Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for November 2024
Wednesday 20 November 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 3 Hen Harriers
Holkham - 5 Shorelarks, 8 White-fronted Geese
Strumpshaw - Water Pipit
Welney - 5 Bewicks Swans
Cley - White-fronted Goose; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea, 5 Little Auks flew past
Berney Marshes - Spotted Redshank
Holme - 2 Scaup, Slavonian Grebe on sea, Little Auk, 2 Pomarine Skuas flew past
Sheringham - Little Auk on sea, 5 Little Suks, 2 Scaup flew past
Heacham - Long-tailed Duck, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Wednesday 20 November 2024
Titchwell - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 5 Snow Buntings; 2 Red-necked Grebes, 3 Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern Diver on sea, Little Auk flew past
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 3 Hen Harriers
Erpingham - Rose-coloured Starling
Holkham - 5 Shorelarks
Horsey/Waxham - 16 Snow Buntings flew N
California - 15 Snow Buntings flew N
Great Yarmouth - Snow Bunting; Little Auk flew past
Holme - Slavonian Grebe on sea, Little Auk, 2 Velvet Scoter flew past
Sheringham - 15 Little Auks, Sooty Shearwater, Red-necked Grebe, Scaup, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Velvet Scoter, Caspian Gull flew past
Cley - Velvet Scoter on sea, 12 Little Auks, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck flew past
Cromer - Little Auk, Grey Phalarope, Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck flew past
Kelling - Black Guillemot, Great Northern Diver
Plus Hawfinch flew over Lakenham
Monday 18 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, White-fronted Goose; 8 Velvet Scoters on sea
Welney - American Wigeon
Holkham - 6 Shorelarks; 3 Velvet Scoters on sea
Snettisham - 12 Snow Buntings
Winterton - 7 Snow Buntings
Happisburgh - 1+ Snow Buntings
Cromer - Snow Bunting; 3 Velvet Scoters flew W
Burnham Overy - Water Pipit
Warham Greens - Short-eared Owl
Titchwell - escaped Black-winged Stilt; Slavonian Grebe on sea
Sunday 17 November 2024
Holkham - 6 Shorelarks; Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Holme - 6 Shorelarks
Burnham Overy Dunes - 30 Snow Buntings
Winterton - 6 Snow Buntings; Black-throated Diver on sea
Titchwell - 3 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Red-necked Grebe on sea
Trimingham - Snow Bunting flew NW
Cley - Water Pipit, White-fronted Goose; Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 7 Velvet Scoters on sea, Little Auk, Long-tailed Duck flew past
Hickling - 5 Scaup, 2+ Hen Harriers
Warham Greens - 3 Hen Harriers
Choseley - Hen Harrier
Sheringham - Little Auk flew past
Plus Hawfinches at Blickling (3), Banham
Friday 15 November 2024
Winterton - DESERT WHEATEAR
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 6 Snow Buntings, White-fronted Goose
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 3 Hen Harriers
Breydon Water - American Golden Plover
Holkham - 6 Shorelarks, 1+ Snow Buntings; Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Titchwell - 12 Snow Buntings, Water Pipit
Coltishall - Caspian Gull
Buckenham - 21 White-fronted Geese
Holme - 1+ Slavonian Grebes, Velvet Scoter on sea
Sheringham - Red-necked Grebe, 2 Velevt Scoters flew past
Plus Hawfinches flew over Hunstanton (4), Norwich
Thursday 14 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit, White-fronted Goose
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 1+ Hen Harriers
Holkham - 6 Shorelarks
Titchwell - 9+ Snow Buntings
Weybourne Camp - Snow Bunting
Winterton - 3 Snow Buntings flew N
Denver Sluice - Water Pipit, Hen Harrier
Great Yarmouth - 4 Black Redstarts
Lessingham - Long-eared Owl, Hen Harrier
Hickling Broad - 2 Scaup
Holme - 3 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Winterton - DESERT WHEATEAR
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 3 Snow Buntings; 7 Velvet Scoters on sea, 2 Grey Phalaropes, Slavonian Grebe flew past
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Holkham - Pallas’s Warbler, 5 Shorelarks, Lapland Bunting, 15 Snow Buntings; 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Titchwell - 6+ Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Great Yarmouth - 2 Snow Buntings, 3 Black Redstarts
Hockwold - 3 Bewicks Swans
Buckenham - Tundra Bean Goose, 36 White-fronted Geese
Holme - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Sheringham - Black-throated Diver flew past
Hunstanton - Slavonian Grebe on sea
Cromer - Red-necked Grebe flew past
Plus Hawfinches flew over Thetford, Castle Acfe
