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Holme Bird Observatory Thursday 20th January 2022

An early morning seawatch was very disappointing, with a half hour stint producing no more than two Fulmar and three Common Scoters! An impressive sight though was the Golden Plovers on the Grazing Marsh with over a thousand birds present. Two Snow Buntings were on the beach near Gore Point and a Greenshank was in the Harbour at Thornham.

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Norfolk Short-eared Owl Welney WWT still
Norfolk Water Pipit Titchwell RSPB still on freshmarsh from Parrinder Hide. Spotted Redshank on Volunteers Marsh
Norfolk Hen Harrier ringtail Thornham Harbour again 2.01pm
Norfolk Tundra Bean Goose Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Norfolk 30.Snow Buntings Holkham Bay still east of Holkham Gap at roped-off area TF.899.460
Norfolk 7.Tundra Bean Geese Welney WWT from main observatory (4.Cattle Egrets by road)
Norfolk 8.Tundra Bean Geese still Welney WWT from main observatory at 12.15pm
Norfolk 2.Long-tailed Ducks Burnham Overy Dunes still in channel between Gun Hill +Scolt Head Island at 11am
Norfolk 4.Common Cranes y'day Ludham flew over St.Benet's Abbey at midday +23.Bewick's Swans
Norfolk Iceland Gull juv Cley NWT still on Arnold's Marsh at 11.23am
Norfolk 100.Russian White-fronted Geese Holkham Freshmarsh still
Norfolk Shag 1w Whitlingham Ctry Park still on Great Broad at 10am
Norfolk Scaup fem Holkham Park still on west side of lake at 9am