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The Suffolk List

Please see the current Suffolk List below for species recorded within the county, and with their respective SORC rating.  This list was imported in February 2007 and every effort will be made to maintain it's accuracy with any updates or amendments being made accordingly.

A list of just the categories 1 & 2 can be found by clicking HERE


Species recorded from Category A, B and C

SORC Category

Mute Swan  Cygnus olor  4
Bewick’s Swan  Cygnus columbianus  3
Whooper Swan  Cygnus cygnus  3
Bean Goose  Anser fabalis  2
A. f. rossicus 3
Pink-footed Goose  Anser brachyrhynchus  3
White-fronted Goose  Anser albifrons  3
A. a. flavirostris 2
Greylag Goose  Anser anser  4
Greater Canada Goose  Branta canadensis 4
Barnacle Goose  Branta leucopsis  3
Brent Goose  Branta bernicla  4
B. b. hrota 3
B. b. nigricans 2
Red-breasted Goose  Branta ruficollis  1
Egyptian Goose  Alopochen aegyptiaca 3
Ruddy Shelduck  Tadorna ferruginea  1
Common Shelduck  Tadorna tadorna  4
Mandarin Duck  Aix galericulata  4
Eurasian Wigeon  Anas penelope  4
American Wigeon  Anas americana  2
Gadwall  Anas strepera  4
Eurasian Teal  Anas crecca  4
Green-winged Teal  Anas carolinensis 2
Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos  4
Pintail  Anas acuta  4
Garganey  Anas querquedula  3
Blue-winged Teal  Anas discors  1
Shoveler  Anas clypeata 4
Red-crested Pochard  Netta rufina  3
Common Pochard  Aythya ferina 3
Ring-necked Duck  Aythya collaris  2
Ferruginous Duck  Aythya nyroca  2
Tufted Duck  Aythya fuligula 4
Greater Scaup  Aythya marila  3
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis  1
Common Eider  Somateria mollissima  3
Long-tailed Duck  Clangula hyemalis  3
Common Scoter  Melanitta nigra  3
Velvet Scoter  Melanitta fusca  3
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola  1
Common Goldeneye  Bucephala clangula  4
Smew  Mergellus albellus  3
Red-breasted Merganser  Mergus serrator  3
Goosander  Mergus merganser  3
Ruddy Duck  Oxyura jamaicensis  3
Red-legged Partridge  Alectoris rufa  4
Grey Partridge  Perdix perdix  3
Common Quail  Coturnix coturnix  3
Common Pheasant  Phasianus colchicus  4
Golden Pheasant  Chrysolophus pictus  3
Red-throated Diver  Gavia stellata 3
Black-throated Diver  Gavia arctica  3
Great Northern Diver  Gavia immer 3
White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 1
Little Grebe  Tachybaptus ruficollis 4
Great Crested Grebe  Podiceps cristatus 4
Red-necked Grebe  Podiceps grisegena 3
Slavonian Grebe  Podiceps auritus 3
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 3
Fulmar  Fulmarus glacialis 4
Cory’s Shearwater  Calonectris diomedea 2
Great Shearwater  Puffinus gravis 2
Sooty Shearwater  Puffinus griseus  3
Manx Shearwater  Puffinus puffinus 3
Balearic Shearwater  Puffinus mauretanicus  2
European Storm-petrel  Hydrobates pelagicus   2
Leach’s Storm-petrel  Oceanodroma leucorhoa 3
Northern Gannet   Morus bassanus 3
Great Cormorant  Phalacrocorax carbo 4
Shag   Phalacrocorax aristotelis 3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris  3
Little Bittern  Ixobrychus minutus  1
Night Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax 2
Squacco Heron  Ardeola ralloides  1
Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis  1
Little Egret  Egretta garzetta  3
Great White Egret  Ardea alba  2
Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea  4
Purple Heron  Ardea purpurea  2
Black Stork  Ciconia nigra  1
White Stork  Ciconia ciconia  2
Glossy Ibis  Plegadis falcinellus  1
Eurasian Spoonbill  Platalea leucorodia  3
Honey-buzzard  Pernis apivorus  2
Black Kite  Milvus migrans  2
Red Kite  Milvus milvus  3
White-tailed Eagle  Haliaeetus albicilla  2
Marsh Harrier  Circus aeruginosus  3
Hen Harrier  Circus cyaneus  3
Pallid Harrier  Circus macrourus  1
Montagu’s Harrier  Circus pygargus  2
Northern Goshawk  Accipiter gentilis 2
Eurasian Sparrowhawk  Accipiter nisus  3
Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo  3
Rough-legged Buzzard  Buteo lagopus  3
Spotted Eagle  Aquila clanga  1
Osprey  Pandion haliaetus  3
Common Kestrel  Falco tinnunculus  4
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus  2
Merlin  Falco columbarius  3
Hobby  Falco subbuteo  3
Eleonora’s Falcon  Falco eleonorae  1
Gyr Falcon  Falco rusticolus 1
