A cold frosty day with temperatures remaining below freezing. A t least two vocal Bearded Tits were around the Broadwater and a flock of c350 Golden Plover were on the Grazing Marsh. Snipe were clearly struggling to find food, with birds flushed from unusual areas, with one bird even attempting to feed on the grass in front of the Obs building.
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| Common Snipe outside the Observatory |
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Norfolk Long-tailed Duck drk Titchwell RSPB still on sea
Norfolk 9.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap mid a'noon (+c6.Twite) TF.895.458
Norfolk Hen Harrier ringtail north of Little Snoring along River Stiffkey valley
Norfolk Smew redhead Ormesby Broad this a'noon
Norfolk Rough-legged Buzzard juv Salthouse over Gramborough Hill then flew SE over Muckleburgh Hill at c1.05pm
Norfolk 20.Bewick's Swans Horstead flew south past church
Norfolk Scaup drk Ormesby Broad still
Norfolk Ring-necked Duck fem Filby Broad still (+Scaup still)
Norfolk HUME'S WARBLER still north of Brancaster 300yds west of road to beach +250yds south of car park TF.768.448
Norfolk Scaup ad.drk Whitlingham Ctry Park still on Great Broad east of island
Norfolk Cattle Egret Halvergate still at south end of Branch Road cTG.428.069
Norfolk Waxwing y'day Berney Marshes RSPB (+ringtail.Hen Harrier)
Norfolk Scaup fem/1w.drk Breydon Water +2.Spotted Redshanks 17.Bewick's Swans briefly
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1w still Titchwell RSPB on Tidal Lagoon
Norfolk Bewick's Swan ad y'day north of Haddiscoe still west of A143 with Mute Swans cTM.447.978