Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for January 2022
Friday 21 January 2022
Kelling Heath - Glossy Ibis flew over
Snettisham - Black Brant, 20 Snow Buntings, Black Redstart, White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Burnham Overy - 4 Shorelarks, 4 Snow Buntings, 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Salthouse - Iceland Gull, 2+ Snow Buntings
Titchwell - 2 Siberian Chiffchaff, Water Pipit
Holkham - 71 Snow Buntings, Scaup
Welney - 1+ Cattle Egrets, 9 Tundra Bean Geese, Water Pipit, 2 Short-eared Owl
Brancaster Harbour - 2 Great Northern Divers
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Winterton - 3 Short-eared Owls, Lesser Whitethroat
Thursday 20 January 2022
Cley - Iceland Gull
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank, Hen Harrier
Buckenham - Tundra Bean Goose
Holkham - 30 Snow Buntings, Scaup, 100 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 4 Cattle Egrets, 8 Tundra Bean Geese, Water Pipit, Short-eared Owl
Burnham Overy - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Snettisham - 30 Snow Buntings
Holme - 2 Snow Buntings
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Ormesby - presumed escaped Eagle Owl
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Cley - Glossy Ibis flew W, Iceland Gull, White-fronted Goose, 5 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier
Titchwell - Smew
Buckenham - Taiga Bean Goose
Holkham - 83 Snow Buntings, 102 White-fronted Geese; 1+ Velvet Scoter, Great Northern Diver on sea
Welney - 1+ Cattle Egrets, 7 Tundra Bean Geese
Burnham Overy - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Snettisham - Black Redstart
Stubb Mill - Hen Harrier, 25 Common Cranes
Winterton - Iceland Gull flew S, 15 Snow Buntings
Clippesby - 24 Common Cranes
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Holme - Great Northern Diver on sea
Tuesday 18 January 2022
Cley/Salthouse - Black Brant, Iceland Gull
Beeston Common - Siberian Chiffchaff
Holkham - 3 Shorelarks, 30+ Snow Buntings, 4 White-fronted Geese; 1+ Velvet Scoter, 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Titchwell - Snow Bunting, Hen Harrier
Welney - 3+ Cattle Egrets, Water Pipit, 2+ Short-eared Owls
Thurne - 2 Cattle Egrets, 4 Common Cranes
Hempstead - 2+ Bewick’s Swans
Burnham Overy - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Snettisham - 2 Water Pipits, Black Redstart
Roydon Common - 2 Hen Harriers
Stiffkey - Hen Harrier
Stubb Mill - Hen Harrier
St Benet’s Abbey - Hen Harrier
Winterton - 3 Short-eared Owls
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Monday 17 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 100 White-fronted Geese
Cley - Iceland Gull
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 100 Snow Buntings, 2+ White-fronted Geese; 1+ elvet Scoter on sea
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Hen Harrier; Great Northern Diver on sea
Welney - 3 Cattle Egrets, Water Pipit, 8 Tundra Bean Geese, 3 Short-eared Owls
Ludham Airfield - 62 Bewick’s Swans
Ingham - 2+ Bewick’s Swans
Burnham Overy - Lapland Bunting, 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Snettisham - 50 Snow Buntings
Breydon Water - 59 White-fronted Geese
Lynford - 12 Hawfinches
St Benet’s Abbey - Hen Harrier, 4 Common Cranes
Roydon Common - 2 Hen Harriers
Haddiscoe - Hen Harrier
Hickling Broad - 43 Common Cranes
Thurne - 19 Common Cranes
Repps - 3 Common Cranes
Reedham - 3 Common Cranes flew S
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Sunday 16 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 30 White-fronted Geese
Stanhoe - Todd’s Canada Goose, 4 Tundra Bean Geese
Cley - Iceland Gull
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 85 Snow Buntings, 35 White-fronted Geese, Scaup; 5 Velvet Scoter, Great Northern Diver on sea
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, Spotted Redshank, Hen Harrier
Welney - 3 Glossy Ibis, 3 Cattle Egrets, Water Pipit, 8 Tundra Bean Geese, 3 Short-eared Owls
Pensthorpe - 6 Cattle Egrets
Fleggburgh - 2 Cattle Egrets
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Ludham Airfield - 62 Bewick’s Swans
Burnham Overy - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Breydon Water - Spoonbill, White-fronted Goose, Spotted Redshank, Short-eared Owl
Lynford - 12 Hawfinches
Winterton - 3 Short-eared Owls
St Benet’s Abbey - 2 Short-eared Owls
Ludham Bridge - Hen Harrier
Stubb Mill - Hen Harrier, 3+ Common Cranes
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Stiffkey - Hen Harrier
Acle - Hen Harrier
Thurne - 19 Common Cranes
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Salthouse - Red-necked Grebe flew W
Saturday 15 January 2022
West Runton - Short-toed Lark
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 100 White-fronted Geese
Cley - Iceland Gull, 3 Water Pipits, 6 Snow Buntings
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 85 Snow Buntings, Tundra Bean Goose, 5 White-fronted Geese, Scaup; 5 Velvet Scoter, Great Northern Diver on sea
