2009				2010
Species	Date if known	Comment		Species	Date if known	Comment
Barn Owl	25/09/2009	Garden adjacent Common		Barn Owl	14/04/2010	Flying parallel to Beck
Black-headed Gull	26/12/2009			Black-headed Gull	20/03/2010	Flying overhead
Blackbird	26/12/2009			Blackbird	01/05/2010
Blackcap	27/06/2009			Blackcap	01/05/2010
Blue Tit	26/12/2009			Blue Tit	01/05/2010
Bullfinch	26/12/2009	2 males, Jubilee		Bullfinch	02/02/2010
Buzzard	29/11/2009	Seen by working party		Buzzard
Carrion Crow	18/07/2009			Carrion Crow	25/04/2010
Chaffinch	26/12/2009			Chaffinch	01/05/2010
Chiffchaff	18/07/2009			Chiffchaff	01/05/2010
Coal Tit	12/12/2009	Jubilee		Coal Tit	01/01/2010
Collared Dove	24/10/2009			Collared Dove	25/04/2010
Common Crossbill	12/10/2009			Common Crossbill
Cuckoo	07/06/2009			Cuckoo	30/04/2010
Dunnock	17/10/2009			Dunnock	01/05/2010
Fieldfare	07/11/2009	Garden near Pit		Fieldfare	03/01/2010	School Common
Goldcrest	03/01/2009			Goldcrest	14/02/2010	School Common
				Golden Oriole
				Golden Plover
Goldfinch	28/11/2009	Pit Common		Goldfinch	01/05/2010
Great Spotted Woodpecker	26/12/2009			Great Spotted Woodpecker	10/04/2010
Great Tit	12/12/2009			Great Tit	01/05/2010
Green Woodpecker		Bradfield Road Common		Green Woodpecker	14/02/2010
Greenfinch	01/08/2009			Greenfinch	18/04/2010
Grey Heron	08/10/2009	Pit		Grey Heron	02/04/2010	Flying overhead
Grey Wagtail	28/08/2009	Pit		Grey Wagtail	19/03/2010	Pit
				Hobby
Hawfinch	01/06/2009	Flew towards trees bordering  School Common		Hawfinch
Herring Gull	18/07/2009			Herring Gull
House Martin	04/10/2009			House Martin
House Sparrow	04/10/2009	The Hill		House Sparrow	25/04/2010
Jackdaw	14/03/2009			Jackdaw	25/04/2010
Jack Snipe				Jack Snipe	30/01/2010	Flushed from boardwalk at edge of area G
Jay	26/11/2009			Jay	25/04/2010
Kestrel	26/12/2009			Kestrel	01/05/2010
Kingfisher	28/09/2009	Pit		Kingfisher
				Lapwing
				Lesser Black-backed Gull	02/04/2010	Flying overhead
				Lesser Whitethroat
Little Egret	26/12/2009	Beck near bridge,SSSI		Little Egret	13/02/2010
				Linnet
Long-tailed Tit	26/12/2009			Long-tailed Tit	01/05/2010
Magpie	31/05/2009			Magpie	25/04/2010
				Mallard	25/04/2010	Duck with 6 new chicks on stagnant pond on School Common
Marsh Harrier	13/10/2009	Male, high over common		Marsh Harrier
Mistle Thrush	12/04/2009			Mistle Thrush	30/01/2010	Flying overhead
Moorhen	17/10/2009	Sewage farm		Moorhen	25/04/2010	Scouts' pond
Pheasant	26/12/2009			Pheasant	01/05/2010
Pied/White Wagtail	12/04/2009	Pit		Pied Wagtail (yarrellii)	14/02/2010	Flying overhead
Pink-footed Goose	26/12/2009	c30		Pink-footed Goose	10/01/2010	Flying overhead
Red Kite	04/04/2009	Over French poplars of Fox's beck		Red Kite
Red-legged Partridge	04/10/2009	Near Pit		Red-legged Partridge
Redwing				Redwing	30/01/2010	School Common
Reed Bunting	19/12/2009	SSSi.  Male		Reed Bunting	01/05/2010	Area D
Reed Warbler	18/07/2009			Reed Warbler
Robin	26/12/2009			Robin	01/05/2010
Rook	26/11/2009			Rook	23/01/2010
Sedge Warbler	27/06/2009			Sedge Warbler
Siskin	03/04/2009			Siskin	07/03/2010
Skylark	27/06/2009			Skylark	01/05/2010
Snipe	07/02/2009			Snipe	05/02/2010	Garden adjacent common
Song Thrush	27/06/2009			Song Thrush	25/04/2010	Pit Common
Sparrowhawk	17/10/2009			Sparrowhawk	27/02/2010	Over SSSI
Starling	17/10/2009			Starling	18/04/2010
				Stock Dove	05/02/2010	Garden adjacent common
Swallow	05/09/2009			Swallow	25/04/2010	Pit Common
Swift	18/07/2009			Swift
Tawny Owl	13/11/2009	Hunting on area A		Tawny Owl
Treecreeper	03/02/2009			Treecreeper	10/04/2010	Close to Social Club car park
Water Rail				Water Rail
Whitethroat	20/06/2009	Garden adjacent common		Whitethroat	25/04/2010	Bradfield Road Common
Willow Warbler	07/06/2009	Scrub opposite area F		Willow Warbler	01/05/2010	Scrub opposite area E
Woodcock	01/03/2009			Woodcock	20/03/2010
Woodpigeon	26/12/2009			Woodpigeon	01/0/2010
Wren	26/12/2009			Wren	01/05/2010
Total species	63			Total species to date	55

Birds seen on Southrepps Commons

If you are lucky enough to find any interesting birds not on this list, an email to Duncan Westlake at birdsightings@tiscali.co.uk would be greatly appreciated. The dates below represent the time of "latest spot".

Please go to http://www.rspb.org/birds/guide/index.asp. for more detailed information on any of these birds.

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The Southrepps Golden Oriole

There was some excitement during May 2008 when one of our members identified the call of a Golden Oriole among the Poplar trees bordering School Common. Not commonly seen in these parts it is thought it was probably just passing through. Although the bird was unseen and therefore not photographed, an audio recording was made. This has been accepted as proof positive by the Norfolk County Bird Recorders. For a second opinion just ask the local pheasant who manages to get in the act about half way through.

To hear the recording click below and use your back arrow to return to this page.

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