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Holme Bird Observatory Monday 6th September 2021

Highlights today were 10 Common Scoter, a Fulmar, 4 Gannets, an Arctic Skua, 62 Sandwich Terns and 9 Common Terns offshore. 11 Little Egrets, 2 Great White Egrets and 7 Grey Herons were counted, and 27 Whimbrel, 12 Black-tailed Godwits and 2 Greenshank were recorded. A juvenile Cuckoo was aroud the east bank during the day, and other birds of interest included 3 Stonechats in the dunes and 2 Grey Wagtails east.
 
A Banded Demoiselle was near the Observatory in the afternoon, and butterflies included Small Copper, Common Blue, Small Heath and Painted Lady.
 
Moths of note were 2 Snout, Smoky Wainscot, 14 White-line Dart, Brimstone, 2 Gold Spot, 14 Archer's Darts, 2 Frosted Orange, 26 Vine's Rustic, 10 Flounced Rustic, 4 Turnip, 12 Square-spot Rustic, Treble Bar, 2 Yellow Belle, 29 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Rosy Rustic, Light Emerald, Willow Beauty, 2 White Point, 2 Dingy Footman, 2 Green Carpet, 14 Large Yellow Underwing, 2 Rush Veneer, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, 2 Small Square-spot, 3 Cabbage, Straw Dot, 3 Pinion-streaked Snout, Six-striped Rustic and Flame Shoulder.
 
Norfolk News from RARE BIRD ALERT
For all this news, in the field as it happens, subscribe to Rare Bird Alert for as little as 14p per dayNorfolk Pec Sand juv still 4.19pm Cley NWT east of East Bank at north end of The Serpentine
Norfolk Pied Fly Great Yarmouth in old cemetery
MEGA Norfolk ELEONORA'S FALCON dark morph circled over Gayton at 3.23pm then flew north
Norfolk Pec Sand juv still c3.40pm Cley NWT east of East Bank at north end of The Serpentine
Norfolk 7.Little Stints Titchwell RSPB again on freshmarsh tho distant
Norfolk Pec Sand Cley NWT by East Bank just south of Arnold's Marsh
Norfolk Garganey Heacham by South Beach. Spotted Redshank flew north
Norfolk Spotted Redshank Breydon Water still
Norfolk Pied Fly Gorleston Old Cemetery
Norfolk Barred Warbler Salthouse at Gramborough Hill in small copse at 11.40am then flew west +no further sign
Norfolk Barred Warbler still 11.12am Burnham Overy Dunes in scrub at end of sea wall tho elusive
Norfolk Caspian Gull juv Sidestrand
Norfolk 4.Caspian Gulls Cromer on beach near RNLI museum at 10.38am
Norfolk 7.Spoonbills Breydon Water again on The Lumps
Norfolk Little Stint y'day Titchwell RSPB still
Norfolk Wryneck Beeston Common south of pillbox at 9.56am then flushed from path
Norfolk 2.Little Stints (both juvs) Snettisham RSPB still on The Wash at 8.02am
Norfolk Pied Fly Great Yarmouth at Bure Park still
Norfolk Barred Warbler still 8.40am Burnham Overy Dunes in brambles by galvanised gates at foot of dunes
Norfolk Barred Warbler still Burnham Overy Dunes in bushes at end of sea wall at 8.30am
Norfolk Wryneck Beeston Regis in kitchen at 8.30am then released +flew to copse east of caravan park
Norfolk Curlew Sand juv Snettisham RSPB still on The Wash at 7.54am
Norfolk Pied Fly y'day Salthouse at Gramborough Hill briefly mid morning