. Ring-necked Parakeet (Jan 30th & March 7th, Hellesdon Road and Marston Marshes)
  47. Tawny Owl (Heard only)
  48. Kingfisher (Surprisingly everywhere from Whitlingham Broad to the River Wensum in the city centre)
  49. Green Woodpecker (Catton Park)
  50. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  51. Magpie
  52. Jay
  53. Jackdaw
  54. Carrion Crow
  55. Blue Tit
  56. Great Tit
  57. Coal Tit
  58. Long-tailed Tit
  59. Skylark (Heard only at Sprowston Park & Ride car park)
  60. Cetti's Warbler (Whitlingham Broad, mostly heard but caught a glimpse)
  61. Goldcrest
  62. Wren
  63. Nuthatch (Heard only at Catton Park)
  64. Treecreeper (Catton Park)
  65. Starling
  66. Blackbird
  67. Song Thrush
  68. Redwing (everywhere this winter!)
  69. Mistle Thrush
  70. Robin
  71. Black Redstart (March 4th, around the corner from my flat!)
  72. Stonechat (Feb 14th & March 5th, Earlham Marshes & Thorpe Marshes)
  73. Dunnock
  74. Pied Wagtail
  75. Meadow Pipit (Feb 14th, Hellesdon Road)
  76. House Sparrow
  77. Chaffinch
  78. Greenfinch
  79. Goldfinch
  80. Siskin (Whitlingham Broad, Thorpe Marshes and Marston Marshes)
  81. Bullfinch (Feb 6th, Whitlingham Broad, heard briefly)
  82. Reed Bunting 
And that's my list as of now. A few surprising species that apparently appeared but I missed include; bittern, pintail, common cranes (flew over the city), Bewick's swans (also apparently flew over), black-necked grebe and lesser white-fronted goose. I know there's possibly a few others I haven't found yet or knew about, so feel free to let me know or give me any locations to their whereabouts to help me out. Let's see if I can reach 100 species by the summer.

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