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Holme Bird Observatory Monday 21st November 2022

The Firecrest was seen in the scrub near the Dell Hide in the morning and off the Golf Course 3 Shorelark and a Snow Bunting were the highlights. A flock of 220 Golden Plover were on the grazing marsh and 3 Black-tailed Godwits were also see. A Peregrine was sitting on the beach and a Rock Pipit and a Siskin flew over calling.

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Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1w Cley NWT still this a'noon east of East Bank at Pope's Marsh tho distant (Little Stint on Serpentine)
Norfolk Waxwing Winterton near playground tho mobile
Norfolk Great Northern Diver juv Outwell still on Middle Level Main Drain by Black Drove at 12.30pm
Norfolk 12.Shorelarks still Holkham Bay in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap at 1.02pm (+6.Snow Buntingsstill) TF.895.458
Norfolk 2.Scaup (fem +1w.drk) Whitlingham Ctry Park still on Great Broad at 12.50pm
Norfolk 2.FERRUGINOUS DUCKS (both fems) Filby Broad still late morning +2.Ring-necked Ducks (1.1w.drk) still (+Bittern still)
Norfolk Little Stint juv Cley NWT from Bishop Hide late morning
Norfolk 2.Cattle Egrets Holkham Freshmarsh still in cattle field near Gorden Hide at 11.40am
Norfolk Scaup Filby Broad
Norfolk Little Auk Winterton on sea off sheds at 11.20am then flew south
Norfolk 3.Little Auks Holkham Bay flew east past Holkham Gap at 11.18am
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Warham Greens still in copse at north end of Garden Drove at 11.05am
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1w Cley NWT still east of East Bank at Pope's Marsh tho distant (21.Snow Buntings on shingle at north end of East Bank)
Norfolk 2.Little Auks Cley flew past beach car park (+8.Snow Buntings still)
Norfolk 3.FERRUGINOUS DUCKS (1.drk) still Filby Broad from boardwalk
Norfolk 2.FERRUGINOUS DUCKS Filby Broad still
Norfolk 5.Waxwings Eccles in scrub by dunes then flew SE
Norfolk 5.Little Auks flew east past Sheringham 7.30-9am
Norfolk 3.Shorelarks Holme Dunes on beach at Gore Point
Norfolk Great Northern Diver juv y'day Outwell at Middle Level Main Drain