Epic two week holiday in Norfolk, staying at the Marine Hotel in Hunstanton. Recorded 144 species during the trip. The below counts are my totals for the entire holiday.
Mute Swan 168 Whooper Swan 2183 Bewick's Swan 2666 White-fronted Goose 11 BEAN GOOSE 15 (2 Cley Marshes, 13 Welney) Pink-footed Goose 69894 Greylag Goose 5939 Canada Goose 93 BARNACLE GOOSE 2 (with pinkies at Holkham) Brent Goose 12908 Shelduck 1523 Egyptian Goose 71 Mallard 965 Gadwall 383 Pintail 223 Shoveler 94 Wigeon 37591 Teal 6176 GARGANEY 1 (first-winter drake - Cley Marshes) Pochard 2058 Tufted Duck 527 Eider 33 Common Scoter 1213 LONG-TAILED DUCK 2 (stonking drake off Holme) Goldeneye 97 Goosander 3 Red-breasted Merganser 112 Red-legged Partridge 34 Grey Partridge 13 Pheasant 104 Red-throated Diver 125 BLACK-THROATED DIVER 1 (offshore at Salthouse) GREAT NORTHERN DIVER 1 (west past Sheringham) BLACK-NECKED GREBE 1 (Snettisham) Little Grebe 18 Great Crested Grebe 49 Fulmar 18 Gannet 29 Cormorant 460 BITTERN 4 Little Egret 69 GREAT WHITE EGRET 1 Grey Heron 13 RED KITE 1 Marsh Harrier *125* Hen Harrier 14 (2 Titchwell, 8 Warham Greens, 4 Hickling Broad) Common Buzzard 34 ROUGH-LEGGED BUZZARD 4 (2 Burnham Overy, 1 Welney and 1 Halvergate) Sparrowhawk 9 Kestrel 44 Peregrine 8 Merlin 8 Water Rail 7 Moorhen 113 Coot 1557 COMMON CRANE 32 (28 into roost at Hickling Broad - inc a single flock of 18!!!!) Oystercatch 6272 Avocet 210 (150 at Breydon Water) Ringed Plover 16 Grey Plover 305 Golden Plover 11209 Lapwing 26468 Knot 40091 Sanderling 586 PURPLE SANDPIPER 2 (Sheringham) Turnstone 169 Dunlin 4655 Redshank 586 GREENSHANK 1 (Holme) Black-tailed Godwit 128 Bar-tailed Godwit 335 Curlew 1663 Woodcock 4 Snipe 64 Ruff 45 GREAT SKUA 4 (East past Sheringham) POMARINE SKUA 6 (3 South past Hunstanton and 3 west past Sheringham) Black-headed Gull 37205 Common Gull 8115 Mediterranean Gull 29 Herring Gull 13308 Great Black-backed Gull 110 Lesser Black-backed Gull 72 Kittiwake 1 GLAUCOUS GULL 2 (third-winter at Sheringham and Juv at Cley Marshes) Guillemot a Auk Sp 4 Stock Dove 56 Wood Pigeon 11310 Collared Dove 85 Short-eared Owl 4 Tawny Owl 2 Barn Owl 15 Little Owl 3 Green Woodpecker 9 Great Spotted Woodpecker 15 LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER 1 Skylark 357 WATER PIPIT 7 (2 Titchwell and 5 Buckenham/Cantley Marshes) Rock Pipit 38 Meadow Pipit 138 Pied Wagtail 47 Grey Wagtail 2 Dunnock 71 Robin 182 Stonechat 14 Song Thrush 48 Redwing 120 Mistle Thrush 9 Fieldfare 613 Blackbird 208 Cetti's Warbler 23 Goldcrest 117 Wren 77 Great Tit 120 Coal Tit 88 Blue Tit 128 Marsh Tit 32 Long-tailed Tit 84 Bearded Tit 28 Nuthatch 22 Treecreeper 20 GREAT GREY SHRIKE 1 (Roydon Common) Magpie 87 Jay 20 Jackdaw 3608 Room 4220 Carrion Crow 65 Starling 4225 House Sparrow 653 Tree Sparrow 19 Chaffinch 374 Brambling 26 Linnet 647 TWITE 40 (Titchwell/Thornham) Lesser Redpoll 35 Goldfinch 224 Greenfinch 154 Siskin 55 Bullfinch 31 HAWFINCH 1 (Lynford Arboretum - bottom of the bird feeders!) Reed Bunting 121 Snow Bunting 6 Yellowhammer 12 Corn Bunting 15
Not bad for February!!!!!!!!
Sites visited; Flitcham Abbey Farm, Tottenhill, Wolferton, Hunstanton, Sheringham, Blakeney Harbour, Burnham Overy, Titchwell, Roydon Common, Dersingham Bog, Ken Hill Wood, Lynford Arboretum, Snpanton Downham, Cley Marshes, Welney, Holme, Kelling Heath, Salthouse, Warham Greens, Snettisham, Holkham, Strumpshaw, Breydon Water, Great Yarmouth, Ormesby Broad, Hickling Broad, Buckenham Marshes, Cantley Marshes.
Cheers,
Richard
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