With favourable winds this morning the sea was very much the centre of attention with a five hour seawatch producing counts of 448 Brent Geese, 2518 Wigeon, 266 Teal, 6 Eider, 568 Common Scoter, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 35 Red-throated Diver, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 393 Gannet, 35 Arctic Skua, 9 Great Skua, 3 Manx Shearwater, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 96 Pintail, 4 Whooper Swan, 4 Scaup and single Fulmar, Arctic Tern and Purple Sandpiper. A female Peregrine was also noted flying east, then in over the grazing marsh. A Short-eared Owl was seen coming in off the sea later in the day, a Great White Egret was on the grazing Marsh and at least one Brambling was in the Pines.
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Norfolk no sign of ad.Black Brant Wells mid a'noon
Norfolk Red-necked Grebe Sheringham
Norfolk Hen Harrier ringtail Warham Greens over saltmarsh towards East Hills at 1.49pm
Norfolk Spoonbill flew past Blakeney Point this morning
Norfolk Black-throated Diver Salthouse drifted east at 9.15am. Black-necked Grebe west at 8.50am
Norfolk Sabine's Gull Cley flew past coastguards +possible.Long-tailed Skua (+Black-necked Grebe 3.Sooty S'waters)
Norfolk Long-tailed Skua flew past Sheringham this morning (+4.Scaup)
Norfolk Spotted Redshank Snettisham RSPB on The Wash at 10.53am
Norfolk Black Tern Great Yarmouth flew past Britannia Pier 9.30-10.40am +Short-eared Owl flew in off sea
Norfolk 3.Little Stints (all juvs) Snettisham RSPB still on The Wash at 10.28am
Norfolk Black Tern flew past Sheringham +3.Sooty S'waters
Norfolk 4.Scaup flew past Cley 7am-10am +Spoonbill flew west
Norfolk Curlew Sand juv Titchwell RSPB still on freshmarsh at 10.07am +Little Stint still
Norfolk Rose-coloured Starling juv Titchwell RSPB still on freshmarsh (+ringtail.Hen Harrier again)