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Holme Bird Observatory Saturday 5th February 2022

Norfolk News from RARE BIRD ALERT
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Norfolk 4.Common Cranes Welney WWT
Norfolk Hen Harrier male Ormesby flew west mid a'noon
Norfolk Iceland Gull juv Cley NWT still 3pm east of beach car park on beach near wreck
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Cley NWT till mid a'noon in Eye Field then flew to Blakeney Freshmarsh with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk Russian White-fronted Goose flew NE over Great Ryburgh
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle 2w.male north of North Elmham near Broom Green flew west over road mid a'noon [from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme]
Norfolk hybrid Black Brant x Dark-bellied Brent Goose ad Wells still on football pitch with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle 2w.male Great Ryburgh still c2.30pm in tree by road to North Elmham [from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme]
Norfolk Great Northern Diver flew east past Cley at 2.15pm
Norfolk 5.Cattle Egrets Welney WWT still on bank by A1101 /Station Road junction at 2.14pm
Norfolk 30.Snow Buntings Snettisham still on beach north of sailing club at 9am
Norfolk Iceland Gull juv Cley still on beach
Norfolk Hen Harrier male between Repps +B1152 along Church Road flew towards Thurne at 1.55pm
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle 2w.male Great Ryburgh at concrete pad [from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme]
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Cley NWT still 1.10pm in Eye Field with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk Cattle Egret Welney WWT still
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Blakeney Freshmarsh till 12.57pm then flew towards Eye Field with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Blakeney Freshmarsh still 12.28pm in field c300yds north of sluice with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk 120.Snow Buntings Burnham Overy Dunes at 12.25pm
Norfolk 7.Snow Buntings Cley NWT still at north end of East Bank
Norfolk Great Northern Diver Wells in channel early a'noon
Norfolk 50+Snow Buntings Winterton on beach
Norfolk Great Northern Diver Burnham Overy Staithe still in channel west of Gun Hill at 12.10pm
Norfolk 2.Short-eared Owls Winterton still at North Dunes
Norfolk Hen Harrier male Haddiscoe Island still from Waveney Forest viewing mound this morning TG.458.011
Norfolk 2.Water Pipits near Haddiscoe on marsh this morning +ringtail.Hen Harrier thru
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle 2w.male Pensthorpe Water Fowl Park still 11.58am in tree by wader scrape [from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme]
Norfolk 6.Hawfinches Lynford Arboretum still in paddocks below hornbeams TL.820.936
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Blakeney Freshmarsh still c11.44am west of embankment from River Glaven outfall with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk 3.Shorelarks Burnham Overy Dunes still on beach (+c60.Snow Buntings still. 2.Long-tailed Ducks still in channel west of Gun Hill) TF.857.458
Norfolk 3.Bewick's Swans Winterton in field
Norfolk 9.Tundra Bean Geese still Welney WWT from main observatory
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Cley NWT still 11.23am on North Scrape then flew towards sluice west of village with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Cley NWT still 11.13am on North Scrape with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Cley NWT again 11.03am in Eye Field with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad till 10.45am Cley NWT in Eye Field then flew to Blakeney Freshmarsh with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle 2w.male Pensthorpe Water Fowl Park still over wader scrape at 10.30am [from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme]
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Cley NWT still c10.39am in Eye Field with Dark-bellied Brent Geese
Norfolk RED-BREASTED GOOSE ad Cley again on saltmarsh off West Bank at c9.15am with Dark-bellied Brent Geese then flew west
Norfolk Hen Harrier ringtail Blakeney Harbour +Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Norfolk Black-throated Diver Kelling Water Meadow on sea at 9.05am
Norfolk 38.Snow Buntings Heacham South Beach
Norfolk 30+Bewick's Swans flew east over Thorpe Marriott
Norfolk 3.Cattle Egrets y'day Welney WWT still
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle 2w.male y'day Pensthorpe Water Fowl Park in evng [from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme]