Highlights today included 7 Common Scoter, a Fulmar, 2
Gannets, 4 Little Terns, a juvenile Black Tern, 237 Sandwich Terns and 286
Common Terns on the sea and beach. A flock of 25 Golden Plover flew west along
the ridge mid afternoon and 17 Black-tailed Godwits were noted flying past the Observatory.
Single Green and Common Sandpipers were noted with 2 Snipe, a Hobby and a
Yellow Wagtail also of interest.
Moths included 5 Dingy Footman, 2 Straw Underwings, a Knot
Grass, Dark Arches, Lesser Yellow Underwing, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, 2
Shaded Broad-bar, 4 Drinkers, a Common Carpet, 6 Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow
Underwings, Mother of Pearl, 9 Common Rustic, 2 Southern Wainscot, a Dunbar,
Garden Pebble, 3 Scarce Footman, Gold Spot, Straw Dot, Buff Ermine, Garden
Tiger, 3 Smoky Wainscot, Yellow-tail, Bright-line Brown-eye, 3 Flounced Rustic,
Pale Prominent, Canary Shouldered Thorn, 3 Silver Y, 3 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 2
Turnip, Flame Shoulder, 2 Rustic, Clay and Ruby Tiger.
A good range of butterflies included Gatekeeper, Red
Admiral, Painted Lady, Small and Large White, Wall Brown, Peacock, Small and
Essex Skippers and Common Blue.
Black-tailed Skimmer, Migrant Hawker, Common and Ruddy
Darters, Azure and Common Blue Damselfly were all recorded.
Norfolk News from RARE BIRD ALERT
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Norfolk 49.Spoonbills 1ml ENE of Stiffkey just north of A149 at Stiffkey Fen +Wood Sand. Use A149 layby, walk east +take footpath north along west side of River Stiffkey TF.983.437
Norfolk PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER ad just east of Wells still 3.23pm at North Point Pools on pool west of track (+Wood Sand). Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER ad just east of Wells still 2.26pm at North Point Pools from car park. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER ad just east of Wells again at North Point Pools on pool east of track north of A149 at 1.59pm tho distant. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Spoonbill Welney WWT still from Lyle Hide. juv.Garganey from main observatory
Norfolk Curlew Sand Cley NWT still 12.50pm on Pat's Pool
Norfolk Curlew Sand ad Titchwell RSPB still 12.43pm on freshmarsh
Norfolk 2.Wood Sands Buckenham Marshes RSPB still +juv.Continental Black-tailed Godwit (nominate form limosa) (colour-ringed)
Norfolk Little Stint Cley NWT still 1.02pm east of East Bank
Norfolk Wood Sand Cley NWT from Bishop's Hide at 10am
Norfolk Curlew Sand Cley NWT from Bishop's Hide at 11.05am
Norfolk Black Tern juv Holme Dunes on tideline at 10.40am then flew east
Norfolk 44.Spoonbills 1ml ENE of Stiffkey just north of A149 at Stiffkey Fen at 10.50am. Use A149 layby, walk east +take footpath north along west side of River Stiffkey TF.983.437
Norfolk White Stork (metal-ringed) west of Gayton still north of B1145 by minor road to Pott Row TF.693.204
Norfolk Wood Sand just east of Wells still at North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance at 9.53am. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 2.Little Gulls Cley NWT east of East Bank on The Serpentine at 9.17am
Norfolk Glossy Ibis ad Snettisham Coastal Park still at Ken Hill Marsh on main scrape near old sea wall at 9.52am TF.659.356
Norfolk Black Tern juv Thornham Harbour
Norfolk Little Stint Cley NWT still east of East Bank at 7.30am
Norfolk Curlew Sand ad Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh
Norfolk 3.Spoonbills Breydon Water still at east end at 8.15am
Norfolk 4.Wood Sands y'day Cantley beet factory still
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Norfolk 49.Spoonbills 1ml ENE of Stiffkey just north of A149 at Stiffkey Fen +Wood Sand. Use A149 layby, walk east +take footpath north along west side of River Stiffkey TF.983.437
Norfolk PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER ad just east of Wells still 3.23pm at North Point Pools on pool west of track (+Wood Sand). Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER ad just east of Wells still 2.26pm at North Point Pools from car park. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER ad just east of Wells again at North Point Pools on pool east of track north of A149 at 1.59pm tho distant. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Spoonbill Welney WWT still from Lyle Hide. juv.Garganey from main observatory
Norfolk Curlew Sand Cley NWT still 12.50pm on Pat's Pool
Norfolk Curlew Sand ad Titchwell RSPB still 12.43pm on freshmarsh
Norfolk 2.Wood Sands Buckenham Marshes RSPB still +juv.Continental Black-tailed Godwit (nominate form limosa) (colour-ringed)
Norfolk Little Stint Cley NWT still 1.02pm east of East Bank
Norfolk Wood Sand Cley NWT from Bishop's Hide at 10am
Norfolk Curlew Sand Cley NWT from Bishop's Hide at 11.05am
Norfolk Black Tern juv Holme Dunes on tideline at 10.40am then flew east
Norfolk 44.Spoonbills 1ml ENE of Stiffkey just north of A149 at Stiffkey Fen at 10.50am. Use A149 layby, walk east +take footpath north along west side of River Stiffkey TF.983.437
Norfolk White Stork (metal-ringed) west of Gayton still north of B1145 by minor road to Pott Row TF.693.204
Norfolk Wood Sand just east of Wells still at North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance at 9.53am. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 2.Little Gulls Cley NWT east of East Bank on The Serpentine at 9.17am
Norfolk Glossy Ibis ad Snettisham Coastal Park still at Ken Hill Marsh on main scrape near old sea wall at 9.52am TF.659.356
Norfolk Black Tern juv Thornham Harbour
Norfolk Little Stint Cley NWT still east of East Bank at 7.30am
Norfolk Curlew Sand ad Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh
Norfolk 3.Spoonbills Breydon Water still at east end at 8.15am
Norfolk 4.Wood Sands y'day Cantley beet factory still