Birds seen in the Cley Square 2019 243 species of which 11 are pending acceptance by Rarity Committees

Days Species Name Scientific Name First Date 2019 First Site Max recorded 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 1a Black Brant (RN) Branta bernicla nigricans 03/01/2019 Blakeney 1 2 1b Pale Bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota 03/01/2019 Blakeney 3 16 1c Dark Bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 2000 166 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 03/01/2019 Cley Marshes 187 61 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 13/01/2019 Cley Marshes 52 67 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 336 82 5 Taiga Bean Goose (RN) Anser fabalis 07/12/2019 Kelling Heath 1 1 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 02/01/2019 Cley Marshes 7000 155 7 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 05/02/2019 Langham 7 9 8 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 28/01/2019 Cley 10Km Square 12 64 9 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 20 49 10 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii 04/01/2019 8 4 11 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 04/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 9 10 12 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 04/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 24 142 13 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 166 85 14 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/05/2019 Cley Marshes 1 2 15 Garganey Spatula querquedula 22/04/2019 Cley Marshes 4 21 16 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 156 64 17 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 122 84 18 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 1233 132 19 Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 190 99 20 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 150 103 21 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 984 152 22 Green-winged Teal (RN) Anas carolinensis 19/06/2019 Cley Marshes 1 17 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 14/02/2019 Cley Marshes 15 157 24 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/02/2019 Bayfield Hall 18 91 25 Scaup Aythya marila 07/01/2019 Cley (sea) 3 14 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 150 103 27 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 06/01/2019 Cley (sea) 18 54 28 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 2200 142 29 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 6 24 30 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 01/01/2019 Blakeney Hbr 58 23 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 02/01/2019 Cley (sea) 14 19 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 15 47 33 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 04/01/2019 Glandford 70 37 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 12/01/2019 Langham 15 39 35 Quail Coturnix coturnix 30/05/2019 Kelling WM 3 12 36 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 24 24 37 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 603 145 38 Black-throated Diver (RN) Gavia arctica 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 6 34 39 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 16 34 40 Leach's Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa 07/09/2019 Cley (sea) 1 2 41 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 20 81 42 Cory's Shearwater (RN) Calonectris borealis 12/08/2019 Cley (sea) 1 3 43 Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea 17/01/2019 Cley (sea) 4 8 44 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 04/05/2019 Cley (sea) 250 22 45 Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus 27/07/2019 Cley (sea) 2 2 46 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 22 206 47 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 03/01/2019 Cley (sea) 2 21 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 7 58 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/01/2019 Cley (sea) 2 9 50 Black-necked Grebe (RN) Podiceps nigricollis 04/01/2019 Cley (sea) 1 1 51 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 14 138 52 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 19/01/2019 Blakeney GM 2 50 53 Squacco Heron (RB) ** Ardeola ralloides 29/06/2019 Cley Marshes 1 1 54 Cattle Egret (RN) Bubulcus ibis 30/04/2019 Kelling WM 11 14 55 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 04/01/2019 Glandford 23 166 56 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2019 Blakeney Hbr 5 28 57 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 118 243 58 Gannet Morus bassanus 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 1078 164 59 Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis 25/01/2019 Blakeney Hbr 3 15 60 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 593 183 61 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 28/07/2019 1 6 62 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 12/01/2019 Cley 10Km Square 7 68 63 Goshawk (RN) Accipiter gentilis 03/02/2019 Kelling Heath 1 4 64 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 26 265 65 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 03/01/2019 Blakeney Hbr 2 26 66 Red Kite Milvus milvus 04/01/2019 Glandford 6 98 67 White-tailed Eagle (RN) Haliaeetus albicilla 20/03/2019 Morston 1 2 68 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus 14/02/2019 Blakeney GM 1 2

compiled for the Cley Bird Club by Pat & David Wileman 1 29/01/2020 Birds seen in the Cley Square 2019 243 species of which 11 are pending acceptance by Rarity Committees

