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Holme Bird Observatory Wednesday 30th November 2022

A quieter day on the sea today with a sea watch at high tide revealing a drake Long-tailed Duck and 10 Eider.

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Norfolk 17.Snow Buntings Winterton North Beach this a'noon +2.Little Gulls (ad +1w) 5.Puffins on sea
Norfolk HUME'S WARBLER still 3.10pm Brancaster 300yds west of road to beach +250yds south of car park TF.768.448
Norfolk Purple Sandpiper Sheringham again infront of The Crown on rocks
Norfolk 5.Waxwings Beeston Common in rowans at 2.05pm
Norfolk 2.Little Stints Cley NWT again on Pat's Pool
Norfolk 2.Scaup (fem +1w.drk) Whitlingham Ctry Park still on Great Broad
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Warham Greens still at north end of Garden Drove at 1.55pm TF.943.433
Norfolk Short-eared Owl Welney WWT still at Lady Fen
Norfolk HUME'S WARBLER still 1.45pm Brancaster 300yds west of road to beach +250yds south of car park TF.768.448
Norfolk 2.Slav Grebes Titchwell RSPB on sea
Norfolk Scaup fem Filby Broad still 12.30pm
Norfolk 4.Waxwings Sheringham still by Common Lane near St.David's Nursing Home at 12.32pm TG.162.423
Norfolk HUME'S WARBLER still 12.32pm Brancaster 300yds west of road to beach +250yds south of car park tho elusive TF.768.448
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle imm Holkham Park till 12.03pm in tree by north end of lake then flew NW
Norfolk 11.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap (+c40.Snow Buntings stil +7+Velvet Scoters 5+Slav Grebes) TF.895.458
Norfolk HUME'S WARBLER still 10.30am Brancaster 300yds west of road to beach +250yds south of car park tho elusive TF.768.448
Norfolk Ring-necked Duck fem still Filby Broad on west side from boardwalk in NE corner tho distant (+Scaup still) TG.457.133
Norfolk Long-tailed Duck Titchwell RSPB on sea
Norfolk released White-tailed Eagle imm Holkham Park in tree by north end of lake at 9.55a
Norfolk 9.Cattle Egrets Welney WWT still by river bank with sheep
Norfolk Spotted Redshank Titchwell RSPB
Norfolk 2.Scaup Titchwell RSPB
Norfolk HUME'S WARBLER still Brancaster 300yds west of road to beach +250yds south of car park tho elusive TF.768.448
Norfolk Short-eared Owl y'day Rockland Broad
Norfolk Waxwing y'day Surlingham in morning only