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Holme Bird Observatory Monday 29th November 2021

A very cold day, with 1500 Pink-feet and 398 Brents on the grazing marshes, and 328 Golden Plover also of interest. A Pintail was on the Broadwater and 9 Red-breasted Mergansers were in Thornham Channel, with 5 Eider, a Red-throated Diver and 2 Great Crested Grebes also seen offshore. Six Red Kites drifted over and 4 Water Rails were noted, with a Greenshank also seen at Thornham Harbour. A Barn Owl was hunting near the village early morning and a Merlin was seen. A ringed Chiffchaff and a pair of Stonechats were still around the Observatory building.

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Norfolk 7.Cattle Egrets Pensthorpe Water Fowl Park
Norfolk 23.Russian White-fronted Geese Holkham Freshmarsh from Joe Jordan Hide
Norfolk 6.Bewick's Swans between Sea Palling +Ingham in wet field
Norfolk Great Grey Shrike still just south of Waxham in trees in dunes just south of Shangri-La chalet at 1.13pm
Norfolk Black Brant ad Salthouse still in fields south of A149 with Dark-bellied Brent Geeseat 12.15pm (+2.Pale-bellied Brent Geese)
Norfolk Grey Phal y'day Winterton close inshore off North Dunes at 3.15pm
Norfolk Glaucous Gull juv Titchwell RSPB at Thornham Point (+ringtail Hen Harrier)
Norfolk Siberian Chiffchaff Titchwell RSPB by car park
Norfolk Dusky Warbler again Holkham Pines just west of crosstracks along Bluetail Trail in reeds on southern edge of big willow clump at 11.10am
Norfolk 2.Little Stints still Snettisham RSPB on The Wash at 10.56am
Norfolk possible fem.White-winged or Stejneger's Scoter y'day flew west past Cley with Velvet Scoters [photographed]
Norfolk 2.Little Auks y'day flew NW past Mundesley 7.15am-12.15pm (+5.Puffins 2.Great Northern Divers 2.Little Gulls Velvet Scoter Pale-bellied Brent Goose Bonxie)
Norfolk Siberian Chiffchaff Waxham just north of Shangri-La chalet in wood by Bide A Wee cottage
Norfolk 5.Cattle Egrets Horsey in cattle field south of windpump
Norfolk Siberian Chiffchaff Holkham Pines in reeds south of path c100yds west of Lady Anne's Drive
Norfolk 3.Cattle Egrets Horsey in cattle field south of windpump
Norfolk Little Auk flew west past Trimingham at 9.11am
Norfolk 5.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still east of Holkham Gap at roped-off area at 8.56am TF.899.460
Norfolk Little Auk flew north past Winterton at 8.31am