Days Species Name Scientific Name First Date 2019 First Site Max recorded 69 Buzzard Buteo buteo 04/01/2019 Glandford 64 147 70 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 02/01/2019 Cley Marshes 4 121 71 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 34 86 72 Coot Fulica atra 11/02/2019 Cley Marshes 20 97 73 Crane Grus grus 01/04/2019 Cley Marshes 4 5 74 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 09/05/2019 Kelling WM 1 1 75 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 06/01/2019 Cley (sea) 969 176 76 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 270 223 77 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 1170 138 78 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 600 114 79 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 48 122 80 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 10/01/2019 Cley (sea) 180 236 81 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 28/02/2019 Salthouse 25 125 82 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 17/04/2019 Cley Marshes 79 96 83 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 376 281 84 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 10/01/2019 Cley (sea) 100 125 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 397 267 85a Black-tailed Godwit (European) (RN) Limosa limosa limosa 01/04/2019 Cley Marshes 7 68 86 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 88 181 87 Knot Calidris canutus 12/01/2019 Blakeney Hbr 200 123 88 Calidris pugnax 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 89 197 89 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 01/06/2019 Cley Marshes 16 34 90 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 14/05/2019 Cley Marshes 6 7 91 Sanderling Calidris alba 16/02/2019 Cley (sea) 30 47 92 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 200 263 93 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 05/05/2019 Cley Marshes 2 14 94 Little Stint Calidris minuta 25/04/2019 Cley Marshes 6 14 95 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 03/08/2019 Cley Marshes 1 4 96 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 12/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 3 15 97 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 04/01/2019 Cley Marshes 3 17 98 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/01/2019 Cley 10Km Square 20 106 99 Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius 02/10/2019 Cley (sea) 2 7 100 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 05/04/2019 Cley Marshes 20 76 101 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 17/03/2019 Cley Marshes 36 102 102 Lesser Yellowlegs (RN) Tringa flavipes 07/07/2019 Cley Marshes 1 1 103 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 100 241 104 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 22/04/2019 Cley Marshes 110 44 105 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 03/03/2019 Cley Marshes 4 65 106 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 06/01/2019 Blakeney Hbr 23 142 107 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 05/01/2019 Cley (sea) 1000 55 108 Sabine's Gull (RN) Xema sabini 17/09/2019 Cley (sea) 1 3 109 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 10000 138 110 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 27/01/2019 Cley (sea) 220 97 111 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 03/01/2019 Cley Marshes 19 92 112 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 1000 118 113 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 200 130 114 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 09/01/2019 Cley Marshes 2 43 115 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 17/01/2019 Cley Marshes 1 1 116 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 3000 132 117 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 05/01/2019 Cley Marshes 4 54 118 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 15/03/2019 Cley Marshes 14 53 119 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 12/01/2019 Cley 10Km Square 70 97 119a Baltic Gull (RB) Larus fuscus fuscus 27/07/2019 Cley Marshes 2 1 120 Sandwich Thalasseus sandvicensis 22/03/2019 Blakeney Hbr 1000 127 121 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 17/04/2019 Blakeney Point 62 56 122 Roseate Tern (RN) Sterna dougallii 12/06/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 123 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 18/04/2019 Blakeney Point 250 80 124 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 04/05/2019 Cley (sea) 8 34 125 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 08/05/2019 Cley Marshes 2 11 126 Great Skua Stercorarius skua 04/03/2019 Cley (sea) 40 64 127 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 20/08/2019 Cley (sea) 29 14 128 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 04/05/2019 Cley (sea) 50 59 129 Long-tailed Skua (RN) Stercorarius longicaudus 02/08/2019 Cley (sea) 4 3 130 Little Auk Alle alle 26/01/2019 Cley (sea) 15 18 131 Guillemot Uria aalge 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 2000 105 132 Razorbill Alca torda 01/01/2019 Cley (sea) 50 46 133 Black Guillemot (RN) Cepphus grylle 31/03/2019 Cley (sea) 1 10 134 Puffin Fratercula arctica 17/09/2019 Cley (sea) 7 11 135 Feral Pigeon Columba livia f domestica 12/01/2019 Kelling WM 10 6 136 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 7 23 137 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 320 34

compiled for the Cley Bird Club by Pat & David Wileman 2 29/01/2020 Birds seen in the Cley Square 2019 243 species of which 11 are pending acceptance by Rarity Committees