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Shorelark, 2+ Snow Buntings, White-fronted Goose; 7 Velvet Scoters on sea, Little Auk, Black-throated Diver flew past
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Blakeney - Grey Phalarope
Great Yarmouth - Long-eared Owl
Welney - 2 Bewicks Swans
Holkham - 5 Shorelarks, Lapland Bunting, 5 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - 9 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Pomarine Skua flew past
Cantley BF - Snow Bunting flew over
Strumpshaw - Water Pipit
Pensthorpe - 5 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - Hen Harrier; Cory’s Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, 2 Velvet Scoters flew past
Hickling - Hen Harrier
Sheringham - Cory’s Shearwater, Black Guillemot flew past
Trimingham - Black Guillemot flew past
Hunstanton - Black-necked Grebe, Pomarine Skua, 2 Velvet Scoters flew past
Cromer - 2 Velvet Scoters flew past
Monday 11 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 1+ Snow Buntings; 3+ Pomarine Skuas flew past
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Holkham - 5 Shorelarks, Lapland Bunting, 2+ Snow Buntings
Titchwell - 1+ Snow Buntings; Long-tailed Duck on sea, Pomarine Skua, Little Gull flew past
Heacham - 9 Snow Buntings
Winterton - 2 Snow Buntings
Hickling - Water Pipit, Hen Harrier
Marsham - Black Redstart
Buckenham - 46 White-fronted Geese
Wells - White-fronted Goose
Lynford - Hawfinch
Sheringham - Grey Phalarope, 4 Sooty Shearwaters past
Hunstanton - Long-tailed Duck on sea, 2 Pomarine Skuas flew past
Cromer - 9 Pomarine Skuas flew past
Sunday 10 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 11 Snow Buntings, Water Pipit; 8 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 1+ Hen Harriers
Welney - Green-winged Teal
Holme - Yellow-browed Warbler; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Holkham - 6 Shorelarks, Lapland Bunting, 4 Snow Buntings, White-fronted Goose, Hen Harrier; Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Long-tailed Duck, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Titchwell - 15 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebes, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Sedgeford - Black Redstart
Buxton - Caspian Gull
Buckenham - 3 White-fronted Geese, Pale-bellied Brent
Itteringham - 4 White-fronted Geese
Hunstanton - Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver on sea
Saturday 9 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Caspian Gulls; Red-necked Grebe, 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Welney - Green-winged Teal, Caspian Gull
Holme - Yellow-browed Warbler, 6 Shorelarks; Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Black-throated Diver, 2 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Scaup on sea
Holkham - 5 Shorelarks, 2 Snow Buntings; 2 Great Northern Divers, Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, 3+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Titchwell - 19 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, 3 Slavonian Grebes, Black-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Blakeney - 16 Snow Buntings
Feltwell - Caspian Gull
Edgefield - Caspian Gull
Warham Greens - 1+ Hen Harriers
Horsey - Hen Harrier
Hunstanton - Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe on sea
Heacham - 15 Scaup
Plus Hawfinch at Strumpshaw
Friday 8 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER; 6 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 1+ Hen Harriers
Welney - Green-winged Teal
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 2 Snow Buntings; Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers, Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Titchwell - 34 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; 2 Black-necked Grebes, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Morston - 12 Twite
Clippesby - 13 Common Cranes
Hunstanton - Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Heacham - Black-throated Diver on sea, 4 Scaup flew past
Plus Hawfinches flew over Foulsham, North Walsham
Thursday 7 November 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Holme - Little Bunting; Red-necked Grebe, Velvet Scoter on sea
Breydon Water - 2 Glossy Ibis
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks; Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers, 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter on sea
Titchwell - 18 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Black-throated Diver, 2 Black-necked Grebes, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Cley - Water Pipit, Hen Harrier; 6 Velvet Scoters on sea
