Thursday, 30 December 2021

My Final Bird List 2021

Back in January, the 3rd lockdown had me bored out of my mind. I was craving to go out and look for birds. So I decided to do a year list. Something that I don't really do. Up until mid-spring, I kept it local, finding as many bird species in and around Norwich as far out as Whitlingham and Thorpe Marshes. To my surprise, I managed to build quite a respectable list which included some very unusual findings such as a white-fronted goose, a black redstart, ring-necked parakeets and a couple of curlew. 

By summer, I had a lot more freedom to travel much further afield and my list included some very exciting rarities such as a roller and a western sandpiper. However, by August, my list was grinding to a halt and my interest in the list was being replaced by other projects. I was spending less time throughout the autumn months going out and more time at home drawing. I was more interest getting these drawing projects done, that I missed out on a lot of the migrants that were coming in. There were a few family related things cropping up too, so it was becoming rare to organise a trip out to birdwatch. Despite all of this though, my list has totalled to 161 species. If weather, my drawing projects and family matters didn't restrict me as much as it did, I'm sure I would had reached the 200 mark no doubt about it.

Here is what has made it to my list...
(I will include more details on my highlight species that made my year)
  1. Mute Swan 
  2. Pink-footed Goose 
  3. White-fronted Goose (Marston Marshes 7/3/2021)
  4. Greylag Goose
  5. Canada Goose
  6. Barnacle Goose (Feral individual at Whitlingham Broad)
  7. Brent Goose 
  8. Egyptian Goose
  9. Shelduck
  10. Mandarin (Whitlingham Broad 5/4/2021)
  11. Wigeon
  12. Gadwall
  13. Teal
  14. Mallard
  15. Pintail
  16. Garganey (Strumpshaw Fen 4/8/2021)
  17. Shoveler
  18. Pochard
  19. Tufted Duck
  20. Scaup (Whitlingham Broad 6/2/2021)
  21. Common Scoter
  22. Goldeneye
  23. Smew (Whitlingham Broad 13/2/2021)
  24. Red-breasted Merganser (Cley 10/10/2021)
  25. Red-legged Partridge
  26. Pheasant
  27. Red-throated Diver
  28. Black-throated Diver (Cley 4/12/2021)
  29. Fulmar (Sheringham 5/9/2021)
  30. Manx Shearwater (Cley 10/10/2021)
  31. Little Grebe
  32. Great Crested Grebe
  33. Spoonbill (Cley 11/4/2021)
  34. Bittern (Strumpshaw Fen 9/6/2021)
  35. Grey Heron
  36. Great White Egret (Strumpshaw Fen 12/5/2021)
  37. Little Egret
  38. Gannet
  39. Cormorant
  40. Red Kite (Over my flat! 17/3/2021)
  41. Marsh Harrier
  42. Sparrowhawk
  43. Buzzard
  44. Kestrel
  45. Hobby
  46. Peregrine
  47. Water Rail
  48. Moorhen
  49. Coot
  50. Crane (Strumpshaw Fen 28/4/2021)
  51. Oystercatcher
  52. Avocet
  53. Ringed Plover
  54. Golden Plover
  55. Grey Plover
  56. Lapwing
  57. Knot
  58. Sanderling
  59. Little Stint
  60. Western Sandpiper (Snettisham 29/7/2021)
  61. Curlew Sandpiper (Snettisham 29/7/2021)
  62. Dunlin
  63. Ruff
  64. Snipe
  65. Woodcock (Hellesdon Road, Norwich 14/2/2021)
  66. Black-tailed Godwit
  67. Bar-tailed Godwit
  68. Whimbrel (Cley 15/8/2021)
  69. Curlew
  70. Common Sandpiper
  71. Green Sandpiper
  72. Spotted Redshank
  73. Redshank
  74. Turnstone
  75. Kittiwake (Whitlingham Broad 5/4/2021)
  76. Black-headed Gull
  77. Little Gull (Thorpe Marshes 31/3/2021)
  78. Mediterranean Gull
  79. Common Gull
  80. Lesser Black-backed Gull
  81. Great Black-backed Gull
  82. Herring Gull
  83. Yellow-legged Gull (Wensum Park 28/1/2021)
  84. Caspian Gull (Cley 4/12/2021)
  85. Little Tern (Minsmere 5/7/2021)
  86. Sandwich Tern
  87. Common Tern
  88. Guillemot
  89. Razorbill
  90. Puffin (Cley 4/12/2021)
  91. Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon
  92. Stock Dove
  93. Woodpigeon
  94. Collared Dove
  95. Ring-necked Parakeet (Hellesdon Road 30/1/2021)
  96. Cuckoo (Thorpe Marshes 10/5/2021)
  97. Barn Owl (Sleeping in a tree, Whitlingham Broad 24/3/2021)
  98. Tawny Owl (Whitlingham Broad 2/5/2021)
  99. Swift
  100. Swallow
  101. Sand Martin
  102. House Martin
  103. Kingfisher (Whitlingham Broad 31/1/2021 but also plenty of times in Norwich)
  104. Roller (Icklingham 27/6/2021)
  105. Green Woodpecker
  106. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  107. Magpie
  108. Jay
  109. Jackdaw
  110. Rook
  111. Carrion Crow
  112. Blue Tit
  113. Great Tit
  114. Coal Tit
  115. Marsh Tit (Strumpshaw Fen 28/4/2021)
  116. Long-tailed Tit
  117. Bearded Tit (Titchwell 9/5/2021 but also Strumpshaw Fen plenty of times)
  118. Skylark
  119. Short-toed Lark (West Runton 6/11/2021)
  120. Cetti's Warbler
  121. Chiffchaff
  122. Willow Warbler
  123. Sedge Warbler
  124. Reed Warbler
  125. Grasshopper Warbler (Strumpshaw Fen 2/6/2021)
  126. Blackcap
  127. Garden Warbler (Whitlingham Broad 10/5/2021)
  128. Whitethroat
  129. Goldcrest
  130. Wren
  131. Nuthatch
  132. Treecreeper
  133. Starling
  134. Blackbird
  135. Fieldfare (Strumpshaw Fen 17/11/2021)
  136. Song Thrush
  137. Redwing
  138. Mistle Thrush
  139. Robin
  140. Black Redstart (Near my flat! 4/3/2021) 
  141. Redstart (Heard only at Nagshead, Forest of Dean 10/7/2021)
  142. Whinchat (Earlham Marshes 3/5/2021)
  143. Stonechat
  144. Wheatear (Cley 22/5/2021)
  145. Spotted Flycatcher (Strumpshaw Fen 12/5/2021)
  146. Dunnock
  147. Yellow Wagtail (Earlham Marshes 3/5/2021)
  148. Grey Wagtail (Norwich 29/3/2021)
  149. Pied Wagtail
  150. Meadow Pipit
  151. House Sparrow
  152. Chaffinch
  153. Greenfinch
  154. Goldfinch
  155. Siskin
  156. Linnet
  157. Lesser Redpoll (Whitlingham Broad 24/3/2021)
  158. Bullfinch
  159. Snow Bunting (Cley 6/11/2021)
  160. Reed Bunting
  161. Corn Bunting (Heard only near Choseley Barns 9/5/2021)
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