Days Species Name Scientific Name First Date 2019 First Site Max recorded 138 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 26/01/2019 Blakeney 3 24 139 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 42 6 140 Great Spotted Cuckoo (RB) Clamator glandarius 30/04/2019 Salthouse 1 6 141 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 23/04/2019 Cley Village 2 26 142 Barn Owl Tyto alba 01/01/2019 Blakeney Hbr 3 84 143 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2019 Blakeney 3 63 144 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/08/2019 Langham gdns 1 2 145 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 30/10/2019 Walsey Hills 1 2 146 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 12/01/2019 Blakeney GM 2 17 147 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 20/05/2019 Kelling Heath 9 11 148 Alpine Swift (RN) Tachymarptis melba 26/04/2019 Walsey Hills 1 1 149 Swift Apus apus 26/04/2019 Cley Marshes 100 47 150 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 3 59 151 Bee-Eater (RN) Merops apiaster 27/05/2019 Walsey Hills 1 1 152 Hoopoe (RN) Upupa epops 23/04/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 153 Wryneck Jynx torquilla 18/04/2019 Blakeney Point 1 3 154 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 2 57 155 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 12/01/2019 Kelling Heath 2 37 156 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 03/01/2019 Salthouse 9 137 157 Merlin Falco columbarius 02/01/2019 Walsey Hills 2 37 158 Hobby Falco subbuteo 21/04/2019 Glandford 2 55 159 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2019 Cley Marshes 2 115 160 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 12/06/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 161 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 11/04/2019 Morston 1 1 162 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2019 Salthouse Heath 9 50 163 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2019 Langham 4 21 164 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2019 Salthouse 200 10 165 Rook Corvus frugilegus 12/01/2019 Cley Marshes 300 27 166 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 30 39 167 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 14/02/2019 Cley (sea) 1 1 168 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 15/04/2019 Cley Marshes 5 1 169 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2019 Langham 10 41 170 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 04/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 2 13 171 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 15 47 172 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 15 41 173 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 12/01/2019 Cley 10Km Square 25 55 174 Woodlark Lullula arborea 06/02/2019 Kelling Heath 6 23 175 Skylark Alauda arvensis 12/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 40 57 176 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris 10/10/2019 Cley (sea) 6 4 177 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 31/03/2019 Kelling WM 100 38 178 Swallow Hirundo rustica 29/03/2019 Blakeney Point 50 68 179 House Martin Delichon urbicum 03/03/2019 Cley Marshes 36 28 180 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 5 101 181 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 18 54 182 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 07/04/2019 Salthouse 11 39 183 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2019 Kelling 32 113 183a Siberian Chiffchaff (RN) Phylloscopus collybita tristis 10/10/2019 Walsey Hills 2 7 184 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 23/09/2019 Walsey Hills 2 24 185 Greenish Warbler (RN) Phylloscopus trochiloides 09/09/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 186 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 05/04/2019 Kelling WM 9 39 187 Blyth's Reed-Warbler (RN) Acrocephalus dumetorum 10/09/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 188 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 21/04/2019 Cley Marshes 12 36 189 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 16/04/2019 Cley Marshes 1 6 190 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 12/01/2019 Cley Village 14 79 191 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 21/04/2019 Wiveton Downs 3 14 192 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 14/02/2019 Salthouse 5 30 192a Eastern (Siberian) Lesser Whitethroat (RN) Sylvia curruca blythi 05/10/2019 Blakeney Point 1 4 192b Eastern Lesser Whitethroat (RB) Sylvia curruca halimodendri 29/10/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 192c Eastern Lesser Whitethroat (RN) Sylvia curruca blythi/halimodendri 29/10/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 193 Whitethroat Sylvia communis 11/04/2019 Walsey Hills 10 37 194 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata 17/02/2019 Kelling Heath 4 7 195 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 19/03/2019 Blakeney GM 2 8 196 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 01/01/2019 Kelling Heath 4 29 197 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 18 51 198 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 04/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 6 27 199 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 04/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 3 5 200 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 10000 33 201 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 06/04/2019 Langham gdns 29 20 202 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 35 39 203 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 21/03/2019 Blakeney Point 70 21 204 Redwing Turdus iliacus 12/01/2019 Cley Marshes 500 17

