A list of all the birds I have seen at Costessey House Private Estate, my local patch between Costessey and Drayton just outside Norwich, Norfolk. I have been working the patch since October 2011. List updated every time a new patch bird is seen. A species status key can be seen below.
Key:
CBR – Common Breeding Resident
BR – Breeding Resident
C – Common (non breeding)
S – Summer Visitor
W – Winter Visitor
U/O – Locally Uncommon/Occasional Records
PR + Bold – Patch Rarity
R + Bold + Capitals – Genuine scarcity (Rare breeder or vagrant to Britain) and above
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- Mute Swan – CBR
- Egyptian Goose – W, has bred
- Mallard – CBR
- Pheasant – CBR
- Cormorant – C
- Grey Heron – CBR
- Common Buzzard – C
- Sparrowhawk – CBR
- Kestrel – CBR
- Moorhen – CBR
- Snipe – W + U/O
- Black-headed Gull – C
- Common Gull – W
- Herring Gull – C
- Feral Pigeon – C
- Wood Pigeon – CBR
- Tawny Owl – CBR
- Pied Wagtail – CBR
- Dunnock – CBR
- Robin – CBR
- Redwing – W
- Fiedlfare – W
- Blackbird – CBR
- Wren – CBR
- Great Tit – CBR
- Coal Tit – C
- Blue Tit – CBR
- Long-tailed Tit – C
- Magpie – CBR
- Jay – CBR
- Jackdaw – CBR
- Carrion Crow – CBR
- Rook – C
- Starling – C
- House Sparrow – U/O, 3 records: x1 Oct 2011, x2 Feb 2013, June 2014
- Chaffinch – CBR
- Goldfinch – CBR
- Greenfinch – CBR
- Bullfinch – CBR
- Song Thrush – CBR
- Chiffchaff – S
- Green Woodpecker – CBR
- Reed Bunting – CBR
- Blackcap – S
- Meadow Pipit – U/O, several records: up to 15 in Oct 2012
- Lesser Black Backed Gull – C
- Skylark – C
- Lesser Redpoll – U/O, several records
- Cetti’s Warbler – Presumed Breeding Resident, 2 pairs as of 2017
- Little Egret – U/O, several annual records
- Kingfisher –BR
- Barn Owl – CBR
- Great Black Backed Gull – U/O, 3 records: April + Oct 2012+ Feb 2013
- Goldcrest – CBR
- Red-legged Partridge – CBR
- Swallow – S
- Willow Warbler – S
- Common Tern – S
- Greenshank – PR: x3 over Costessey House Marsh on 4th May 2012, x1 Sluice Field next two days
- Mistle Thrush – U/O, several records of 2 birds
- Sedge Warbler – S
- Whitethroat – S
- Great Spotted Woodpecker – CBR
- Swift – S
- Oystercatcher – U/O, 4 records: May 2012-June 2014
- Stock Dove – CBR
- House Martin – S
- Lesser Whitethroat – U/O, 2 records: at Costessey Marsh, 5th-6th May 2012 + 3oth April 2013
- Yellowhammer – CBR
- Collared Dove – C
- Nuthatch – BR
- Little Owl – S
- Lapwing – U/O, 5 records: July + Oct 2012, February 2013, April 2013 flock of 150+
- Greylag Goose – U/O, several records
- YELLOW-LEGGED GULL – R: x1 adult on flooded Sluice Field with Lesser Black Backed Gulls on 18th July 2012
- Grey Wagtail – C
- Green Sandpiper – PR, 2 records: x2 26th August ’12, x1 Costessey House Marsh 4th July 2013
- Reed Warbler – S (one pair)
- Hobby – S (one pair)
- Siskin – U/O: several records
- Pink-footed Goose – U/O, 1 record: x36 over Kettringham’s Marsh on 25th Oct 2012
- Linnet – C
- Brambling – U/O, 2 records: x1 male by cottage 25th Oct 2012, x1 fem 9th April 2013
- Teal – U/O, several annual records, maximum of x30 in Feb 2014
- COMMON CRANE – R: x6 adults NW over Costessey Marsh on 2nd February 2013
- BITTERN – R: x1 at Costessey Marsh briefly on 5th February 2013
- Little Grebe – U/O, 2 records: 7th Feb 2013 Kettringham’s Marsh, 9th April 2013
- Gadwall – U/O, 3 records: x6 maximum in April 2013 at Sluice Field, + female in 2017
- Water Rail – U/O, 1 record: at Costessey Marsh, 4th April 2013
- Woodcock – W, several records, x3 recorded in one day, April 2015
- Stonechat – U/O, 1 record: male at Costessey Marsh, 5th April 2013
- Jack Snipe – PR, 1 record: one at Fisherman’s Trail, 8th April 2013
- Canada Goose – U/O, several records
- Grasshopper Warbler – S
- Peregrine – U/O, 1 record: male east over Costessey Marsh, 24th June 2013
- Garden Warbler – U/O, 2 records: Kettringham’s Marsh, 24th June 2013, + June 2016
- Treecreeper – U/O, 4 records: 2nd July 2013 first record
- Golden Plover – PR, 1 record: one over Costessey Marsh, 31st July 2013
- Spotted Flycatcher – U/O, 1 record: paddocks, 13th August 2013
- Common Crossbill – U/O, 1 record: over Mill Lane, 27th Dec 2013
- Cuckoo –S: returning individual in May-June every year since 2014
- Sand Martin – U/O, 1 record by Sluice Field, 5th June 2014
- Common Redshank – U/O, 1 record over Sluice Field, 11th June 2014
- Tufted Duck – U/O, 1 record: Costessey Marsh, Feb 2015
- Goosander – U/O, 1 record: Oct 2015
- Shelduck – U/O, 1 record: June 2016 over Sluice Field
- Ring Ouzel – PR: 1 record, pair (male + female) from 13th-20th April 2017 on Costessey House Marsh, twitched by 50 + birders
Lothian Young Birder 