Got a Norwich list? (5 Viewers)

[Thing]

Thought I'd put one together.

Confined to the birds seen or heard within the ring road for the purposes of a practical boundary. I'm on 72.

Anyone else?

 

[guernsey_dave]

Thought I'd put one together.

Confined to the birds seen or heard within the ring road for the purposes of a practical boundary. I'm on 72.

Anyone else?

Presumably that would be excluding UEA and Whitlingham? If so, mines no doubt too pathetic to work out...

 

[James Emerson]

Thought I'd put one together.

Confined to the birds seen or heard within the ring road for the purposes of a practical boundary. I'm on 72.

Anyone else?

My Norwich list includes Whitlingham, UEA, Carey's Meadow etc, but a quick tally up yesterday gives me 62 that I'm sure of within the outer ring road. The only bird of any note other than Waxwings, Kingfisher etc was a flyover Red Kite in 2009.

 

[MJB]

My Norwich list includes Whitlingham, UEA, Carey's Meadow etc, but a quick tally up yesterday gives me 62 that I'm sure of within the outer ring road. The only bird of any note other than Waxwings, Kingfisher etc was a flyover Red Kite in 2009.

Is your Avatar picture from the UEA SU bar?

I've not got a Norwich list, although I visit fairly often, but if I had, it would include Redwing and Peregrine..
MJB

 

[guernsey_dave]

My Norwich list including UEA (my old patch) and Whitlingham is 143

some notable birds (in my opinion):

Ibe Chiff (UEA)
Red Kite (Ketts Hill this year)
Y-b Warbler (Whitlingham & UEA)
Redstart (UEA)
Hawfinch (UEA & Eaton Park)
Crossbill (Flyover my garden)
White-fronted Geese (this year)
Garganey (UEA)
RN Duck (whitlingham)
Nightingale
Ring Ouzel (sev @ UEA)

 

[MJB]

My Norwich list including UEA (my old patch) and Whitlingham is 143, some notable birds (in my opinion):
Ibe Chiff (UEA)
Red Kite (Ketts Hill this year)
Y-b Warbler (Whitlingham & UEA)
Redstart (UEA)
Hawfinch (UEA & Eaton Park)
Crossbill (Flyover my garden)
White-fronted Geese (this year)
Garganey (UEA)
RN Duck (whitlingham)
Nightingale
Ring Ouzel (sev @ UEA)

Thass a good ole list, that is. Han't seen a Royal Navy Duck yet, tho'.
MJB

 

[Happisbirder]

Don't have a Norwich list per se but some notable birds that spring to mind (within the boundaries stipulated by Thing) include Arctic Redpoll along the riverside walk west of the Gibralter Gardens (1980's?), a white-winged Gull at the Water Works (1980's? - probably Glaucous if I remember correctly) and an unforgettable Shag on the Wensum behind Carrow Road a couple of summers back. Keep it clean folks... o

James

 

[James Emerson]

Is your Avatar picture from the UEA SU bar?

No, I did frequent the UEA Bar between 2002-05, but that picture is from the Murderers.

My Norwich list including UEA (my old patch) and Whitlingham is 143

some notable birds (in my opinion):

Ibe Chiff (UEA)
Red Kite (Ketts Hill this year)
Y-b Warbler (Whitlingham & UEA)
Redstart (UEA)
Hawfinch (UEA & Eaton Park)
Crossbill (Flyover my garden)
White-fronted Geese (this year)
Garganey (UEA)
RN Duck (whitlingham)
Nightingale
Ring Ouzel (sev @ UEA)

My Norwich list including UEA & Whitlingham is 131, including:
Iberian Chiffchaff (thanks Dave!), Ring-necked Duck, Bittern, Greenshank, Black Tern & Nightingale.

Don't have a Norwich list per se but some notable birds that spring to mind (within the boundaries stipulated by Thing) include Arctic Redpoll along the riverside walk west of the Gibralter Gardens (1980's?), a white-winged Gull at the Water Works (1980's? - probably Glaucous if I remember correctly) and an unforgettable Shag on the Wensum behind Carrow Road a couple of summers back. Keep it clean folks... o

James

In 1990 there was a flock of about 20 Arctic Redpolls at Mousehold, and there was a Black-throated Diver that spent some time on the wensum in the city in 1996/97.

 

[Paul Woolnough]

Norwich birds

I keep a Norwich list. Whitlingham and UEA and other places within the southern bypass included plus suburban parishes adjoining the city
Total 141.

Highlights
Black and White Warbler Whitlingham Lane Trowse (Life tick did not see 1985 bird at How Hill)
Alpine Swift briefly at Whitlingham Great Broad
Iberian chiffchaff (county tick after the Portland bird)
Ring-necked parakeet from my front window!!
Red-necked, slavonian, black-necked, little and great-crested grebes (all five) Whitlingham January 1 to January 20 2010
Self found long-staying black-throated diver along the river Wensum in the city from 2 Jan 1997.

