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Holme Bird Observatory Tuesday 24th May 2022

On the sea today 520 Common Scoter, 7 Little Terns and 10 Sandwich Terns were counted. A Red Kite drifted over west and 10+ Swifts were feeding over the reserve. 

In the moth traps 2 Angle Shades, 21 White Ermines, 2 Common Wainscots, 7 Green Carpets, a Bordered White, 5 Cinnabars, 4 Buff Tips, 2 Common Marbled Carpets, 6 Small Elephant Hawks, a Chocolate Tip, Pale Prominent, 2 Mottled Rustic, Bordered White, 6 Treble Lines, 2Lyme Grass, a Nutmeg, Marbled Brown, Latticed Heath, 2 Flame Shoulder, Vine's Rustic, Purple Bar, 2 Willow Beauty, Common Pug, Northern Drab, Common Wave, Fern, Poplar Kitten, Straw Dot, Shuttle-shaped Dart, 4 Small Square-spot, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Character, Silky Wainscot, Brown Rustic, Heart & Dart, Burnished Brass, 2 Sand Darts, 3 Eyed Hawk Moths, Muslin, Marbled Minor agg, and a Chinese Character.

Butterflies included Brown Argus, Small Copper, Painted Lady, Wall Brown, Small Heath and Common Blue, with Broad-bodied Chaser, Four-spotted Chaser, Azure and Large Red Damselflies recorded around the pond.

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Norfolk hybrid Hoded Crow x CarrionC row Hickling Broad NWT
Norfolk WHITE-TAILED LAPWING ad still 1.10pm Hickling Broad NWT 1/2ml ESE of car park at east end of Brendan's Marsh TG.429.220
Norfolk Hooded Crow Hickling Broad NWT from Cadbury Hide at 12.25pm
Norfolk CASPIAN TERN ad Hickling Broad NWT still 12.37pm 1/2ml ESE of car park at Brendan's Marsh from raised platform (+Little Gull) TG.429.220
Norfolk Glossy Ibis flew west over Titchwell RSPB at 12.22pm
Norfolk 4.Little Gulls (all 1s) Titchwell RSPB on Freshmarsh at 10.30am
Norfolk CASPIAN TERN ad Hickling Broad NWT still 10.40am 1/2ml ESE of car park at Brendan's Marsh from near 1st viewing platform TG.429.220
Norfolk WHITE-TAILED LAPWING ad still 8.48am Hickling Broad NWT 1/2ml ESE of car park at east end of Brendan's Marsh TG.429.220
Norfolk CASPIAN TERN ad Hickling Broad NWT still 8.28am 1/2ml ESE of car park at Brendan's Marsh from viewing platform TG.429.220
Norfolk Wood Sand y'day Cley NWT. Spoonbill still from Attenborough Hide
Norfolk GREAT REED WARBLER singing still Snettisham Coastal Park by main path 1ml NNE of Beach Road 200yds north of kissing gate TF.657.351
Norfolk WHITE-TAILED LAPWING ad still Hickling Broad NWT 1/2ml ESE of car park at Brendan's Marsh from footpath to Stubb Mill +ad.CASPIAN TERN still