A brief sea watch early morning produced 10 Eider, 2 Red-throated Diver and 2 Fulmar. General observations along the beach and sea produced single Velvet Scoter, Purple Sandpiper and Kittiwake. Several Snipe were again flushed during the day along with 3 Woodcock, and a Merlin was watched chasing birds over the Grazing Marsh.
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Norfolk 70+Snow Buntings Blakeney Point between beach car park +Beach Way tho mobile +2.Velvet Scoters (1.drk) flew west
Norfolk 2.Scaup (fem+1w.drk) Ormesby Broad
Norfolk PALLID HARRIER juv.fem Warham Greens again from north end of Garden Drove at 2.45pmTF.943.433
Norfolk Spotted Redshank Breydon Water RSPB +2.Snow Buntings
Norfolk Great Northern Diver Titchwell RSPB on sea this morning +3.Little Gulls flew west. Also Snow Bunting flew over +Jack Snipe on marsh
Norfolk HUME'S WARBLER still north of Brancaster 300yds west of road to beach +250yds south of car park TF.768.448
Norfolk Black Guillemot Sheringham still on sea at 11.40am
Norfolk possible Brunnich's Guillemot drifted east then flew east past Weybourne beach car park at 9.50am
Norfolk 3.Scaup (1.ad.drk) Whitlingham Ctry Park still on Great Broad at west end
Norfolk 3.FERRUGINOUS DUCKS (1.drk) still Filby Broad from boardwalk (+fem.Scaup still) TG.462.135
Norfolk 2.FERRUGINOUS DUCKS again Filby Broad at west end of broad at 10am TG.462.135
Norfolk 11.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap TF.895.458
Norfolk Smew redhead flew west past Cley with Teal at 8.12am
Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1w still Titchwell RSPB on Tidal Lagoon (4.Velvet Scoters flew west offshore)