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Holme Bird Observatory Tuesday 10th May 2022

Moths today were slightly better than expected with 9 Flame Shoulder, 2 Shuttle shaped Dart, 2 Muslin and single Yellow Belle, Northern Drab, Hebrew Character, White Point, Treble Lines, Silver Y, Lychnis, Rustic Shoulder Knot and Emperor.

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Norfolk 5.Wood Sands Hickling Broad NWT on Brendan's Marsh this morning
Norfolk 2.Temminck's Stints Cley NWT still mid a'noon on Pat's Pool (+2.Wood Sands still)
Norfolk Honey Buzzard Kelling Heath at 2.35pm then flew west
Norfolk Spoonbill West Runton
Norfolk 2.Garganey Welney WWT still at 8.52am
Norfolk 3.Dotterel still 1.40pm 1.25mls SW of Thornham north of Green Bank bridleway in field 1/2ml west of trig point cTF.713.422. Park carefully TF.713.420
Norfolk Spoonbill just east of Wells still 12.20pm at North Point Pools. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Wood Sand Burnham Norton on pools closest to car park at midday
Norfolk 2.Dotterel still 1.25mls SW of Thornham north of Green Bank bridleway in field 1/2ml west of trig point at 11.29am. Park carefully TF.713.420
Norfolk 2.Common Cranes Welney WWT still
Norfolk 3.Wood Sands Cley NWT still 11.03am on Pat's Pool
Norfolk Turtle Dove singing Snettisham RSPB still in tree by car park at 10.54am
Norfolk Glossy Ibis Ranworth Broad NWT at 10.50am
Norfolk 2.BLACK-WINGED STILTS still Hickling Broad NWT 1/2ml ESE of car park at Brendan's Marsh at 10.25am +2.Temminck's Stints still (2+Wood Sands still)) TG.429.220
Norfolk 3.Spoonbills Welney WWT on Lady Fen then flew south past visitor centre +Garganey still
Norfolk Spoonbill just east of Wells still at North Point Pools at 7.30am. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 2.Temminck's Stints Cley NWT still 10.02am on Pat's Pool (3.Wood Sands +Spoonbill)
Norfolk 2.BLACK-WINGED STILTS y'day still evng Hickling Broad NWT 1/2ml ESE of car park at Brendan's Marsh +3.Temminck's Stints still (6.Wood Sands +Cattle Egret from Weavers Way ) TG.429.220
Norfolk 2.Wood Sands just east of Wells still at North Point Pools on west flood. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 2.Temminck's Stints Cley NWT on Pat's Pool from Teal Hide at 9.07am
Norfolk Turtle Dove singing Snettisham Coastal Park still at 9.05am
Norfolk Temminck's Stint Cley NWT still on Pat's Pool from Teal Hide at 8.41am
Norfolk 6.Wood Sands 1ml ENE of Stiffkey at Stiffkey Fen 4.flew off west. Use A149 layby, walk east +take path north along west side of River Stiffkey TF.986.438
Norfolk no sign of Cattle Egret Cley NWT from Babcock Hide by 8.07am
Norfolk Cattle Egret Cley NWT from Babcock Hide near cows at 7.46am
Norfolk Cattle Egret flew west from Kelling north of A149 at Kelling Water Meadow at 7.40am
Norfolk Cattle Egret flew west over Weybourne Camp at 7.18am
Norfolk Spoonbill ad y'day Holme NOA briefly then flew east
Norfolk 2.Temminck's Stints Cley NWT still on Simmonds' Scrape at 6.50am (+Wood Sand)