Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus - Calling birds heard while out mothing on one night each year, one site in the Brecks and the other quite close to another known breeding area.
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OYSTERCATCHERS (family HAEMATOPODIDAE)
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus - Occasionally seen flying over the house and the meadows during the summers.
Oystercatcher, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd May 2020
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PLOVERS (family CHARADRIIDAE)
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus - At least one pair bred in farmland adjacent to the meadows raising well-grown chicks in 2019, though I was unable to confirm they definitely fledged. Small numbers occasionally seen flying over (max 57 migrating west on 30th October 2019).
Lapwings, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th November 2020
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria - Heard after dark at the meadows on 2 dates in February 2019 and during the day on 15th August 2019. One seen flying over there on 30th November 2020. 75 at Pendeen (Cornwall) on 4th October 2020 and 60 at Porthgwarra Moor on 6th.
Golden Plovers, Porthgwarra Moor (Cornwall), 7th October 2020
American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica - I missed one at Pendeen (Cornwall) on 4th October 2020 but got a second chance when it later reappeared on Porthgwarra Moor two days later.
American Golden Plover, Porthgwarra Moor (Cornwall), 6th October 2020
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula - No records worth mentioning.
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius - Recorded at the local gravel pits and at Tichwell in 2019.
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SANDPIPERS and SNIPES (family SCOLOPACIDAE)
Curlew Numenius arquata - At least 2 heard calling as they flew over the meadows in the wee small hours of the morning while I was mothing on 8th July 2019. One heard flying over home on 9th August 2020.
Curlew, Hayle (Cornwall), 10th October 2020
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica - No noteworthy records.
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa - A ringed Continental bird (race limosa) at Titchwell on 21st July 2019.
Continental Black-tailed Godwit, Titchwell, 21st July 2019
Turnstone Arenaria interpres - No noteworthy records.
Knot Calidris canutus - No noteworthy records.
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea - One at Titchwell on 21st July 2019 and one at Hayle (Cornwall) on 10th October 2020.
Dunlin Calidris alpina - One heard flying over the meadows while I was out mothing at 25 past midnight on 1st July 2019.
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima - Singles at West Runton on 18th March and Cley on 12th November 2019.
Purple Sandpiper, Cley, 12th November 2019
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla - One at Titchwell on 21st July 2019 was a belated Norfolk tick for me - another great James McCallum find.
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola - At the meadows 2 flew low over the railway at dusk on 9th February 2019 and on 17th February I found at least 2, probably 3, feeding on the meadows by torchlight. Another found there by torchlight on 4th January 2020. Elsewhere singles heard at Sculthorpe Moor and on Mull in 2019 and a migrant flushed at Brancaster on 17th October 2020.
Woodcock, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 17th February 2019
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus - One seen in flight with Snipes from the meadows on 16th October 2020. They had been flushed from an inaccessible part of the valley by a Marsh Harrier.
Jack Snipe, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 16th October 2020
Snipe Gallinago gallinago - Small numbers occasionally seen from the meadows, either in flight over the meadows or in a flooded field just visible from the recording area. I have seen 8 on 3 occasions but, aided by a Marsh Harrier that was flushing them, 45 on 27th Novemebr 2020.
Snipe, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020
Snipe, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th November 2020
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius - One east past Sheringham on 21st October 2019. Compared to others I've seen on seawatches previously I got an unusually good look at this one.
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos - A nocturnal migrant heard over the meadows on 23rd June 2019. Also seen at Minsmere and Titchwell in 2019 and at numerous sites around Mull.
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus - One heard flying upriver at the meadows on 25th April 2020 - despite calling 4 times I didn't manage to see it. Elsewhere one at Ryburgh in April 2019 and singles in Spain and at Warham Greens in 2020.
Green Sandpiper, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020
Redshank Tringa totanus - No records worth mentioning.
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus - 2 at Titchwell in December 2019 and one heard at Stiffkey in October 2020.
Greenshank Tringa nebularia - Singles at Bintree Mill on 17th April and Bittering on 18th May 2019 were my only local records but half a dozen more at the coast.
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