Description species

Here is the list of species that the committee review:

Sabine’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Roseate Tern (from Jan 2017)
Taiga Bean Goose (all records, including Yare Valley from Oct 2021)
Greenland White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Black Brant
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Surf Scoter
Black-throated Diver
White-billed Diver
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wilson’s Petrel
Storm Petrel
Night-heron
Purple Heron
White Stork
Glossy Ibis (pre 2022 only)
Black-necked Grebe (at sea)
Honey-buzzard
Black Kite
Montagu’s Harrier (from Jan 2016)
White-tailed Eagle
Red-footed Falcon
Spotted Crake
Corncrake (away from inland reintroduction sites)
American Golden Plover
Black-winged Stilt
European Black-tailed Godwit (form limosa, from 1 Jan 2018)
Temminck's Stint (autumn records after 1 July)
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-tailed Skua

Iceland Gull kumlieni (Kumlien’s Gull)
White-winged Black Tern
Great Northern Diver (June - August)
Alpine Swift
European Bee-eater
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (from Jan 2016)
Hoopoe
Golden Oriole
Woodchat Shrike
Penduline Tit
Coal Tit ater (Continental Coal Tit)
Willow Tit
Short-toed Lark
Red-rumped Swallow
Greenish Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Radde’s Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Wood Warbler
Siberian Chiffchaff (tristis/’fulvescens’)
Asian Lesser Whitethroat (halimodendri )
Icterine Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Rose-coloured Starling
Dipper
Redwing coburni (Icelandic Redwing)
Bluethroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
Grey-headed Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Olive-backed Pipit
Serin
Common Redpoll rostrata (Greenland Redpoll)
Parrot Crossbill
Common Rosefinch
Bullfinch pyrrhula  (Northern Bullfinch)
Ortolan Bunting
Little Bunting

All records of such rarities in Norfolk should be submitted to the County Recorder as soon as possible after the sighting. All rarer species are dealt with by the British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC). See the BBRC website for the list of species considered and for submission guidelines. Please note that all submissions to BBRC should be sent via the County Recorder.