Peregrine Falcon  Falco peregrinus  3
Water Rail  Rallus aquaticus  3
Spotted Crake  Porzana porzana  2
Little Crake Porzana parva  1
Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla  1
Corn Crake  Crex crex  2
Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus  4
Common Coot  Fulica atra  4
Allen’s Gallinule  Porphyrula alleni 1
Common Crane  Grus grus  3
Little Bustard  Tetrax tetrax  1
Macqueen’s Bustard  Chlamydotis macqueenii  1
Great Bustard  Otis tarda  1
Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus  4
Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus  1
Avocet  Recurvirostra avosetta  3
Stone-curlew  Burhinus oedicnemus  3
Cream-coloured Courser  Cursorius cursor  1
Collared Pratincole  Glareola pratincola  1
Oriental Pratincole  Glareola maldivarum  1
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni  1
Little Ringed Plover  Charadrius dubius  3
Ringed Plover  Charadrius hiaticula  4
C. h. tundrae 3
Killdeer Charadrius vociferous 1
Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus  2
Greater Sand Plover  Charadrius leschenaultii  1
Dotterel  Charadrius morinellus  2
American Golden Plover  Pluvialis dominica  2
Pacific Golden Plover  Pluvialis fulva 
European Golden Plover  Pluvialis apricaria  4
Grey Plover  Pluvialis squatarola  4
Sociable Lapwing  Vanellus gregarius  1
Northern Lapwing  Vanellus vanellus  4
Red Knot  Calidris canutus  4
Sanderling  Calidris alba  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  Calidris pusilla  1
Little Stint  Calidris minuta  3
Temminck’s Stint  Calidris temminckii  3
White-rumped Sandpiper  Calidris fuscicollis  2
Baird’s Sandpiper  Calidris bairdii  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  Calidris melanotos  2
Curlew Sandpiper  Calidris ferruginea  3
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus  1
Purple Sandpiper  Calidris maritima 3
Dunlin  Calidris alpina  4
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus  1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper  Tryngites subruficollis  2
Ruff  Philomachus pugnax  3
Jack Snipe  Lymnocryptes minimus  3
Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago  4
Great Snipe Gallinago media  1
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus  1
Woodcock  Scolopax rusticola  3
Black-tailed Godwit  Limosa limosa  4
Bar-tailed Godwit  Limosa lapponica  3
Eskimo Curlew  Numenius borealis  1
Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus 4
Eurasian Curlew  Numenius arquata  4
Spotted Redshank  Tringa erythropus  3
Common Redshank  Tringa totanus  4
Marsh Sandpiper  Tringa stagnatilis  1
Greenshank  Tringa nebularia  3
Greater Yellowlegs  Tringa melanoleuca  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  Tringa flavipes  1
Green Sandpiper  Tringa ochropus  3
Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola  3
Terek Sandpiper  Xenus cinereus  1
Common Sandpiper  Actitis hypoleucos  3
Spotted Sandpiper  Actitis macularius  1
Turnstone  Arenaria interpres  4
Wilson’s Phalarope  Phalaropus tricolor  1
Red-necked Phalarope  Phalaropus lobatus  2
Grey Phalarope  Phalaropus fulicarius  3
Pomarine Skua  Stercorarius pomarinus  3
Arctic Skua  Stercorarius parasiticus  3
Long-tailed Skua  Stercorarius longicaudus  3
Great Skua  Stercorarius skua  3
Mediterranean Gull  Larus melanocephalus  3
Laughing Gull  Larus atricilla  1
Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan  1
Little Gull  Larus minutus  3
Sabine’s Gull  Larus sabini  2
Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus  4
Slender-billed Gull  Larus genei  1
Ring-billed Gull  Larus delawarensis  2
Common Gull  Larus canus  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus  4
L. f. fuscus 1
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 3
Herring Gull  Larus argentatus 4
L. a. cachinnans 2
Iceland Gull  Larus glaucoides  3
L. g. kumlieni 2
Glaucous Gull  Larus hyperboreus  3
Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus  4
Kittiwake  Rissa tridactyla  4
Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea  1
Sooty Tern  Onychoprion fuscata 1
Little Tern  Sternula albifrons  4
Gull-billed Tern  Gelochelidon nilotica  1
Caspian Tern  Hydroprogne caspia 1
Whiskered Tern  Chlidonias hybrida  1
Black Tern  Chlidonias niger 3
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus  2
