On the sea today 3 Fulmars, 3 Little Terns, 26 Sandwich and 10 Common Terns were counted, and over the grazing marsh 152 Curlew, a Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed and a Black-tailed Godwit were observed together with 3 Dunlin. Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers were around the reserve today, with a Lesser Whitethroat trapped and ringed, 2 Bearded Tits in the reeds and a Crossbill briefly in the top of the pines.
Moths today included 5 Oak Eggars, 8 Garden Tigers, 2 Poplar Hawks, 4 Rosy Footmen, 3 Knot Grass, 5 Least Carpets, 2 Riband Waves, 10 Common Footmen, 2 Small Elephant Hawks, a Small Blood-vein, 7 Single Dotted Waves, 7 Rustics, 6 Dingy Footmen, 2 Brown-line Bright Eyes, Scalloped Oak, 3 Uncertain, 4 Yellow Tail, 8 Pine Hawks, 4 Scarce Footmen, 2 Dark Arches, 2 Cloaked Minors, 4 Smoky Wainscots, 8 Drinkers, 5 Ruby Tigers, 2 Willow Beauties, Fern, 3 Haworth's Pug, 2 Clay, Lyme Grass, 2 Early Thorns, 2 Buff Tips, Rosy Minor, Buff Arches, Fen Wainscot and a Wormwood Pug.
A female Emperor Dragonfly was seen in the morning and Gatekeepers remain numerous.
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Norfolk Spoonbill Welney WWT still from Lyle Hide
Norfolk 6.Little Gulls Snettisham RSPB flew north
Norfolk 6.BEE-EATERS still 1/2ml SE of Trimingham in sand quarry at nest from RSPB viewpoint early a'noon. Park only in designated field south of Gimingham Rd/ Mundesley Rd junction 7am-7pm. £5 cash charge TG.282.383 NR11 8DZ
Norfolk 2.Turtle Doves Snettisham RSPB still
Norfolk 9.Glossy Ibises Welney WWT on Lady Fen tho mobile
Norfolk 1+Cattle Egret Cley NWT +8+Spoonbills still
Norfolk 2.Spotted Redshanks Titchwell RSPB still +2.Spoonbills
Norfolk Stone Curlew Snettisham RSPB flew in off The Wash +circled pits mid morning
Norfolk no sign of Kentish Plover nor White-rumped Sandpiper Snettisham RSPB by 8.40am (but c16.Spoonbills 15+Spotted Redshanks)
Norfolk 5.BEE-EATERS still 1/2ml SE of Trimingham in sand quarry at nests from RSPB viewpoint. Park only in designated field south of Gimingham Rd/ Mundesley Rd junction 7am-7pm. £5 cash charge TG.284.383 NR11 8DZ
Norfolk Turtle Dove y'day Snettisham RSPB in evng +10.Spotted Redshanks 12.Spoonbills
Norfolk 4.Turtle Doves Snettisham Coastal Park still at Ken Hill Marshes early morning +9.Spoonbills still
Norfolk Spoonbill Snettisham Coastal Park still at Ken Hill Marshes
Norfolk Turtle Dove y'day just south of Cley on Holt Road at 4.45pm
Norfolk Spoonbill Welney WWT still from Lyle Hide
Norfolk 6.Little Gulls Snettisham RSPB flew north
Norfolk 6.BEE-EATERS still 1/2ml SE of Trimingham in sand quarry at nest from RSPB viewpoint early a'noon. Park only in designated field south of Gimingham Rd/ Mundesley Rd junction 7am-7pm. £5 cash charge TG.282.383 NR11 8DZ
Norfolk 2.Turtle Doves Snettisham RSPB still
Norfolk 9.Glossy Ibises Welney WWT on Lady Fen tho mobile
Norfolk 1+Cattle Egret Cley NWT +8+Spoonbills still
Norfolk 2.Spotted Redshanks Titchwell RSPB still +2.Spoonbills
Norfolk Stone Curlew Snettisham RSPB flew in off The Wash +circled pits mid morning
Norfolk no sign of Kentish Plover nor White-rumped Sandpiper Snettisham RSPB by 8.40am (but c16.Spoonbills 15+Spotted Redshanks)
Norfolk 5.BEE-EATERS still 1/2ml SE of Trimingham in sand quarry at nests from RSPB viewpoint. Park only in designated field south of Gimingham Rd/ Mundesley Rd junction 7am-7pm. £5 cash charge TG.284.383 NR11 8DZ
Norfolk Turtle Dove y'day Snettisham RSPB in evng +10.Spotted Redshanks 12.Spoonbills
Norfolk 4.Turtle Doves Snettisham Coastal Park still at Ken Hill Marshes early morning +9.Spoonbills still
Norfolk Spoonbill Snettisham Coastal Park still at Ken Hill Marshes
Norfolk Turtle Dove y'day just south of Cley on Holt Road at 4.45pm