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Holme Bird Observatory Monday 22nd November 2021

Seabirds today included 181 Eider, 236 Common Scoter, 3 Goldeneye, 19 Red-breasted Mergansers, 4 Red-throated and 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Fulmar, 22 Gannets, 31 Great Crested Grebes, 5 Guillemots and 151 Kittiwakes. Other birds of interest were a ring-tail Hen Harrier, a Woodcock, Merlin moving offshore, a Peregrine on the beach, a Chiffchaff along the river Hun, 282 Redwings moving west, a Brambling, 8 Siskins and a single Snow Bunting.

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Norfolk Hen Harrier Titchwell RSPB flew into roost at 4pm
Norfolk Water Pipit Hickling Broad NNR this a'noon
Norfolk Hen Harrier male between North Point pools + Wells on marshes at 3.43pm
Norfolk Barred Warbler Waxham just north of Shangri-La chalet in oaks by Bide-A-Wee cottage +Great Grey Shrike early a'noon
Norfolk Short-eared Owl Blakeney Freshmarsh at 3.32pm
Norfolk Short-eared Owl Cley NWT West Bank path near car park
Norfolk Little Auk flew NW past Sidestrand between 8am-10am (+Great Northern Diver flew NW)
Norfolk 2.Black Redstarts (both fem/1w) Great Yarmouth at South Denes viewed from Gorleston Pier
Norfolk Black-throated Diver Cley NWT drifted east on sea between 8.45am-10.30am
Norfolk Sabine's Gull 1w Winterton flew past at 1.24pm (+Little Auk)
Norfolk Little Auk Titchwell RSPB just offshore
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Holkham Pines along warbler trail just east of crosstracks vocal tho elusive TF 877 451
Norfolk 2.Grey Phals Titchwell RSPB still mid a'noon on freshmarsh
Norfolk Little Auk flew past Waxham (+Black-throated Diver)
Norfolk Little Auk flew past Weybourne (+Black Redstart)
Norfolk 6.Lapland Buntings Happisburgh still in clifftop stubble field between old Coastwatch +Ostend TG.373.316
Norfolk 13.Snow Buntings Great Yarmouth still at North Denes this morning. 30.Whooper Swans Hempstead Marshes
Norfolk 13.Snow Buntings Great Yarmouth still at North Denes this morning. 30.Whooper Swans Hempstead Marshes
Norfolk 2.Little Stints still 12.20pm Snettisham RSPB on mud north of old jetty +20.Snow Buntings on beach
Norfolk Snow Bunting Titchwell RSPB still in dunes west of main path tho elusive
Norfolk Great Northern Diver flew west past Holme Dunes 7.40-10.40am +Snow Bunting
Norfolk Siberian Chiffchaff Titchwell RSPB by Meadow Trail
Norfolk 2.Grey Phals Titchwell RSPB still late morning on freshmarsh
Norfolk Velvet Scoter Heacham off South Beach then flew south
Norfolk 2.Little Stints still Snettisham RSPB on The Wash
Norfolk Long-tailed Duck flew west past Weybourne
Norfolk Little Auk Cley NWT flew west past beach car park 7.45-10.30am (+3.Red-necked Grebes)
Norfolk Little Auk flew west past Sheringham at 10.33am +Pom Skua (+Long-tailed Duck Velvet Scoter 5.Great Northern Divers)
Norfolk Black Guillemot Cley NWT still 11.05am on sea by wreck
Norfolk Barred Warbler Waxham just north of Shangri-La chalet in oaks by Bide-A-Wee cottage
Norfolk Richard's Pipit Heacham flew north over South Beach
Norfolk Great Grey Shrike still just south of Waxham on straw bales 300yds west of Frenches Farm TG.436.258
Norfolk Black Guillemot Cley NWT still on sea just west of beach car park
Norfolk Little Auk flew west past Trimingham close inshore
Norfolk 2.Grey Phals Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh at 9.50am
Norfolk Bittern Whitlingham Ctry Park still on north side of Great Broad c100yds west of conservation area viewed from south side
Norfolk 5.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still east of Holkham Gap at roped-off area TF.899.460
Norfolk 2.Little Auks flew west past Sheringham at 8.57am (++Red-necked Grebe +8.Scaup flew east at 8.45am)
Norfolk Grey Phal flew west past Titchwell RSPB at 8.33am (+Black Guillemot flew east +3.Red-necked Grebes)
Norfolk 2.Little Auks flew north past Winterton 7.30am-9am (+Long-tailed Duck)
Norfolk 35.Hawfinches still Lynford Arboretum in paddocks early morning TL.820.936
Norfolk Hawfinch on Thursday flew SE over Horsford late morning
Norfolk 2.Serins on Thursday just SSW of Horsford on north side of A1270 Broadland Northway by track at east end of Pollution Control Point.5 (for 2nd day). Park on Brewery Lane opposite farm +take track SSW then NW to pool TG.186.152
Norfolk Black-throated Diver flew west past Sheringham at 8.30am
Norfolk Little Auk flew west past Sheringham at 8.20am (+Long-eared Owl flew in off sea +2.Great Northern Divers offshore)
Norfolk 6.Common Cranes flew SW over East Wretham
Norfolk Grey Phal Titchwell RSPB still on freshmarsh
Norfolk 2.Pom Skuas y'day flew past Sheringham
Norfolk 2.Little Auks y'day Cley NWT flew past beach car park 7.30am-3pm +3.Grey Phals 2.juv.Pom Skuas (+Sooty S'water 5.Great Northern Divers 3.drk.Velvet Scoters 17.Little Gulls)
Norfolk Black Redstart 1w.male y'day Cley in church late morning
Norfolk 3.Great Northern Divers y'day flew NW past Mundesley 7am-10am +Velvet Scoter