Overnight there was an obvious arrival of thrushes, primarily Blackbirds, with at least 100 in the area of the Obs and NWT Dunes this morning, plus smaller numbers of Song Thrushes, Redwings and Fieldfares noted with them. Woodcock had clearly arrived too, with 11 birds disturbed from their daytime roosts during the day. A Firecrest was trapped and ringed during a brief break in the weather which allowed for some nets to be opened. The Cattle Egret also reappeared, spending the morning sat on the fencing and immediate area on the edge of the Broadwater.
Sea-watching produced totals of 63 Kittiwakes, 41 Little Gulls, 11 Gannets all heading east and a Velvet Scoter was noted heading west.
This morning's Firecrest
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Norfolk 37.Little Gulls flew past Sheringham early a'noon
Norfolk 5.Pom Skuas Cley flew east past beach car park 1.49-2.12pm
Norfolk RED-RUMPED SWALLOW Horsey on heras fencing just SW of Horsey Mill at 2.15pm TG.449.234
Norfolk 2.Scaup (1.1w.drk) Whitlingham Ctry Park at Great Broad SE of island at 2.15pm
Norfolk Cattle Egret Welney WWT still
Norfolk Pom Skua Cley flew past beach car park at 1.43pm
Norfolk 4.Pom Skuas Cley flew past beach car park midday-1.29pm (+2.Sooty S'waters)
Norfolk 164.Little Gulls flew south past Heacham South Beach 10.50am-midday
Norfolk Pom Skua flew east past Titchwell RSPB 11.20am-12.30pm (+41.Little Gulls flew east. Y-br.Wblr still 1.07pm at Fen Trail +hybrid drk.Green-winged Teal x Teal)
Norfolk Pom Skua dark morph flew east past Holme Dunes at 11.50am
Norfolk Little Auk flew past Titchwell RSPB this morning (+17.Little Gulls flew east. Y-br.Wblr at Fen Trail. Jack Snipe in reedbed)
Norfolk no sign of any Ferruginous Ducks Filby Broad by late morning
Norfolk 2.Ring-necked Ducks (1.1w.drk) again 11.45am Filby Broad in SE corner
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle imm Holkham Freshmarsh in Decoy Wood at 11.30am
Norfolk 26.Little Gulls flew SE over Heacham South Beach at 11am
Norfolk Scaup fem Whitlingham Ctry Park at east end of Great Broad this a'noon
Norfolk 300.Little Gulls Winterton Dunes offshore
Norfolk Scaup fem Cley flew west past beach car park at 11.35am
Norfolk 6.Pom Skuas flew south past Heacham
Norfolk Common Scoter fem/juv.drk Whitlingham Ctry Park still on Great Broad but Slav Grebe
Norfolk 22.Snow Buntings Winterton still on beach
Norfolk 4.Little Auks Cley flew east past beach car park at 10.55am
Norfolk 2.Ring-necked Ducks (1.1w.drk) again 10.40am Filby Broad at east end from platform then flew off
Norfolk 2.Pom Skuas (both juvs) Cley flew east past beach car park at 10.25am
Norfolk Little Auk Cley flew east past beach car park at 9.54am (Sooty S'water flew east at 10am)
Norfolk 17.Snow Buntings Happisburgh on beach at 8.45am
Norfolk Ring-necked Duck fem still 8.45am Filby Broad from viewing platform
Norfolk Little Auk Cley flew east past beach car park (+200+Little Gulls flew east)
Norfolk reported Snow Goose recently Titchwell in field by A149 opposite Titchwell Manor Hotel is a leucistic Greylag Goose
Norfolk 2.FERRUGINOUS DUCKS (1.drk) Filby Broad still at south end by chalets at 8.06am
Norfolk 2.Ring-necked Ducks (1.drk) still Filby Broad at 7.58am then flew towards Ormesby Little Broad