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart
Beeston Bump - Black Redstart
Buckenham - 20 White-fronted Geese
Hunstanton - Black-necked Grebe on sea
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 28 Twite, 8 Snow Buntings, 2 Water Pipits, Swift sp; Black-throated Diver, 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Holme - Little Bunting, 4 Shorelarks; Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 3 Snow Buntings; Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers, Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Titchwell - Ring Ouzel, 20 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, 3 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Kelling - Ring Ouzel
Winterton - 3 Snow Buntings
Hunstanton - Slavonian Grebe on sea
Plus Hawfinches flew over Walsey Hills, Poringland, Honing
Tuesday 5 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit; 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Holme - Little Bunting; 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Winterton - Richard’s Pipit
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Holkham - 3 Shorelarks; Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Titchwell - 10 Snow Buntings; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Snettisham - 10 Snow Buntings
Weybourne - Richard’s Pipit flew W
Plus Hawfinches flew over Norwich, Beeston Common
Monday 4 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Pale-bellied Brents; 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Haddiscoe - Hoopoe
Great Yarmouth - Black Kite flew E
Holkham - Yellow-browed Warbler; Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Southrepps Common - Yellow-browed Warbler
Burnham Overy Dunes - 4 Shorelarks
Titchwell - 25 Snow Buntings; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Weybourne - Black Redstart
Hockwold Washes - 1+ Water Pipits
Hickling - Water Pipit
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Cromer - 2 Red-necked Grebes
Hunstanton - Slavonian Grebe on sea
Plus Hawfinches flew over Booton (3)
Sunday 3 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER; Red-necked Grebe, 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Waxham - Pallas’s Warbler
Sea Palling - Yellow-browed Warbler
Thornham Harbour - 4 Shorelarks, Snow Bunting
Hunstanton - Grey Phalarope
Titchwell - 20 Snow Buntings, Water Pipit, Hawfinch flew over; Black-throated Diver, 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Heacham - 12 Snow Buntings
Blakeney Point - 10 Snow Buntings
Hockwold Washes - 3 Water Pipits
Lynford - 2 Hawfinches
Burnham Norton - 22 Cattle Egrets
Thompson Water - 2 Common Cranes
Holme - Hen Harrier flew past; Long-tailed Duck, 2 Red-necked Grebes on sea
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Holkham - Scaup
Kelling - Slavonian Grebe on sea, Red-necked Grebe flew W
Sheringham - Little Auk, Long-tailed Duck, 34 Little Gulls flew past
Plus Hawfinches flew over Norwich (10), Old Hunstanton (6), Hethersett, Dersingham, Roydon Common, California
Saturday 2 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit, Snow Bunting, Black Redstart; Black-throated Diver flew E
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Breydon Water - American Golden Plover, 2 Glossy Ibis, Water Pipit
Welney - Green-winged Teal
Old Hunstanton - 7 Shorelarks
Great Yarmouth - Yellow-browed Warbler
Weybourne Camp - Yellow-browed Warbler; Black-throated Diver flew E
Titchwell - Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, 5 Snow Buntings, Spotted Redshank, escaped Black-winged Stilt, Hawfinch flew over; Black Guillemot, Black-throated Diver, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Burnham Overy - 2 Water Pipits
Heacham - Water Pipit, Hawfinch
Wymondham - Hawfinch, 20 Bewicks Swans reported flew NW
Waxham - Snow Bunting, Hen Harrier
Buckenham - Garganey
Kelling - Caspian Gull
Choseley - Hen Harrier
Sheringham - 2 Snow Buntings flew past
Norwich - 8 Common Cranes flew W
Plus Hawfinch flew over Hellesdon
Friday 1 November 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Siberian Chiffchaff; 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Welney - Green-winged Teal
Old Hunstanton - 7 Shorelarks
Holme - Jack Snipe, 4 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - 20 Snow Buntings, Spotted Redshank; Black-throated Diver, Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Velvet Scoter on sea
Lynn Point - 11 White-fronted Geese flew W
Cromer - Red-necked Grebe flew W