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Holme Bird Observatory Friday 14th October 2022

 



A fairly good day for another day of southwest wind, a good passage of Meadow Pipits and finches. An early morning sea watch produced a Slavonian Grebe one the sea and a Puffin flying west along with a good movement of Razorbills and Guillemots. A large flock of Long-tailed Tits were flitting around the nets all morning with 22 ringed in total plus 21 Meadow Pipits and a stunning male Bearded Tit.

In the moths traps we had 5 White Point, 3 Lunar Underwing, 2 Black Rustic, 8 Large Wainscot, 3 Eudonia angustea, 1 Light Brown Apple Moth, 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 8 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Feathered Ranunculus, 2 Red-lined Quaker and 2 Vines Rustic.

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Norfolk no sign of Pec Sand Buckenham Marshes RSPB 11.40am-2.15pm

Norfolk 74.Common Cranes Welney WWT still

Norfolk Jack Snipe east of Cley still early a'noon south of A149 at Snipes' Marsh

Norfolk Slav Grebe still 12.39pm Holme Dunes on sea just east of seawatching hide

Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Holkham Pines in willows just west of crosstracks +south of main track at 12.35pm

Norfolk possible Short-toed Lark Thompson flew west towards village at TL.928.963 at c12.15pm

Norfolk 4.Cattle Egrets still Holkham Freshmarsh just NW of decoy wood

Norfolk Short-eared Owl flew over Kelling Water Meadows at back of pool at 11.25am

Norfolk 8.Snow Buntings Holkham Bay still on beach east of Holkham Gap at 10.42am

Norfolk Puffin ad Holkham Bay just west of Holkham Gap at 10.25am +drifting east +juv.Red-necked Grebe

Norfolk Pec Sand still 10am Buckenham Marshes RSPB on pool by hide

Norfolk 9.Little Gulls Holme Dunes flew west past Gore Point at 8.24am

Norfolk Slav Grebe still Holme Dunes off Gore Point at 8.13am +Arctic Tern

Norfolk Pec Sand again Buckenham Marshes RSPB on pool by hide

Norfolk 5.Jack Snipe east of Cley south of A149 at Snipes' Marsh early morning