Sandwich Tern  Sterna sandvicensis  4
Lesser Crested Tern  Sterna bengalensis  1
Common Tern  Sterna hirundo  4
Roseate Tern  Sterna dougallii  2
Arctic Tern  Sterna paradisaea  3
Common Guillemot  Uria aalge  3
Razorbill  Alca torda  3
Black Guillemot  Cepphus grylle 2
Little Auk  Alle alle  3
Puffin  Fratercula arctica  2
Pallas’s Sandgrouse  Syrrhaptes paradoxus  1
Feral Pigeon Columba livia  4
Stock Dove Columba oenas  4
Wood Pigeon  Columba palumbus  4
Collared Dove  Streptopelia decaocto  4
Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  4
Rose-ringed Parakeet  Psittacula krameri  3
Great Spotted Cuckoo  Clamator glandarius  1
Common Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus  1
Barn Owl  Tyto alba  3
T. a. guttata 2
Eurasian Scops Owl  Otus scops  1
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus  1
Little Owl  Athene noctua  3
Tawny Owl  Strix aluco  3
Long-eared Owl  Asio otus  3
Short-eared Owl  Asio flammeus  3
Tengmalm’s Owl  Aegolius funereus  1
European Nightjar  Caprimulgus europaeus  3
Alpine Swift  Apus melba  2
Common Swift  Apus apus  4
Pallid Swift  Apus pallidus  1
Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis  3
European Bee-eater  Merops apiaster  2
European Roller  Coracias garrulus  1
Hoopoe  Upupa epops  3
Wryneck  Jynx torquilla  3
Green Woodpecker  Picus viridis  4
Great Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopos major  4
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopos minor  3
Short-toed Lark  Calandrella brachydactyla  2
Crested Lark  Galerida cristata 1
Wood Lark Lullula arborea 4
Sky Lark  Alauda arvensis  4
Shore Lark  Eremophila alpestris  3
Sand Martin  Riparia riparia  4
Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica  4
House Martin  Delichon urbicum 4
Red-rumped Swallow  Cecropsis daurica  2
Richard’s Pipit  Anthus richardi 2
Blyth’s Pipit  Anthus godlewskii  1
Tawny Pipit  Anthus campestris  2
Olive-backed Pipit  Anthus hodgsoni  1
Tree Pipit  Anthus trivialis  3
Meadow Pipit  Anthus pratensis  4
Red-throated Pipit  Anthus cervinus  2
Water Pipit  Anthus spinoletta  3
Rock Pipit  Anthus petrosus  3
Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava  4
M. f. cinereocapilla 2
M. f. feldegg 1
M. f. flava 3
M. f. simillima 1
M. f. thunbergi 3
Citrine Wagtail  Motacilla citreola  1
Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea  3
Pied Wagtail  Motacilla alba  4
M. a. alba 3
Waxwing  Bombycilla garrulus  3
Dipper  Cinclus cinclus  2
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes  4
Dunnock  Prunella modularis  4
Alpine Accentor  Prunella collaris  1
Robin Erithacus rubecula  4
Thrush Nightingale  Luscinia luscinia  1
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos  4
Bluethroat  Luscinia svecica  2
L. c. cyanecula 2
Siberian Blue Robin  Luscinia cyane  1
Red-flanked Bluetail  Tarsiger cyanurus  1
Black Redstart  Phoenicurus ochruros  3
Common Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus  3
Whinchat  Saxicola rubetra  3
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus  3
S. t. maurus 1
S. t. variegata 
Isabelline Wheatear  Oenanthe isabellina  1
Northern Wheatear  Oenanthe oenanthe  3
Oe. Oe. leucorhoa 3
Pied Wheatear  Oenanthe pleschanka  1
Desert Wheatear  Oenanthe deserti  1
White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga  1
White’s Thrush Zoothera dauma 1
Ring Ouzel  Turdus torquatus 3
Blackbird Turdus merula  4
Fieldfare  Turdus pilaris   4
Song Thrush  Turdus philomelos  4
Redwing  Turdus iliacus  4
Mistle Thrush  Turdus viscivorus  4
Cetti’s Warbler  Cettia cetti  3
Lanceolated Warbler  Locustella lanceolata  1
Grasshopper Warbler  Locustella naevia  3
River Warbler  Locustella fluviatilis  1
Savi’s Warbler  Locustella luscinioides  1
Aquatic Warbler  Acrocephalus paludicola  2
Sedge Warbler  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus  4
Paddyfield Warbler  Acrocephalus agricola  1
Blyth’s Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus dumetorum  1
Marsh Warbler  Acrocephalus palustris  2
Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceus  4
Great Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus arundinaceus  1
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler  Hippolais pallida  1
Booted Warbler  Hippolais caligata  1
Icterine Warbler  Hippolais icterina  2