 

[sacha]

Urban birding is always something that has fascinated me, a result of growing up and living in London.
Norwich does not do so well in terms of city birding compared to London for quite a few reasons: Not on a major migration route, observers concentrate on 'better' nearby sites and also because it is surrounded by rural areas the birds do not get as concentrated in parks such as they do in London.
Despite that I have seen Red Kite over the castle, Arctic Redpoll (twitched from London many years ago!) and Pink feet are regular over in winter. Red L Partridge, Little Egret, Kingfisher and lots of Waxwings are some of the other birds I have seen within the ring road. There are of course highlights like Iberian Chiff and Ring N Duck close to centre. I will have to go through my notebooks to count them all!

 

[sacha]

I almost forgot Crane and Bewick's Swan over house when I was living in N Norwich a few years ago....
I have managed to see over 85 species in three years in present house and that is just about 7-8 miles north of Norwich centre. So the potential is there!

 

[ChrisBish]

I tried to put together a list of birds I'd seen in Norwich a while back but having not kept notes in my early days I couldn't remember if I'd seen several species (my memory was particularly hazy on waders!). I was going to use the A47 as the southern boundary to include species seen at e.g. Whitlingham CP (B&W Warbler just has to be on a "Norwich" list!!!) and reckon I'd be up around the 140 mark.

A couple of species not previously mentioned within the outer ring road include Wood Warbler (at Mousehold) and a Wood Lark over my house (top news on Birdline East Anglia that morning!)

Chris

 

[Nick Elliston]

I don't keep a Norwich list, but do walk along the river from Pulls Ferry to St George's Street once or twice a week and keep an annual list of birds seen.

Nothing spectacular, but Kingfisher sometimes and the Pregrines are currently showing well around the cathedral.

 

[sacha]

I tried to put together a list of birds I'd seen in Norwich a while back but having not kept notes in my early days I couldn't remember if I'd seen several species (my memory was particularly hazy on waders!). I was going to use the A47 as the southern boundary to include species seen at e.g. Whitlingham CP (B&W Warbler just has to be on a "Norwich" list!!!) and reckon I'd be up around the 140 mark.

A couple of species not previously mentioned within the outer ring road include Wood Warbler (at Mousehold) and a Wood Lark over my house (top news on Birdline East Anglia that morning!)

Chris

140 plus are impressive totals for a city. If I include Whitlingham I only make my list about 110. Highlights being Ibe Chiff, Ring N Duck and Arctic Redpoll ... Plus plenty of padders like Waxwings, Red Kite etc within the A47 southern boundary.

I have recorded Woodlarks and Crossbills breeding within 10 miles of the city centre!..

Sacha

 

[HarassedDad]

You can do 27 species of butterfly and 15 dragonflies in an average year in norwich - and a further 3 rare dragons have been recorded this century. (butterflies are harder because there's a lot on the list that you've virtually no chance of seeing now: the only uk record of Apollo is whitlingham 1864 for example.)

 

[Thing]

You can do 27 species of butterfly and 15 dragonflies in an average year in norwich - and a further 3 rare dragons have been recorded this century. (butterflies are harder because there's a lot on the list that you've virtually no chance of seeing now: the only uk record of Apollo is whitlingham 1864 for example.)

I've got Swallowtail on my garden list (Norwich). Once, about 7 years ago. Frozen to the spot when it turned up too! I probably said rude words when it was there.

 

[HarassedDad]

I've got Swallowtail on my garden list (Norwich).

Were you near mousehold by any chance? I have a mousehold and a sprowston record from 2003, otherwise a thorpe end in 2005 and rackheath in 2006. Nothing at all for last century.

 

[Thing]

Were you near mousehold by any chance? .

Bingo!B

 

[Paul Woolnough]

Norwich and Yare Valley

You can do 27 species of butterfly and 15 dragonflies in an average year in norwich - and a further 3 rare dragons have been recorded this century. (butterflies are harder because there's a lot on the list that you've virtually no chance of seeing now: the only uk record of Apollo is whitlingham 1864 for example.)

There is no need to travel too far from Norwich to see good butterflies and dragonflies, especially if you include RSPB Yare Valley reserves such as Strumpshaw Fen. It is the only place I have seen both swallowtail butterflies and scarce chaser dragonflies at one site. Good for Norfolk hawker. Also there a new species for me in Norfolk - willow emerald dragonfly September 2 2010.

Checking my notes last night led to my adding two species of bird to my Norwich patch list. Common scoter in 2006 and surprisingly a knot in 2004. Both at Whiltlngham Country Park.

 

[Thing]

Peregrine added, so now at 73. Only took me a month to get down there!