1996 HOLLAND MARSHES LIST
by Nigel Pepper
This is the list Nigel kept while setting the “Haven” year list record that ended with a yearend total of 172
1. Red-throated Diver Max count of 50 per hour for 2 hours on 06/03.
2. Great Northern Diver 1 past on 12/01 (partial summer plumage) .
3. Great-Crested Grebe Max. count of 40 on sea on 06/03
4. Little Grebe
5. Gannet Max. count of 18 on 03/05 & 18 on 10/11
6. Fulmar regularly seen. 1 taken into care on 12/03.
7 Cormorant
8. Grey Heron
9. Spoonbill Adult on 27/05, 2 adults from 29/05-02/06.
10. Mute Swan
11. Bean Goose 23 on 14/01, 1 with White-fronts from 14/12 - 26/12
12. Greylag Goose
13. White-Fronted Goose Max. count of 35 from 24/12 - 26/12.
14. Canada Goose
15. Barnacle Goose 15 on 15/02
16. Brent Goose **** Black Brant seen on 25/02 ****
17. Shelduck
18. Wigeon
19. Gadwall
20. Teal
21. Mallard
22. Shoveler
23. Tufted Duck
24. Scaup 15/02, 27/10
25. Eider 22/05 & 24/11, 6 on 24/12, 5 on 28/12
26. Common Scoter
27. Goldeneye 1 female on 18/02, 2 females on 14/12, 1 drake on 27/12.
28. Honey Buzzard 1 through on 27/05 (also seen by Peter Newson)
29. Marsh Harrier Sightings in spring and autumn.
30. Sparrowhawk
31. Kestrel
32. Merlin
33. Hobby
34. Red-legged Partridge
35. Pheasant
36. Moorhen
37. Coot
38. Oystercatcher Max. count of 100 flew past on 23/08.
39. Ringed Plover
40. Golden Plover
41. Grey Plover Max. count of 200 flew past on 23/08.
42. Lapwing
43. Sanderling
44. Purple Sandpiper
45. Dunlin
46. Ruff
47. Jack Snipe 28/02
48. Snipe
49. Woodcock Regular in winter. 2 present from 28/12 - 31/12.
50. Bar-tailed Godwit
51. Whimbrel Max. cumulative count of 70 during the day on 23/08.
52. Curlew
53. Turnstone
54. Redshank
55. Greenshank 25/04 & then several autumn records
56. Pomarine Skua 03/05 (adult), 02/11 ( imm)
57. Mediterranean Gull
58. Black-headed Gull
59. Common Gull
60. Herring Gull
61. Yellow-legged Gull 01/01 & 23/02 (adult bird on both occasions)
62. Lesser Black-backed Gull
63. Great Black-backed Gull
64. Kittiwake Max.count of 50 seen on 29/10 & 25 on 12/11.
65. Common Tern Max.count of 250 on 23/08
66. Sandwich Tern Max.count of 200 on 23/08
67. Little Tern
68. Stock Dove
69. Woodpigeon Max.count of 4000 arriving on morning of 07/11.
70. Collared Dove
71. Turtle Dove
72. Cuckoo
73. Barn Owl 01/01
74. Little Owl
75. Short-eared Owl
76. Green Woodpecker
77. Great Spotted Woodpecker
78. Skylark Max.count of 100 seen on 14/12.
79. Swift
80. Sand Martin
81. Swallow
82. House Martin
83. Meadow Pipit
84. Rock Pipit
85. Water Pipit 14/04
86. Yellow Wagtail
87. Pied Wagtail / White Wagtail
88. Wren
89. Dunnock
90. Robin
91. Black Redstart
92. Redstart 14/04 then regular in autumn with max. of 6 on 05/09
93. Whinchat
94. Stonechat
95. Wheatear Max.count of 12 on 23/08
96. Fieldfare Large arrival of 800+ with Redwings on 30/10.
97. Ring Ouzel 14/04 - 17/04 (male), max of 8 seen on 21/09.
98. Blackbird
99. Song Thrush
100. Mistle Thrush
101. Redwing
102. Sedge Warbler
103. Reed Warbler
104. Lesser Whitethroat
105. Whitethroat
106. Garden Warbler
107. Blackcap
108. Chiffchaff
109. Willow Warbler
110. Spotted Flycatcher
111. Goldcrest
112. Firecrest 18/04, 4 on 20/09 & 21/09.
113. Long-tailed Tit
114. Blue Tit
115. Great Tit
116. Jay
117. Magpie
118. Jackdaw
119. Rook
120. Carrion Crow
121. Starling
122. House Sparrow
123. Tree Sparrow 27/04, 14/09
124. Chaffinch
125. Brambling
126. Bullfinch
127. Greenfinch
128. Goldfinch
129. Linnet
130. Lesser Redpoll 23/04
131. Yellowhammer
132. Reed Bunting
133. Corn Bunting Max.count of 70 seen on 14/12.
134. Spotted Redshank 1 summer adult flew past 03/07, 1 on 02/09.
135. Common Sandpiper
136. Little Ringed Plover 23/07, 04/09.
137. Long-Billed Dowitcher 02/08 (summer adult)
138. Little Gull 04/08 (2nd-year) then regular with max. 20 on 20/10
139. Sabines Gull 07/08 & 08/08 (juv) outfall (seen also by Liz Huxley)
140. Arctic Skua 13/08 and then regular
141. Arctic Tern 14/08, 23/08, 24/08, 18/09
142. Black-tailed Godwit 20/08 (3 birds) and then 4 on 24/08.
143. Knot 23/08 (30 flew past), 20 flew past 01/09
144. Pied Flycatcher 24/08, 25/08, 27/08, 08/09, 14/09, 3 seen on 21/09.
145. Little Stint 27/08 (juv), up to 3 juvs 14/09 - 19/09 at least.
146. Barred Warbler 01/09 (1st year bird) - also trapped & ringed
147. Kingfisher 01/09
148. Green Sandpiper 03/09,20/09
149. Grey Partridge 03/09
150. Black Tern 6 flew past on 04/09
151. Garganey 07/09
152. Pintail 2 flew past with 10 Wigeon on 08/09, 3 on 14/12
153. Tree Pipit 08/09, 20/09, 2 seen on 21/09.
154. Siskin 25 flew over on 08/09, 200+ seen on 21/09 & 22/09.
155. Wood Sandpiper 17/09
156. Great Skua 17/09, 06/10.
157. Sooty Shearwater 6 flew past on 18/09 in strong easterlies.
158. Coal Tit 5 seen on 21/09 (continental race)
159. Grey Wagtail 2 seen on 22/09 then regular after that.
160. Pallas’s Warbler I found bird 23/10 & twitched by many for few days.
161. Red-breasted Merganser 5 flew past on 25/10
162. Woodlark 1 flew over the hide on 29/10, called twice and then
landed on meadow briefly before flying off.
163. Snow Bunting 3 on 29/10 & 23/11. 5 on 24/11.17 on 30/11.10 on 26/12, 7 on 28/12.
164. Guillemot 2 seen on 30/10
165. Razorbill 1 seen on 30/10 - settled on sea
166. Little Auk 1 flew past on 30/10
167. Black-throated Diver 1 on 07/11 (seen with Tariq)
168. Lapland Bunting 1 on 10/11, 14/12, 28/12.
169. Peregrine 1 immature male on 12/11 chasing pigeons.
170. Twite 1 with Corn Buntings on 24/11.
171. Water Rail 1 seen on 24/12 & 29/12.
172. Goosander 30 flew past on 28/12 (seen with Peter Davies)