Thompson Birders Wiki

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 * This is a site devoted to the recording of bird sightings in and around the village of Thompson, 13 miles north of Thetford in Norfolk. We are a community of local bird watchers based around our village pub, The Chequers.



Please feel free to post records and photographs of sightings for locations within the area of Thompson and the immediately surrounding villages on this Wiki. To do so, just click on the arrow next to the 'Edit' button next to the sightings section and add records to the relevant month using the standard format. Please be careful not to delete or edit records already posted. Alternatively, you can email the sightings (with date and location) to thompsonbirders(at)hotmail.com. Note that records submitted to this website may be shared with the RSPB Local Group for use in their survey of birds in the area. We may get back to you for more info about records of scarcer species and other wildlife records posted here. Do not post records on this website unless you are happy for them to be shared with the other wildlife organisations. 'Please do not post details of scarce breeding birds (those included in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, amended 2000) except to alert other observers to the presence somewhere in the area when it should be shown as Location undisclosed''. This includes sightings at a location where a breeding attempt is suspected, not just if nesting is confirmed. Any reports giving a specific location will be removed or modified by the website administrator.''' We would still like to know of such potential breeding records, so please e-mail them to the address above. If posting records from a private garden include the street name if you wish, but do not give the house number without express permission.

You can use these links to find out more about Birdwatching Sites in Thompson and for information about Ringed Birds.

There is a separate page for recording sightings of species other than birds; e.g. mammals, dragonflies, butterflies, etc. Click on the link here to access Other Wildlife.

January 2022

 * 26th - Thompson: Barn Owl. (KW)
 * 26th - Griston: Common Buzzard; c. 120 Fieldfare in field near Wagon & Horses pub. (KW)
 * 23rd - Thompson: 6 Red-legged Partridge; 2 Jay; 2 Pied Wagtail; 2 Grey Heron; Marsh Tit; Kestrel; 8 Fieldfare (in trees adjacent to the heavy horses field, next The Chequers); 6 Goldfinch; 30 Starling; 2 Marsh Harrier (m); 2 Egyptian Goose; 4 Cormorant; 27 Teal; Wigeon; 11 Shoveler; 21 Gadwall; 7 Mute Swan; 50 + Coot. (KW)
 * 22nd - Creake Abbey (not exactly local but hey...): 30 Fieldfare; 1 Redwing. (KW)

December 2021

 * 21st - Thompson: Tawny Owl. (KW)
 * 18th - A1075: 20 Lapwing; c. 70 mixed gulls including Great Black Backed Gull; Common Buzzard. (KW)
 * 2nd - Griston: 3 Red Legged Partridge; Common Buzzard; Barn Owl. (KW)

November 2021

 * 21st - Thompson: 2 Marsh Tit; Nuthatch; 52 Coot; 34 Mallard; 2 Tufted Duck; 2 Cormorant; 7 Gadwall;   Pied Wagtail; 7 Mute Swan (including 1 fully grown juvenile sitting in road and hissing at passers by at the end of Tottington Lane); small flock of 11 Lapwing (over). (KW)
 * 21st - Watton: Common Buzzard over gardens adjacent to Tesco. (KW)
 * 20th - Thompson: 2 Tawny Owl. (KW)
 * 11th - Thompson: Barn Owl. (KW)
 * 10th - Griston: 18 Collared Dove; 8 Goldfinch. (KW)

October 2021

 * 16th - Hockham: 2 Stonechat; 7 Jay; Marsh Tit; Grey Heron; Common Buzzard (heard) (KW)
 * 16th - Thompson: 2 Cormorant; 4 Gadwall; 17 Mallard; 6 Tufted Duck; 2 Shoveller; 11 Mute Swan (including 6 fully grown juveniles); 100 Coot; 2 Moorhen; Grey Heron; mixed flock of Great, Blue, Coal, Marsh and Long-tailed Tits with 1 Goldcrest and 2 Treecreeper; Goldfinch; 5 Jay (presumably reflecting recent influx, though with few, if any, acorns around); 4 Skylark (cavorting and singing); 2 Pied Wagtail; c. 80 Rook. (KW)
 * 15th - Thompson: Barn Owl. (KW)
 * 14th - Thompson: Tawny Owl. (KW)
 * 2nd - Thompson: 6 Red-legged Partridge; Common Buzzard. (KW)
 * 1st - Thompson: Marsh Harrier; 2 Gadwall; 9 Tufted Duck; Grey Wagtail; Goldcrest. (KW)
 * 1st - Griston: 28 Collared Dove perched (rather Swallow-like) on telegraph line. (KW)

September 2021

 * 29th - Griston: Tawny Owl calling. (KW)
 * 26th - Thompson: 3 Common Buzzard circling; Red-legged Partridge; far too many suicidal pheasants. (KW)
 * 25th - Griston: prolonged high speed aerial dogfiight between Pied Wagtail and Starling. (KW)
 * 25th - Thompson: 2 Kestrel; Mistle Thrush; Green Woodpecker; 2 Jay; 2 Nuthatch; 2 Marsh Tit; 9 Mute Swan (including 5 juveniles); 7 Gadwall; 77 Coot; 2 Moorhen; 6 Mallard; 4 Tufted Duck; Grey Heron; 3 Cormorant; 2 Chiffchaff (calling); 2 Skylark; 5 Stonechat; 2 Yellowhammer; 4 Red-legged Partridge; Tawny Owl. (KW)
 * 23rd - Thompson: 3 Mistle Thrush; Barn Owl. (KW)
 * 21st - Thompson: 47 Pheasant; Kestrel. (KW)
 * 2nd - Thompson: 82 Coot; 4 Gadwall; 2 Mallard; 2 Tufted Duck; 9 Mute Swan (including 5 large cygnets); 2 Cormorant; Reed Warbler; Reed Bunting; Hobby; 8 Chiffchaff (2 singing); 5 Long-tailed Tit; Nuthatch; Goldcrest; 4 Goldfinch; 4 Swallow; 3 Sand Martin; 2 Common Buzzard; Jay; Tawny Owl (heard). (KW)
 * 1st - Griston: 20 Rook; 3 Sand Martin. (KW)
 * 1st - Thompson: Common Buzzard; Kestrel; 86 Pheasant; flock of 29 Goldfinch; Great Spotted Woodpecker; 50 + Swallow feeding and chattering loudly in field with Highland cattle. (KW)

August 2021

 * 26th - Thompson: Swallow. (KW)
 * 26th - Griston: Common Buzzard being mobbed around the rooftops by 2 Herring Gull. (KW)
 * 25th - Griston: 5 Sand Martin. (KW)
 * Marsh Tit.jpg - Griston: 12 Sand Martin; 2 Goldfinch; Common Buzzard; 6 Herring Gull (over); c. 400 Jackdaw mixed with a few Carrion Crows. (KW)
 * 22nd - Griston: Swift; 7 Sand Martin; 3 Swallow; 8 Pied Wagtail; 4 Herring Gull. (KW)
 * 21st - Griston: 4 Swallow; 3 Swift; 5 Sand Martin; murmuration of c. 200 hundred Starling; c. 40 mixed Carrion Crow & Jackdaw; Great Black-backed Gull on roof, calling loudly. (KW)
 * 21st - Thompson: 5 Swallow; c. 105 Rook; famliy of 10 Pheasant. (KW)
 * 20th - Thompson: 34 Coot; 20 Mallard; Gadwall; 10 Mute Swan (including 5 almost fully grown cygnets); 2 Great Crested Grebe (1 juvenile); 8 Swallow; 40 + House Sparrow; 5 Pheasant; 5 Long-tailed Tit; Chiffchaff. (KW)
 * 20th - Griston: 3 Swallow; 20 House Martin; 3 Common Buzzard; 12 Goldfinch; 30 + House Sparrow; 40 Starling; 3 Collared Dove; Oystercatcher (heard). (KW)
 * 19th - Griston: c. 500 Jackdaw; Swallow. (KW)
 * 18th - Griston: single Sand Martin over. (KW)
 * 17th - Thompson: 9 Swallow; Mistle Thrush; Kestrel; 2 Little Owl calling. (KW)
 * 16th - Griston: 5 Sand Martin present overhead throughout day; 16 Swallow on telephone line; 2 Collared Dove; 30 Jackdaw; Pied Wagtail; Lesser Black-backed Gull; 3 Herring Gull. (KW)
 * 15th - Griston: 10 Sand Martin; Swallow; Collared Dove; Pied Wagtail; Lesser Black-backed Gull (on roof) c. 300 Starling (mainly juvenile). (KW)
 * 6th - Griston: c. 200 juvenile Starling, spooked by female Sparrowhawk; c 100 Jackdaw; 2 Swift; 3 Swallow. (KW)
 * 3rd - Griston: c. 150 juvenile Starling on roofs; 2 Swift; Green Woodpecker (heard). (KW)
 * 2nd - Thompson: 3 Great Crested Grebe (2 juvenile); 10 Mute Swan (6 large cygnets); 18 Mallard; Gadwall; 2 Reed Warbler (1 singing); Great Spotted Woodpecker; Common Buzzard; Chiffchaff. (KW)
 * 2nd - Griston: flight of 4 Oystercatcher calling loudly; Common Buzzard. (KW)
 * 1st - Griston: 16 Swift; Tawny Owl (heard). (KW)



July 2021

 * 31st - Griston: House Martin; 8 Swallow; c. 40 Swift; 2 Pied Wagtail; 20 Starling; 5 Collared Dove; Green Woodpecker; Common Buzzard; Peacock (heard). (KW)
 * 29th - Griston: murmuration of c. 130 Starling; Swift; 17 House Sparrow. (KW)
 * 27th - Thompson: Red-legged Partridge; Grey Heron; 8 Swallow; Wren; Yellowhammer; Little Owl (heard). (KW)
 * 23rd - Griston: murmuration of c. 300 Starling at 15.30; 23 Jackdaw; 20 House Sparrow; Oystercatcher (heard); 3 Swift; 2 Swallow; Peacock. (KW)
 * 22nd - Thompson: Red-legged Partridge; 3 screaming Swift; 2 Swallow; Kestrel. (KW)
 * 3rd - I’m doing an online talk on swifts on Wed 7/7 between 18:30-19:30 if anybody is interested? Thanks Steven Robinson https://www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2021/7/7/swifts-in-the-city

June 2021

 * 18th - Location undisclosed: 2 Common Crane
 * 17th - Thompson: 4 House Martin. (KW)
 * 17th - Griston: 2 Oystercatcher (calling loudly over); Common Buzzard; 10 Swifts. (KW)
 * 16th - Thompson: Red-legged Partridge. (KW)

May 2021

 * 27th - Thompson: Chiffchaff; 2 Skylark; 3 Red-legged Partridge. (KW)
 * 24th - Thompson: 2 Swallow; 2 Red-legged Partridge. (KW)
 * 23rd - Croxton Heath: 20 Swift; 5 Swallow; 6 House Martin; 2 Cuckoo; 1 Goshawk; 1 Common Buzzard; 3 Chiffchaff; 3 Whitethroat; Stonechat; 2 Yellowhammer; Goldcrest. (Vince May)
 * 22nd - Thompson: Woodcock; Common Buzzard; Skylark; 6 Goldfinch; Pied Wagtail; Oystercatcher; Cuckoo (heard); 6 Mallard; 2 Red-legged Partridge (one standing atop large dungheap); Gadwall; 3 pairs Tufted Duck; Grey Heron; 4 Mute Swan (1 pair with 5 cygnets); Hobby; Great Crested Grebe; 5 Chiffchaff (4 singing, 1 collecting nest material); Grey Wagtail; Nuthatch; c. 40 mixed hirundines (mainly Swift but including 4 House Martin & 10 Swallow); Greylag Goose; 4 Reed Warbler; 2 Chaffinch; 2 Marsh Tit; Reed Bunting (m). (KW)
 * 19th - Thompson: 3 Common Buzzard; 2 Kestrel; 2 Mallard; Cuckoo; Greylag Goose; Chiffchaff; 4 Swallow; 7 Red-legged Partridge; Grey Partridge (heard). (KW)
 * 18th - Merton: 2 Egptian Goose with 5 goslings; 2 Greylag Goose with 2 goslings; 2 Swallow nestbuilding; 3 Red-legged Partridge. (KW)
 * 17th - Griston: 2 Common Buzzard; 2 Chiffchaff singing; 2 Goldfinch; Swallow; Peacock. (KW)
 * 16th - A1075 (near Grove Farm): Barn Owl. (KW)
 * 10th - East Wretham/Croxton Heath: 3 Common Buzzard; 1 Kestrel; 1 Goshawk; 2 Canada Geese; 5 Egyptian Goose; 9 Coot.; 5 Lapwing; Great Crested Grebe; 2 Little Grebe; 9 Tufted Duck; 10 Shelduck; 5 Mallard; 1 Cuckoo; 3 Whitethroat; 6  Meadow Pipit; 3 Chiffchaff. (Vince May)
 * 5th - Thompson Common: Cormorant; Reed Warbler; 5 Reed Bunting; 12 Tufted Duck; 4 Gadwall; 8 Mallard; Teal; 2 Mute Swan; 2 Great Crested Grebe; 12 Greylag Goose; Marsh Harrier (m); approx. 40 mixed hirundines, mainly Swallow, but including 2 House Martin and 2 Swift (my first of the season). (KW)
 * 5th - Griston: Chiffchaff; 2 Swallow; Oystercatcher; Linnet (KW)
 * 4th - Griston: Oystercatcher. (KW)
 * 4th - Location undisclosed: Hobby travelling at very high speed through gardens. (KW)
 * 3rd - Location undisclosed: Great White Egret; 2 Common Crane; 8 Greylag Goose; 3 Shoveller; 4 Canada Goose; 8 Mallard; Hobby; Marsh Harrier (m); 3 Common Buzzard; 2 Linnet; 4 Pied Wagtail; 16 Swallow; 3 Blackcap; 8 Chiffchaff; Long-tailed Tit; Reed Bunting (m); 4 Grey Heron; 2 Mute Swan;; Greater Spotted Woodpecker. (Amelia Williams & K.Williams)
 * 2nd - Griston: Swallow. (KW)
 * 1st - Thompson Common: Skylark; Chiffchaff; 2 Greylag Goose; 4 Red-legged Partidge; Long-tailed Tit; Kestrel; Barn Owl. (KW)

April 2021

 * 29th - Thompson: 2 Skylark singing in field opposite pub; 12 Red-legged Partridge; 5 Goldfinch; Chiffchaff; 4 Pied Wagtail. (KW)
 * 26th - Thompson (Butters Hall Lane/Thompson School): 3 Greylag Goose; 5 Skylark; 20 Yellowhammer; Kestrel; Common Buzzard. (Vince May)
 * 25th - Thompson (Chequers): Red Kite; Common Buzzard; 7 Swallow. (Vince May)
 * 21st - Thompson: Marsh Harrier (m); 2 Grey Wagtail; 5  Pochard; 3 Gadwall; 2 Teal; 5 Greylag Goose; 8 Tufted Duck; 9 Mallard + 10 ducklings; 7 Mute Swan; Chiffchaff; Swallow; Reed Bunting; Great Spotted Woodpecker. (KW)
 * 21st Griston:: 3 Oystercatcher; Little Egret (over). (KW)
 * 19th - Thompson: pair of Egyptian Goose with 3 new goslings in field opposite pub: 7 Red Legged Partridge. (KW)
 * 19th - Location undisclosed: 2 Common Crane; 2 Crossbill; 2 Siskin; Great White Egret; 2 Marsh Harrier; Red Kite; 3 Common Buzzard; Kestrel; Sparrowhawk (f); 5 Blackcap (4 m, 1 f); innumerable Chiffchaff; 3 Marsh Tit; 7 Grey Heron; 9 Mute Swan; 12 Greylag Goose; 5 Canada Goose; 3 Shoveller; Swallow; Approx. 100 Fieldfare. (KW)
 * 17th - Thompson: Tawny Owl; 6 Fieldfare. (KW)



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