2016 year list: 05.01.16

Only 2 sessions of birding, on the 3rd a brief walk around the parish and then yesterday, North Norfolk. As usual, I have no targets for a year list, but always happy to pass 200 species in a year. Last year 204 and in 2014 223, both lists contained good birds such as glossy ibis, little bittern, osprey and spectacled warbler. Whilst not a twitcher in my terms, I do visit rare birds if I happen to be in the area for a day's birding e.g. a day in Norfolk and the spectacled warbler was still present after a week or so, therefore shame to miss out. I had planned a Norfolk day anyway on that occasion and not too fussed if the bird had left, as it did 3 days later.

Red Backed shrike: Winterton dunes 2014

1. red throated diver (Titchwell)
2. slavonian grebe (Dungeness)
3. little grebe (Wells Next the Sea)
4. great crested grebe (Dungeness)
5. gannet (West Runton)
6. cormorant (Titchwell)
7. little egret (Titchwell)
8. grey heron (Titchwell)
9. mute swan (Titchwell)
10. bean goose tundra (Salthouse)
11. pink footed goose (Holkham)
12. greylag goose (Titchwell)
13. canada goose (Burnham Overy Staithe)
14. barnacle goose (Dungeness)
15. brent goose (Titchwell)
16. shelduck (Titchwell)
17. mallard (Titchwell)
18. gadwall (Titchwell)
19. pintail (Oare Marshes)
20. shoveler
21. wigeon
22. teal (All above: Titchwell)
23. pochard (Dungeness)
24. red crested pochard (Lackford Lakes)
25. common scoter (Titchwell)
26. goldeneye ( Titchwell)
27. smew (Dungeness)
28. red breasted merganser (Titchwell)
29. red kite (Well Next the Sea harbour)
30. marsh harrier (Titchwell)
31. common buzzard (Little Hadham)
32. kestrel (Little Hadham)
33. sparrowhawk (Bishop's Stortford)
34. peregrine falcon (Titchwell)
35. red legged partridge (Choseley)
36. grey partridge (Holkham)
37. pheasant (Little Hadham)
38. moorhen (Titchwell)
39. coot (Dungeness)
40. oystercatcher
41. avocet
42. grey plover
43. golden plover 
44. lapwing
45. sanderling (All above: Titchwell)
46. purple sandpiper (Sheringham)
47. turnstone (Titchwell)
48. dunlin (Titchwell)
49. green sandpiper (Lemsford HMWT Reserve)
50. redshank
51. black tailed godwit
52. bar tailed godwit
53. curlew (All above: Titchwell)
54. whimbrel (Kelling Water Meadows)
55. woodcock (Little Hadham)
56. ruff
57. black headed gull
58. common gull
59. herring gull
60. lesser black backed gull
61. great black backed gull (All above: Titchwell)
62. glaucous gull (Salthouse)
63. guillemot (West Runton)
64. razorbill (Dungeness)
65. wood pigeon (Little Hadham)
66. Stock dove (Burnham Overy Staithe)
67. collared dove (Little Hadham)
68. tawny owl (Little Hadham)
69. barn owl (Titchwell)
70. Little owl (Little Hadham)
71. kingfisher (Titchwell)
72. green woodpecker (Little Hadham)
73. Great spotted woodpecker (Little Hadham)
74. skylark (Choseley)
75. water pipit
76. meadow pipit
77. pied wagtail (All above: Titchwell)
78. grey wagtail 
79. wren
80. dunnock 
81. robin
82. stonechat
83. redwing
84. fieldfare (All above: Little Hadham)
85. song thrush
86. mistle thrush (Both Titchwell)
87. blackbird (Little Hadham)
88. blackcap (Little Hadham)
89. Dartford warbler (Kelling Water meadows)
90. chiffchaff (Titchwell)
91. cetti's warbler (Titchwell)
92. goldcrest 
93. great tit
94. blue tit
95. coal tit (All Little Hadham)
96. marsh tit (Titchwell)
97. long tailed tit 
98. nuthatch 
99. treecreeper 
100. magpie
101. jay
102. jackdaw
103. carrion crow
104. rook
105. starling
106. house sparrow (All above: Little Hadham)
107. tree sparrow (Dungeness)
108. chaffinch  Little Hadham)
109. brambling (Titchwell)
110. linnet (Titchwell)
111. goldfinch (Little Hadham)
112. greenfinch (Little Hadham)
113. siskin (North Creake)
114. bullfinch (Little Hadham)
115. reed bunting (Titchwell)
116. lapland bunting (Blakeney Freshmarsh)
117. yellowhammer (Choseley)
118. corn bunting (Choseley)

updated: 14.03.16