A cool day with rain mid morning, highlights today included 18 Whooper Swans, a Pale-bellied Brent on the beach and a Purple Sandpiper at Gore Point. On the sea 852 Common Scoter, a drake Goldeneye west, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 2 Red-throated Divers, 2 Gannets, 3 Great Crested Grebes, a Slavonian Grebe, and a Woodcock in off the sea. Also of interest were 900 Golden Plover on the grazing marsh, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 3+ Bearded Tits, 3 Fieldfares, 2 Rock Pipits, 2 Bramblings and 2 Siskins.
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Norfolk Black Redstart Northrepps
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER juv Salthouse still mid a'noon west of Iron Road on Swan Lake. 2+Lapland Buntings east of Iron Road. Park in Salthouse village +walk west; don't park by A149 TG.069.441
Norfolk 5.Snow Buntings Weybourne
Norfolk Spoonbill Titchwell RSPB still on beach pool
Norfolk possible Tundra Peregrine (form calidus/ tundrius) juv.fem Thornham harbour on beach +saltmarsh at 11.30am
Norfolk 2.Water Pipits just east of Wells still at North Point Pools on pool west of track. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Black-necked Grebe between Brancaster +Titchwell on sea c500yds west of golf course clubhouse at 12.40pm
Norfolk Hooded Crow ad still Warham Greens in pig field near coast path viewable from Cocklestrand Drove. Access from Garden Drove; keep to footpaths TF.945.435
Norfolk 30.Snow Buntings Cley NWT still between East Bank +Iron Road
Norfolk Hen Harrier male Warham Greens from Garden Drove this morning
Norfolk 1+Russian White-fronted Goose Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Norfolk no further sign of Eastern Stonechat sp Blakeney Point at east end of The Hood late morning but 3.Shorelarks flew west cTG.018.461
Norfolk Hen Harrier male Blakeney Point west of Halfway House
Norfolk Black-throated Diver Holkham Bay on sea
Norfolk 2.Slav Grebes Holkham Bay still on sea +7.Velvet Scoters
Norfolk 3.Shorelarks Salthouse still c10.45am 200yds east of north end of Iron Road below shingle bank. Park in Salthouse village + walk west; don't park by A149 TG.079.442
Norfolk Ring Ouzel Heacham North Beach
Norfolk 8.Little Gulls flew past Cromer
Norfolk Lapland Bunting Salthouse still east of Iron Road at dried-up pool tho elusive
Norfolk 6.Shorelarks still Holkham Bay in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap
Norfolk EASTERN STONECHAT sp Blakeney Point at east end of The Hood cTG.018.461
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER juv Salthouse still west of Iron Road on Swan Lake at 9.15am. Park in Salthouse village +walk west; don't park by A149 TG.069.441
Norfolk no sign of Slav Grebe Whitlingham Ctry Park at Great Broad
Norfolk 3.Shorelarks Salthouse still 200yds east of north end of Iron Road below shingle bank at 8.55am (+Snow Bunting Purple Sand). Park in Salthouse village +walk west; don't park by A149 TG.079.442
Norfolk Great Northern Diver flew west past Weybourne
Norfolk Cattle Egret Holme Dunes NWT still on grazing marsh. ringtail.Hen Harrier Gore Point. Pale-bellied Brent Goose on beach
Norfolk 6.Pom Skuas y'day flew east past Sheringham 6.40am-2pm (+Sooty S'water Great Northern Diver 79.Little Gulls)
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER juv Salthouse still mid a'noon west of Iron Road on Swan Lake. 2+Lapland Buntings east of Iron Road. Park in Salthouse village +walk west; don't park by A149 TG.069.441
Norfolk 5.Snow Buntings Weybourne
Norfolk Spoonbill Titchwell RSPB still on beach pool
Norfolk possible Tundra Peregrine (form calidus/ tundrius) juv.fem Thornham harbour on beach +saltmarsh at 11.30am
Norfolk 2.Water Pipits just east of Wells still at North Point Pools on pool west of track. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Black-necked Grebe between Brancaster +Titchwell on sea c500yds west of golf course clubhouse at 12.40pm
Norfolk Hooded Crow ad still Warham Greens in pig field near coast path viewable from Cocklestrand Drove. Access from Garden Drove; keep to footpaths TF.945.435
Norfolk 30.Snow Buntings Cley NWT still between East Bank +Iron Road
Norfolk Hen Harrier male Warham Greens from Garden Drove this morning
Norfolk 1+Russian White-fronted Goose Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Norfolk no further sign of Eastern Stonechat sp Blakeney Point at east end of The Hood late morning but 3.Shorelarks flew west cTG.018.461
Norfolk Hen Harrier male Blakeney Point west of Halfway House
Norfolk Black-throated Diver Holkham Bay on sea
Norfolk 2.Slav Grebes Holkham Bay still on sea +7.Velvet Scoters
Norfolk 3.Shorelarks Salthouse still c10.45am 200yds east of north end of Iron Road below shingle bank. Park in Salthouse village + walk west; don't park by A149 TG.079.442
Norfolk Ring Ouzel Heacham North Beach
Norfolk 8.Little Gulls flew past Cromer
Norfolk Lapland Bunting Salthouse still east of Iron Road at dried-up pool tho elusive
Norfolk 6.Shorelarks still Holkham Bay in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap
Norfolk EASTERN STONECHAT sp Blakeney Point at east end of The Hood cTG.018.461
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER juv Salthouse still west of Iron Road on Swan Lake at 9.15am. Park in Salthouse village +walk west; don't park by A149 TG.069.441
Norfolk no sign of Slav Grebe Whitlingham Ctry Park at Great Broad
Norfolk 3.Shorelarks Salthouse still 200yds east of north end of Iron Road below shingle bank at 8.55am (+Snow Bunting Purple Sand). Park in Salthouse village +walk west; don't park by A149 TG.079.442
Norfolk Great Northern Diver flew west past Weybourne
Norfolk Cattle Egret Holme Dunes NWT still on grazing marsh. ringtail.Hen Harrier Gore Point. Pale-bellied Brent Goose on beach
Norfolk 6.Pom Skuas y'day flew east past Sheringham 6.40am-2pm (+Sooty S'water Great Northern Diver 79.Little Gulls)