NORFOLK BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN SPECIES DATA AUDIT ...

Species Present
or
absent
in
Dark-bellied Brent Goose
Branta bernicla
Stone curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
Lesser Redpoll
Carduelis cabaret
Linnet
Carduelis cannabina
Twite
Carduelis flavirostris
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes
coccothraustes
Corncrake
Crex crex
Norfolk
No. of records
in database
No. of 1km
squares
recorded
since 1980
Possible other sources
of data sets
P - - County Recorder.
RSPB,
P 193 60 County Recorder.
RSPB,
P 159 61 County Recorder.
RSPB,
7
Other survey
work completed
or in progress
Norfolk Bird Atlas
Project – Dr Moss
Taylor. Agreed sharing
strategy
Norfolk Bird Atlas
Project
Norfolk Bird Atlas
Project
Comments
The Birds of Norfolk: very common passage migrant and
winter visitor, scarce inland
New to national list of BAP priority species 2007
RSPB Red List
The Birds of Norfolk: “a scarce summer visitor, mainly to
Breckland, and very scarce passage migrant”. Norfolk Action
Plan published December 1998, revised January 2006.
RSPB Red List.
2004- 313 churring males in Norfolk.
2006 – 68 churring males
The Birds of Norfolk: “a fairly common but localised summer
visitor and rare passage migrant...a reduction in range and
numbers has been recorded through much of Europe..
decline in Britain more pronounced since 1950 believed
linked to habitat change. Main concentrations for the species
confined to south/south-eastern England and East Anglia.”
Norfolk Action Plan published June 2006.
P - - County Recorder, RSPB, BTO Once abundant in lowland Britain, now largely absent as
breeding bird.
RSPB Amber List
New to national list of BAP priority species 2007
P 1359 47
County Recorder, RSPB, BTO Norfolk Bird Atlas
Project
P 3 1 County Recorder, RSPB, BTO Norfolk Bird Atlas
Project
P 34 10 County Recorder, RSPB, BTO
will have records
Norfolk Bird Atlas
Project
P 3 - County Recorder, RSPB, BTO Norfolk Bird Atlas
Project
RSPB Red List.
The Birds of Norfolk: “a very common resident and partial
migrant, and common passage migrant…despite national
decline in numbers has remained widespread throughout the
county during the summer months”
There is some evidence of increasing winter numbers 2006
Norfolk action plan in preparation.
RSPB Red List
The Birds of Norfolk: “A fairly common but localised winter
visitor and scarce passage migrant; has declined in recent
years”
RSPB Amber List
The Birds of Norfolk: “scarce resident and rare passage
migrant”
2006 noted more widely than in recent years with a pair
breeding at Narborough
New to national list of BAP priority species 2007
RSPB Red List
The Birds of Norfolk: “rare passage vagrant and winter
visitor; formerly bred, breeding range in Europe rapidly
declining