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Holme Bird Observatory Monday 13th September 2021

Highlights today were 4 Brent Geese, 104 Wigeon, and at sea 65 Common Scoter, 6 Red-throated Divers, 52 Gannets, 3 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Pom Skua, 2 Great Skuas, 18 Sandwich Terns and 5 Guillemots. Waders included an Avocet, 785 Oystercatchers, 26 Golden Plover, 248 Curlew, 39 Black-tailed Godwits, 4 Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank and 21 Snipe. A Kingfisher was also noted.

Moths today included 19 Square-spot Rustic, 2 Silver Y, Brimstone, 3 Common Marbled Carpet, 2 Common Wainscot, Cabbage, Burnished Brass, 20 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 3 White Point, 3 Green Carpet, 9 Vine's Rustic, Willow Beauty, Double-striped Pug, 6 White-line Dart, 5 Large Yellow Underwing, 2 Turnip, Fern, Brown-spot Pinion and 2 Small Square Spot. A Humming-bird Hawk Moth was on the buddleia.
 
Butterflies included Small Copper, Common Blue, Red Admiral and Wall Brown
 
A Great Diving Beetle was also in the moth trap, shown below with a Sexton Beetle
 

 
Norfolk News from RARE BIRD ALERT
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Norfolk Curlew Sand juv Snettisham RSPB still +2.juv.Little Stints
Norfolk Pied Fly Burnham Overy Dunes
Norfolk 2.Sooty S'waters flew west past Sheringham 7.30-11.30am +2.Little Gulls. Caspian Gull following crab boats. Purple Sand on rocks in front of East Beach Coffee
Norfolk 2.Pec Sands Titchwell RSPB (+Wood Sand 2.Curlew Sands)
Norfolk Pec Sand juv Titchwell RSPB still at SW end of freshmarsh near Island Hide at 11.09am
Norfolk Honey Buzzard flew NE over South Creake
Norfolk Common Crane between Cley +Salthouse still east of hide at Watling Water at 10.23am
Norfolk Sabine's Gull Cley flew east past coastguards at 10.22am
Norfolk Osprey Thursford flew south over A148
Norfolk Hen Harrier ringtail y'day Breydon Water
Norfolk Sooty S'water flew north past Waxham
Norfolk Curlew Sand juv Titchwell RSPB still 8.49am. juv.Little Stint still from East Trail
Norfolk 3.Little Stints Cley NWT still on Pat's Pool at 8.14am +juv.Curlew Sand still
Norfolk Wood Sand y'day Titchwell RSPB still 6.35pm by path near Island Hide