Wheatears............... ...............In The Mist

Not strictly a single patch, more patchwork. A group of small areas, with public access around the River Yare on the eastern edge of Norwich, that i try to walk on a relatively regular basis.

1. Rosary Cemetery
2. Lion's Wood
3. Carey's Meadow
4. Thorpe Station Marsh
5. Whitlingham Country Park
6. Whitlingham Marsh
7. Trowse Water Meadow

1. Great Crested Grebe
2. Red-necked Grebe
3. Little Grebe
4. Cormorant (P.carbo)
5. Grey Heron
6. Mute Swan
7. Canada Goose
8. Barnacle Goose
9. Greylag Goose
10. Pink-footed Goose
11. Mallard
12. Gadwell
13. Wigeon
14. Teal
15. Garganey
16. Manderin
17. Shoveler
18. Shelduck
19. Egyptian Goose
20. Scaup
21. Tufted Duck
22. Pochard
23. Red-crested Pochard
24. Ferruginous Duck
25. Ring-necked Duck
26. Goldeneye
27. Goosander
28. Smew
29. Common Buzzard
30. Sparrowhawk
31. Marsh Harrier
32. Peregrine Falcon
33. Kestrel
34. Red-legged Partridge
35. Pheasant
36. Water Rail
37. Moorhen
38. Coot
39. Oystercatcher
40. Lapwing
41. Little Ringed Plover
42. Dunlin
43. Snipe
44. Jack Snipe
45. Curlew
46. Common Sandpiper
47. Green Sandpiper
48. Redshank
49. Avocet
50. Great Black-backed Gull
51. Lesser Black-backed Gull
52. Herring Gull
53. Caspian Gull
54. Common Gull
55. Black-headed Gull
56. Common Tern
57. Rock/Feral Pigeon
58. Stock Dove
59. Woodpigeon
60. Collared Dove
61. Barn Owl
62. Swift
63. Kingfisher
64. Green Woodpecker
65. Great Spotted Woodpecker
66. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
67. Skylark
68. Sand Martin
69. Swallow
70. House Martin
71. Meadow Pipit
72. Grey Wagtail
73. Pied Wagtail (M.a.yarrellii)
74. Starling
75. Jay
76. Magpie
77. Jackdaw
78. Rook
79. Carrion Crow
80. Wren
81. Dunnock
82. Cetti's Warbler
83. Grasshopper Warbler
84. Sedge Warbler
85. Reed Warbler
86. Garden Warbler
87. Blackcap
88. Whitethroat
89. Lesser Whitethroat
90. Willow Warbler
91. Chiffchaff
92. Goldcrest
93. Pied Flycatcher
94. Stonechat
95. Robin
96. Nightingale
97. Blackbird
98. Redwing
99. Song Thrush
100. Mistle Thrush
101. Fieldfare
102. Marsh Tit
103. Blue Tit
104. Coal Tit
105. Great Tit
106. Long-tailed Tit
107. Nuthatch
108. Treecreeper
109. House Sparrow
110. Tree Sparrow
111. Chaffinch
112. Brambling
113. Bullfinch
114. Greenfinch
115. Siskin
116. Goldfinch
117. Lesser Redpoll
118. Mealy Redpoll
119. Reed Bunting
120. Yellowhammer

1. Black Swan
2. Cormorant (P.sinesis)
3. White Wagtail (M.a.alba)

1. Barnacle Goose x Lesser White-fronted Goose
2. Greylag Goose x Canada Goose
3. Greylag Goose x Swan Goose
4. Mallard x Yellow-billed Duck
5. Pochard x Tufted Duck
6. Gargany x Shoveler

1. Slavionian Grebe
2. Black-necked Grebe
3. White Pelican
4. Bittern
5. Little Egret
6. Great White Egret 
7. Night Heron
8. Whooper Swan
9. Bewick's Swan 
10. Dark-bellied Brent Goose
11. White-fronted Goose
12. Chiloe Wigeon
13. Green-winged Teal
14. Long-tailed Duck
15. Common Scoter
16. Red-brested Merganser
17. Ruddy Duck
18. Honey Buzzard
19. Red Kite
20. Osprey
21. Hen Harrier
22. Hobby
23. Merlin
24. Turnstone
25. Grey Plover
26. Knot
27. Whimbrel
28. Black-tailed Godwit
29. Greenshank
30. Yellow-legged Gull
31. Mediterranean Gull
32. Little Gull
33. Black Tern
34. Arctic Tern
35. Little Tern
36. Sandwich Tern
37. Turtle Dove
38. Cuckoo
39. Little Owl
40. Alpine Swift
41. Waxwing
42. Marsh Warbler
43. Spotted Flycatcher
44. Wheatear
45. Bearded Tit

*These sightings date back to 2002 and include some hybrids and obvious escapes from local collections. These are included to give a complete picture of the birds seen in and around Whitlingham Country Park and River Yare to the east of Norwich.