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Holme Bird Observatory Sunday 1st August 2021

On the sea today 37 Common Scoter, 2 Fulmars, 14 Gannets, 8 Arctic Skuas, 11 Little Terns, 120 Sandwich Terns, 9 Common Terns and a Kittiwake were counted. A Hobby was hunting along the east bank and 3 Great White Egrets and a Spoonbill were around the grazing marsh.

A good selection of moths included 14 Yellow-tails, 25 Scarce Footman, 10 Common Footman, 13 Dingy Footman, 3 Least Carpet, 24 Garden Tigers, 2 Nut-tree Tussock, 4 Cloaked Minor, Shaded Broad-bar, 2 Small Blood-vein, 2 Fen Wainscot, Clay, Dusky Sallow, Buff Ermine, Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, 4 Common Rustic, 5 Drinker, Dog’s Tooth, 8 Ruby Tiger, Privet Hawk, 9 Rosy Footman, 3 Archer’s Dart, 12 Rustic, 2 Tree-lichen Beauty, True Lover’s Knot, 2 Blood Vein, Buff Footman, Flounced Rustic, Rosy Rustic, Haworth’s Pug, Southern Wainscot, Willow Beauty, Coxcomb Prominent, White-line Dart, Oak Eggar, and Common Emerald.


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Norfolk 2.Wood Sands 1ml ENE of Stiffkey still just north of A149 at Stiffkey Fen. Use A149 layby, walk east +take footpath north along west side of River Stiffkey TF.983.437
Norfolk Spoonbill Snettisham Coastal Park still
Norfolk Spoonbill Breydon Water again at east end
Norfolk Roseate Tern ad Snettisham RSPB still 1.40pm on The Wash opposite chalets
Norfolk Common Crane ad just east of Wells still 1.01pm at North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance on east pool. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 2.Wood Sands Welney WWT from Nelson-Lyle Hide
Norfolk Common Crane ad just east of Wells still 12.40pm at North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance on east pool. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Roseate Tern ad Snettisham RSPB again on mud at 12.39pm (6.Spotted Redshanks on pits)
Norfolk Wood Sand still 10.50am Dickleburgh Moor NR TM.174.832. Park off Norwich Road opposite Orchard Farm TM.171.834 IP21 4NS
Norfolk Curlew Sand ad Titchwell RSPB at 11.35am
Norfolk Common Crane ad just east of Wells still 11.25am at North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance on east pool. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 6.Spoonbills Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh at 10.10am
Norfolk 2.Spoonbills Welney WWT in front of Lyle Hide
Norfolk Common Crane ad just east of Wells still 9.28am at North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance on east pool. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Common Crane ad just east of Wells at North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance on west pool. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 5.Hawfinches Lynford Arboretum
Norfolk Caspian Gull ad y'day Titchwell RSPB again in evng