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, Purple Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank; Red-necked Grebe on sea
Welney - Water Pipit, 2+ Short-eared Owls
Pensthorpe - 6 Cattle Egrets
Blakeney Harbour - Scaup
Ludham Airfield - 19+ Bewick’s Swans
Ingham - 3 Bewick’s Swans
Snettisham - Little Stint, 12 Snow Buntings
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Lynford - 14 Hawfinches
Winterton - 3 Short-eared Owls
Ludham Bridge - 2 Short-eared Owls
Roydon Common - 3 Hen Harriers
Thurne - 19 Common Cranes
Sheringham - 3 Purple Sandpipers
Friday 14 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 3 Bewick’s Swans
Stanhoe - Todd’s Canada Goose, Tundra Bean Goose
Cley - Iceland Gull, Black Redstart, 11 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier
Weybourne - Iceland Gull, Lapland Bunting both W
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 107 Snow Buntings, 40 White-fronted Geese; Great Northern Diver on sea
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Hen Harriers
Holme - 2 Water Pipits
Welney - Water Pipit, 8 Tundra Bean Geese, Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl
Gorleston - 40 Snow Buntings
Scolt Head - 8 Snow Buntings
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Burnham Overy - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Blakeney Harbour - Great Northern Diver, Hen Harrier
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Lynford - 8 Hawfinches
Horsey - Short-eared Owl
Thurne - 11 Common Cranes
Thursday 13 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 101 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 2 Glossy Ibis, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 2 Short-eared Owls
Cley - Iceland Gull, Black Redstart, 7 Snow Buntings
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Holkham - Scaup, 24 White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff
Ludham Airfield - 4+ Bewick’s Swans
Snettisham - Black Redstart, 45+ Snow Buntings
Wigginhall St Germans - Black Redstart
Holme - 23 Snow Buntings
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Burnham Overy - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Wells - Shag
Lynford - 8 Hawfinches
Pentney - Caspian Gull
Roydon Common - 2 Hen Harriers
Stubb Mill - 2 Hen Harriers, 2+ Common Cranes
King’s Lynn - Hen Harrier
Horsey - Hen Harrier
Winterton - 3 Short-eared Owls
Thurne - 19 Common Cranes
Hickling Broad - 6 Common Cranes
Winterton - 5 Common Cranes
Sheringham - 3 Purple Sandpipers
Barton - Black-throated Diver on sea
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Cley - Waxwing, Iceland Gull, Black Redstart, White-fronted Goose flew over
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 16 White-fronted Geese
East Wretham - 2 Caspian Gulls, released White-tailed Eagle flew over
Holkham - 2 Shorelarks, 105 Snow Buntings, Scaup, 38 White-fronted Geese; Red-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Velvet Scoter on sea
Wells Woods - Siberian Chiffchaff
Snettisham - Black Redstart, 40 Snow Buntings
Winterton - 20 Snow Buntings
Wells - Cattle Egret
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Lynford - 2 Hawfinches
Roydon Common - 1+ Hen Harriers
Stubb Mill - 9 Common Cranes, 35 White-fronted Geese flew over
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Sculthorpe Moor - Waxwing
Cley - Waxwing, Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Holkham - Scaup, 89 White-fronted Geese
Ludham Airfield - 11 Bewick’s Swans
Snettisham - Black Redstart, 50 Snow Buntings
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart at South Beach
Aylmerton - Lapland Bunting
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets
Martham - 3 Cattle Egrets
Wells - Cattle Egret
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Lynford - 18 Hawfinches
East Wretham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Salthouse - Caspian Gull
Roydon Common - 1+ Hen Harriers
Thornham - Hen Harrier
Holme - 12 Snow Buntings; Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Southery - 3 Common Cranes
Monday 10 January 2022
Sculthorpe Moor - Waxwing
Cley - Waxwing, Iceland Gull
Burnham Market - Todd’s Canada Goose
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese
Easr Wretham - Iceland Gull, 2 Caspian Gulls
Weybourne - Iceland Gull flew W
Holkham - 65 Snow Buntings, Scaup; 1+ Red-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 3 Velvet Scoter on sea
Snettisham - 45 Snow Buntings
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart at South Beach
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Titchwell - Black-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Winterton - 4 Short-eared Owls
Wells - Cattle Egret
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Roydon Common - 4 Hen Harriers
Stubb Mill - Hen Harrier, 36 Common Cranes
Holme - Hen Harrier; Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Thurne - 15 Common Cranes
Sunday 9 January 2022
Sculthorpe Moor - Waxwing