Melodious Warbler  Hippolais polyglotta  2
Blackcap  Sylvia atricapilla  4
Garden Warbler  Sylvia borin  4
Barred Warbler  Sylvia nisoria  3
Lesser Whitethroat  Sylvia curruca  4
S. c. blythi 2
S. c. halimodendri 1
Common Whitethroat  Sylvia communis  4
Dartford Warbler  Sylvia undata  3
Marmora’s Warbler  Sylvia sarda  1
Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata  1
Subalpine Warbler  Sylvia cantillans  2
Sardinian Warbler  Sylvia melanocephala  1
Greenish Warbler  Phylloscopus trochiloides  2
Arctic Warbler  Phylloscopus borealis  1
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler  Phylloscopus proregulus  2
Yellow-browed Warbler  Phylloscopus inornatus  3
Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei  1
Radde’s Warbler  Phylloscopus schwarzi  2
Dusky Warbler  Phylloscopus fuscatus  2
Western Bonelli’s Warbler  Phylloscopus bonelli  1
Wood Warbler  Phylloscopus sibilatrix  3
Common Chiffchaff  Phylloscopus collybita  4
Ph. c. abietinus 3
Ph. c. tristis 2
Willow Warbler  Phylloscopus trochilus  4
Goldcrest  Regulus regulus  4
Firecrest  Regulus ignicapilla 3
Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata  4
Red-breasted Flycatcher  Ficedula parva  2
Collared Flycatcher  Ficedula albicollis  1
Pied Flycatcher  Ficedula hypoleuca  3
Bearded Tit  Panurus biarmicus  3
Long-tailed Tit  Aegithalos caudatus  4
A. c. caudatus 2
Blue Tit  Cyanistes caeruleus  4
Great Tit  Parus major  4
Crested Tit  Lophophanes cristatus  2
Coal Tit  Periparus ater  4
P. a. ater 3
Willow Tit  Poecile montanus  2
P. m. borealis 2
Marsh Tit  Poecile palustris  4
Eurasian Nuthatch  Sitta europaea  3
Eurasian Treecreeper  Certhia familiaris  3
Penduline Tit  Remiz pendulinus  1
Golden Oriole  Oriolus oriolus  3
Isabelline Shrike  Lanius isabellinus  1
Red-backed Shrike  Lanius collurio  3
Lesser Grey Shrike  Lanius minor  1
Great Grey Shrike  Lanius excubitor  3
Southern Grey Shrike  Lanius meridionalis  1
Woodchat Shrike  Lanius senator  2
L. s. badius 
Eurasian Jay  Garrulus glandarius  4
Magpie Pica pica  4
Nutcracker  Nucifraga caryocatactes  1
Red-billed Chough  Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax  2
Western Jackdaw  Corvus monedula  4
Rook  Corvus frugilegus  4
Carrion Crow  Corvus corone  4
Hooded Crow  Corvus cornix  2
Common Raven  Corvus corax  2
Common Starling  Sturnus vulgaris  4
Rose-coloured Starling  Sturnus roseus  2
House Sparrow  Passer domesticus  4
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  3
Red-eyed Vireo  Vireo olivaceus  1
Common Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs  4
Brambling  Fringilla montifringilla  3
European Serin  Serinus serinus  2
Greenfinch  Carduelis chloris  4
Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis  4
Siskin Carduelis spinus  4
Linnet  Carduelis cannabina  4
Twite  Carduelis flavirostris  3
Lesser Redpoll  Carduelis cabaret 4
Common Redpoll  Carduelis flammea  4
Arctic Redpoll  Carduelis hornemanni  2
Two-barred Crossbill  Loxia leucoptera  1
Common Crossbill  Loxia curvirostra  3
Parrot Crossbill  Loxia pytyopsittacus  1
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus  1
Common Rosefinch  Carpodacus erythrinus  2
Bullfinch  Pyrrhula pyrrhula  3
P. p. pyrrhula 2
Hawfinch  Coccothraustes coccothraustes  3
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus  1
White-throated Sparrow  Zonotrichia albicollis  1
Lapland Bunting Calcarius lapponicus  3
Snow Bunting  Plectrophenax nivalis  3
Pine Bunting  Emberiza leucocephalos 1
Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella  4
Cirl Bunting  Emberiza cirlus  2
Ortolan Bunting  Emberiza hortulana  2
Rustic Bunting  Emberiza rustica  2
Little Bunting  Emberiza pusilla  2
Yellow-breasted Bunting  Emberiza aureola  1
Reed Bunting  Emberiza schoeniclus  4
Black-headed Bunting  Emberiza melanocephala  1
Corn Bunting  Emberiza calandra  4
Category D species:    
White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Falcated Duck Anas falcata
Baikal Teal Anas formosa
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
Saker Falco cherrug
Chukar Alectoris chukar
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
Category E species of interest:     
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccanator
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta