New “Year Ticks” in May 2022: 29
New “Life Ticks” in May 2022: 3
Total Species for 2022 so far: 142
Most of our birding in May was during our holiday in Norfolk. We only managed one more birding day suring May and that was a birding group visit to Goyt Valley where we were able to add Tree Pipit and Spotted Flycatcher to our year list. In the garden we are starting to see young birds, House Sparrows and Goldfinches towards the end of the month. We now have three hedgehogs at the same time appearing on rare occasions. One of these might be a youg hog – it’s hard to say. A robin is obviously feeding a young bird on mealworms as it is contantly communting from our garden to its nest. There are still a few Swifts overhead still.
Life Ticks in May 2022
| Black Kite | 6th May 2022 Windmill Tea Shop at Wymondham |
| Black-winged Stilt | 12th May Hickling Broad NWT |
| Red-breasted Goose | 13th May Blakeney Point NWT |
Year Ticks in May 2022
| Egyptian Goose | 6th May 2022 Rutland Water |
| Cuckoo | 6th May 2022 Rutland Water |
| Red-legged Partridge | 6th May 2022 Rutland Water |
| Osprey | 6th May 2022 Rutland Water |
| Sand Martin | 6th May 2022 Rutland Water |
| Stone Curlew | 7th May Weeting Heath NWT |
| Hobby | 7th May Lakenheath Fen RSPB |
| Bittern | 7th May Lakenheath Fen RSPB |
| Sedge Warbler | 7th May Lakenheath Fen RSPB |
| Kingfisher | 9th May Nunnery Lakes BTO |
| Lesser Whitethroat | 9th May Nunnery Lakes BTO |
| Spotted Flycatcher | 9th May Nunnery Lakes BTO |
| Temminck’s Stint | 11th May Hickling Broad NWT |
| Swift | 11th May Hickling Broad NWT |
| Bearded Tit | 12th May Hickling Broad NWT |
| Crane | 12th May Hickling Broad NWT |
| Ringed Plover | 12th May Hickling Broad NWT |
| Greenshank | 12th May Hickling Broad NWT |
| Brent Goose | 13th May Blakeney Point NWT |
| Spoonbill | 13th May Cley NWT |
| Linnet | 14th May Hunstanton Cliffs |
| Little Gull | 15th May Titchwell RSPB |
| Wheatear | 16th May Holme Beach |
| Cattle Egret | 16th May Holkham NNR |
| Yellowhammer | 18 May near Sculthorpe |
| Little Tern | 19th May Titchwell RSPB |
| Barnacle Goose | 20th May Frampton Marsh RSPB |
| Pied Flycatcher | 24th May Goyt Valley |
| Tree Pipit | 24th May Goyt Valley |