On the sea today, 102 Common Scoter, Red-throated Diver, 2
Fulmars, 7 Gannets, 11 Great Crested Grebes, 29 Sandwich and 29 Common Terns
were counted. Also of interest were 35 Black-tailed Godwits, 2 Great White
Egrets, Greenshank, Snipe and at least 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers. A Merlin
flew out across the grazing marsh.
Moths included Small Dusty Wave, 4 Burnished Brass, 4 Willow
Beauty, 25 White-line Dart, 29 Square-spot Rustic, 7 Flounced Rustic, 53
Setaceous Hebrew Characters, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4 Small Square-spot, 5
Turnip, 18 Large Yellow Underwing, Rosy Rustic, 6 Common Wainscot, Light
Emerald, 7 Archer’s Dart, 17 Vine’s Rustic, 2 Silver Y, Angle Shades, Straw
Dot, 2 Green Carpet, Gold Spot, 5 Flame Shoulder, Rusty-dot Pearl, 3 Lesser
Yellow Underwing, Dingy Footman, Brimstone and Smoky Wainscot.
Two Willow Emerald Damselflies were seen near the Car Park
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Norfolk Osprey y'day Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Norfolk Pom Skua flew past Weybourne Camp
Norfolk Caspian Gull Cromer still on beach at 3.30pm
Norfolk no further sign of juv.Pec Sand Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh at 2.40pm (but 3.Little Stints +Turtle Dove from Autumn Trail)
Norfolk 2.Little Stints (both juvs) Snettisham RSPB still on The Wash at 2.02pm
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad 1ml ESE of Potter Heigham still 1.59pm at Potter Heigham Marshes on far side of scrape from path between oak +silver birch. Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) +take track ENE 1ml NR29 5JE TG.435.193
Norfolk Pec Sand juv Titchwell RSPB again in NE corner of freshmarsh viewed from end of Autumn Trail at 1.15pm tho distant
Norfolk Pec Sand juv Titchwell RSPB again in NW corner of freshmarsh viewed from end of Autumn Trail at 1.15pm tho distant
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad 1ml ESE of Potter Heigham still this a'noon at Potter Heigham Marshes on mud from north side. Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) +take track ENE 1ml NR29 5JE TG.435.193
Norfolk Common Crane Salthouse still on pool west of Iron Road at 10.15am +showing well
Norfolk Caspian Gull 2w Sidestrand on beach
Norfolk Balearic S'water flew east past Sidestrand 7.12-9.33am
Norfolk Cattle Egret Cley NWT still 11.41am on Whitwell Scrape
Norfolk Common Crane Wells flew west over lifeboat station at 11.40am
Norfolk Cattle Egret Cley NWT still on Pope's Marsh off East Bank with cattle. Wood Sand east of East Bank on The Serpentine. 6.Little Stints Pat's Pool. Little Stint Arnold's Marsh
Norfolk Caspian Gull ad y'day Cromer on beach
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad 1ml ESE of Potter Heigham still at Potter Heigham Marshes (+2.Little Stints 3.Spoonbills). Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) +take track ENE 1ml NR29 5JE TG.435.193
Norfolk Pom Skua ad flew west past Cley
Norfolk no sign of Pec Sand Titchwell RSPB at end of Autumn Trail (but c6.Little Stints Wood Sand)
Norfolk Cattle Egret Snettisham RSPB from Shore Hide at 8am
Norfolk Black Tern y'day flew SW past Old Hunstanton at 7.05pm
Norfolk 4.Pied Flys y'day 1.5mls NNE of Wells at East Hills in morning
Norfolk Pied Fly y'day Sidestrand on wires
Norfolk 4.Little Stints y'day Snettisham RSPB
Norfolk Titchwell RSPB car park closed till 10.30am today
Norfolk Black Tern y'day Titchwell RSPB
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Norfolk Osprey y'day Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Norfolk Pom Skua flew past Weybourne Camp
Norfolk Caspian Gull Cromer still on beach at 3.30pm
Norfolk no further sign of juv.Pec Sand Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh at 2.40pm (but 3.Little Stints +Turtle Dove from Autumn Trail)
Norfolk 2.Little Stints (both juvs) Snettisham RSPB still on The Wash at 2.02pm
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad 1ml ESE of Potter Heigham still 1.59pm at Potter Heigham Marshes on far side of scrape from path between oak +silver birch. Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) +take track ENE 1ml NR29 5JE TG.435.193
Norfolk Pec Sand juv Titchwell RSPB again in NE corner of freshmarsh viewed from end of Autumn Trail at 1.15pm tho distant
Norfolk Pec Sand juv Titchwell RSPB again in NW corner of freshmarsh viewed from end of Autumn Trail at 1.15pm tho distant
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad 1ml ESE of Potter Heigham still this a'noon at Potter Heigham Marshes on mud from north side. Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) +take track ENE 1ml NR29 5JE TG.435.193
Norfolk Common Crane Salthouse still on pool west of Iron Road at 10.15am +showing well
Norfolk Caspian Gull 2w Sidestrand on beach
Norfolk Balearic S'water flew east past Sidestrand 7.12-9.33am
Norfolk Cattle Egret Cley NWT still 11.41am on Whitwell Scrape
Norfolk Common Crane Wells flew west over lifeboat station at 11.40am
Norfolk Cattle Egret Cley NWT still on Pope's Marsh off East Bank with cattle. Wood Sand east of East Bank on The Serpentine. 6.Little Stints Pat's Pool. Little Stint Arnold's Marsh
Norfolk Caspian Gull ad y'day Cromer on beach
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad 1ml ESE of Potter Heigham still at Potter Heigham Marshes (+2.Little Stints 3.Spoonbills). Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) +take track ENE 1ml NR29 5JE TG.435.193
Norfolk Pom Skua ad flew west past Cley
Norfolk no sign of Pec Sand Titchwell RSPB at end of Autumn Trail (but c6.Little Stints Wood Sand)
Norfolk Cattle Egret Snettisham RSPB from Shore Hide at 8am
Norfolk Black Tern y'day flew SW past Old Hunstanton at 7.05pm
Norfolk 4.Pied Flys y'day 1.5mls NNE of Wells at East Hills in morning
Norfolk Pied Fly y'day Sidestrand on wires
Norfolk 4.Little Stints y'day Snettisham RSPB
Norfolk Titchwell RSPB car park closed till 10.30am today
Norfolk Black Tern y'day Titchwell RSPB