compiled for the Cley Bird Club by Pat & David Wileman 3 29/01/2020 Birds seen in the Cley Square 2019 243 species of which 11 are pending acceptance by Rarity Committees

Days Species Name Scientific Name First Date 2019 First Site Max recorded 205 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 12/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 40 45 206 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 12/01/2019 Cley Village 3 11 207 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 18/05/2019 Blakeney Point 3 8 208 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 7 41 209 Red-spotted Bluethroat (RN) Luscinia svecica svecica 09/05/2019 Cley Marshes 1 1 210 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 20/04/2019 Salthouse 5 12 211 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 24/03/2019 Salthouse 1 15 212 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 21/04/2019 Kelling WM 9 10 213 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 21/04/2019 Cley Marshes 16 35 214 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 8 104 215 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 15/03/2019 Cley Marshes 29 92 216 Isabelline Wheatear (RB) Oenanthe isabellina 10/11/2019 Cley Marshes 1 14 217 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 39 11 218 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 12/01/2019 Cley Village 1 3 219 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 10 42 220 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 220a British Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima 21/04/2019 Kelling WM 15 33 220b Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava flava 22/04/2019 Kelling WM 1 2 221 Citrine Wagtail (RN) Motacilla citreola 11/09/2019 Cley Marshes 1 1 222 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 04/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 2 34 223 Pied/White Wagtail Motacilla alba 223a Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii 01/01/2019 Salthouse 100 26 223b White Wagtail (White) Motacilla alba alba 15/03/2019 Kelling WM 7 18 224 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 07/01/2019 Cley Marshes 47 47 225 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 03/02/2019 Cley Marshes 10 22 226 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 06/01/2019 Morston 9 15 226a Rock Pipit (Scandinavian) Anthus petrosus littoralis 29/11/2019 Blakeney Hbr 1 1 227 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 300 39 228 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 12/01/2019 Glandford 10 9 229 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 13/04/2019 Blakeney 1 4 230 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 04/01/2019 Glandford 5 30 231 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2019 Langham gdns 24 29 232 Twite Linaria flavirostris 06/01/2019 Morston 16 13 233 Linnet Linaria cannabina 05/01/2019 Salthouse 180 71 234 Common Redpoll (Mealy) Acanthis flammea flammea 21/10/2019 Blakeney Point 1 1 235 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 12/01/2019 Bayfield Hall 2 5 236 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 27/02/2019 Kelling Heath 5 4 237 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 80 53 238 Serin (RN) Serinus serinus 13/05/2019 Kelling WM 1 1 239 Siskin Spinus spinus 04/01/2019 Glandford 70 15 240 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 11/01/2019 Salthouse Heath 11 22 241 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 24 55 242 Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus 25/03/2019 Blakeney GM 2 19 243 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis 01/01/2019 Cley Marshes 80 91

NOTES 1 species names in italics are sub-species 2 species in red are pending acceptance by either the or National Rarity Committees. 3 (RB) or (RN) after the species name means that occurences of this species need to be reported to National (RB) or Norfolk (RN) Rarity Committees. 4 ** following species names indicates a species new for the Square 5 where counts exist for a subspecies as well as at the species level, the species count excludes the subspecies 6 max count is the maximum seen at an indiviual site on any one day

compiled for the Cley Bird Club by Pat & David Wileman 4 29/01/2020