May Day

British (English)	Gill & Wright (2006) / IOC	Scientific name
vernacular name	international English name
Mute Swan		Cygnus olor
Greylag Goose		Anser anser
Canada Goose		Branta canadensis
Barnacle Goose		Branta leucopsis
Shelduck	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
Gadwall		Anas strepera
Mallard		Anas platyrhynchos
Shoveler	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Tufted Duck		Aythya fuligula
Pheasant	Common Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus
Little Grebe		Tachybaptus ruficollis
Grey Heron		Ardea cinerea
Marsh Harrier	Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
Buzzard	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo
Kestrel	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Moorhen	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Coot	Common Coot	Fulica atra
Oystercatcher	Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
Avocet	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
Ringed Plover	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Lapwing	Northern Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus
Dunlin		Calidris alpina
Black-tailed Godwit		Limosa limosa
Curlew	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata
Spotted Redshank		Tringa erythropus
Redshank	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
Turnstone	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Kittiwake	Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla
Black-headed Gull	Common Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Mediterranean Gull		Larus melanocephalus
Lesser Black-backed Gull		Larus fuscus
Herring Gull		Larus argentatus
Little Tern		Sternula albifrons
Sandwich Tern		Sterna sandvicensis
Common Tern		Sterna hirundo
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon	Common Pigeon	Columba livia
Woodpigeon	Common Wood Pigeon	Columba palumbus
Collared Dove	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
Barn Owl		Tyto alba
Swift	Common Swift	Apus apus
Skylark	Sky Lark	Alauda arvensis
Sand Martin		Riparia riparia
Swallow	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Meadow Pipit		Anthus pratensis
Pied Wagtail	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba
Wren	Winter Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
Dunnock		Prunella modularis
Robin	European Robin	Erithacus rubecula
Blackbird	Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
Cetti’s Warbler		Cettia cetti	Heard
Grasshopper Warbler	Common Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella naevia
Sedge Warbler		Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Marsh Warbler		Acrocephalus palustris
Reed Warbler	Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Blackcap	Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	Heard
Garden Warbler		Sylvia borin
Whitethroat	Common Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
Chiffchaff		Phylloscopus collybita	Heard
Willow Warbler		Phylloscopus trochilus
Blue Tit		Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit		Parus major
Magpie	Eurasian Magpie	Pica pica
Jackdaw	Western Jackdaw	Corvus monedula
Rook		Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow		Corvus corone
Starling	Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow		Passer domesticus
Chaffinch		Fringilla coelebs
Goldfinch	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis

List compiled from 05:30 - 16:30 at Carlton Marshes, Lowestoft Harbour, Walberswick Nature Reserve and Minsmere Bird Reserve.

69 species in 11 hours - a personal record.