Saturday 1 May 2010

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.