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Holme bird Observatory Tuesday 15th November 2022

A rather wet and miserable day as forecast at the coast. A short window though before the rain arrived, enabled Blackbirds crossing form the near continent to arrive safely, with at least fifty birds noted around the immediate observatory area along with smaller numbers of Song Thrush, Redwing and Fieldfare. Other birds of interest during the day included an unseasonal Swallow, a Kingfisher and at least two Bearded Tits around the Broadwater and fifteen Gannets, eleven Eider and two Goldeneye on the sea. 

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Norfolk 25.Little Gulls Winterton offshore
Norfolk Slav Grebe Whitlingham Ctry Park still on Great Broad near conservation area at 3.30pm +fem/juv.drk Common Scoter still
Norfolk Black-necked Grebe Titchwell RSPB still on sea +Little Gull
Norfolk Little Gull flew east Weybourne this morning
Norfolk FERRUGINOUS DUCK Ormesby Broad again at south end from A149 bridge this morning then flew off TG.463.152
Norfolk 2.Velvet Scoters Winterton on sea
Norfolk 2.Velvet Scoters Cley flew west past beach car park at 2.05pm
Norfolk Pom Skua Cley off beach this a'noon
Norfolk FERRUGINOUS DUCK fem Filby Broad still 12.30pm (+drk.hybrid Ferruginous Duck x Pochard)
Norfolk Spoonbill Titchwell RSPB still from Parrinder Hide at 12.15pm
Norfolk 2.Little Stints (both juvs) Cley NWT still on Simmonds' Scrape at 12.08pm
Norfolk FERRUGINOUS DUCK fem Filby Broad at 12.15pm (+drk.hybrid Ferruginous Duck x Pochard)
Norfolk Hen Harrier male Dersingham Bog at 11.20am
Norfolk Common Scoter fem/juv.drk Whitlingham Ctry Park on Great Broad, west of conservation area at 11.27am
Norfolk 3.Velvet Scoters Cley flew west past beach car park at 10.12am
Norfolk no sign of drk.Ferruginous Duck Ormesby Broad/ Rollesby Broad 8.20-9.20am (but drk.hybrid Ferruginous Duck x Pochard still)
Norfolk Little Auk Cley flew east past beach car park at 9.15am
Norfolk 8.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap at 9am TF.895.458
Norfolk 2.Long-tailed Ducks (1.drk) y'day flew south past Great Yarmouth at 12.10pm. Great Northern Diver on sea