Cley - Waxwing, Iceland Gull; Ring Ouzel in off sea, Black-throated Diver flew W, 3 Great Northern Divers flew E
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 199 White-fronted Geese
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Holkham - 110 Snow Buntings, Scaup; 1+ Red-necked Grebe, 6 Velvet Scoter on sea
Snettisham - Little Stint, 50 Snow Buntings
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Blakeney Harbour - Slavonian Grebe, 2 Great Northern Divers, Pale-bellied Brent
King’s Lynn - Great Northern Diver
Welney - 5 Cattle Egret, White-fronted Goose, 4 Short-eared Owls
Winterton - 4 Short-eared Owls
Pensthorpe - 6 Cattle Egrets
Martham - 2 Cattle Egrets
Wells - Cattle Egret
Salthouse - Caspian Gull flew E
Stubb Mill - Water Pipit, Hen Harrier
Halvergate - Water Pipit
Great Yarmouth - 24 Snow Buntings at North Beach
Sheringham - Lesser Whitethroat
Lynford - 4 Hawfinches
Whitlingham CP - Shag, Common Crane flew W
Holme - 2 Great Northern Diver, 9 Little Gulls on sea
Saturday 8 January 2022
Sculthorpe Moor - Waxwing
Cley - Waxwing; Slavonian Grebe, 2 Great Northern Divers on sea
Holkham - 40 Snow Buntings, Cattle Egret, 73+ White-fronted Goose
Nar Valley Fisheries - Siberian Chiffchaff
Muckleton - Todd’s Canada Goose, 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Welney - Water Pipit
Winterton - Black Redstart
Sheringham - Lesser Whitethroat, Purple Sandpiper; Great Northern Diver flew past
Friday 7 January 2022
Sculthorpe Moor - Waxwing
Snettisham - 1+ Waxwings, Black Redstart, 30 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier
Cley - Waxwing, Iceland Gull
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 111 White-fronted Geese
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 50 Snow Buntings, Cattle Egret, Tundra Bean Goose, 34 White-fronted Goose; 2+ Red-necked Grebe, 2 Great Northern Divers, 4 Velvet Scoter on sea
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, Hen Harrier
Muckleton - 4 Tundra Bean Geese
Ludham - 23 Bewick’s Swans
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Welney - Water Pipit, Cattle Egret
Winterton - Black Redstart
Martham - 4 Cattle Egrets
East Wretham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Lynford - 6 Hawfinches
Roydon Common - 1+ Hen Harriers
Ormesby Little Broad - Hen Harrier
Thurne - 13 Common Cranes
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Holme - Long-tailed Duck, Great Northern Diver on sea
Thursday 6 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 104 White-fronted Geese
Stiffkey - Grey Phalarope, 3 Hen Harriers
Cley - Iceland Gull flew W, 60+ Snow Buntings; Red-necked Grebe flew past
Weybourne - Iceland Gull flew E
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Purple Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Snettisham - Little Stint, Black Redstart, 30 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier
Holkham - 40 Snow Buntings, Cattle Egret, 43 White-fronted Goose; Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter on sea
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Welney - Cattle Egret, 16 Common Cranes
Stubb Mill - Cattle Egret, 2 Hen Harriers, 5 Common Cranes
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Blakeney Harbour - 6 Snow Buntings
Lynford - 3 Hawfinches
Breydon Water - 9 White-fronted Geese
Roydon Common - 2 Hen Harriers
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Holme - 2 Great Northern Divers on sea
Cromer - Glaucous Gull flew W
Wednesday 5 January 2022
Rollesby Broad - Smew, Red-necked Grebe
Cley - Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, 60+ Snow Buntings; Red-necked Grebe flew past
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, 3 Water Pipits, Tundra Bean Goose, Hen Harrier
Holkham - 2 Shorelarks, 16+ Snow Buntings, Cattle Egret, 40 White-fronted Goose
Ludham - 50 Bewick’s Swans
St Benet’s - Spoonbill
Martham - 3 Cattle Egrets
King’s Lynn - Black-necked Grebe
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Snettisham - 48 Snow Buntings, Black Redstart
Lynford - 4 Hawfinches
Stubb Mill - 2 Hen Harriers, 5 Common Cranes
Roydon Common - 3 Hen Harriers
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Tuesday 4 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 138 White-fronted Geese
Cley - Black Brant, Iceland Gull, 20+ Snow Buntings
Wells - Black Brant
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, Purple Sandpiper; Great Northern Diver on sea
Holkham - 5 Shorelarks, 35+ Snow Buntings; 3+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Martham - 6 Cattle Egrets
Welney - 5+ Cattle Egrets, 3 Short-eared Owls
Wells - Cattle Egret
Pentney GPs - Black-necked Grebe
Sheringham - Lesser Whitethroat
Ludham - 35 Bewick’s Swans
Ingnam - 24 Bewick’s Swans
Terrington St Clement - presumed escaped Lesser White-fronted Goose
Lynford - 7 Hawfinches
Ongar Hill - Spoonbill
Stubb Mill - Spoonbill, Hen Harrier
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
East Somerton - 3 Common Cranes
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Burnham Overy - Shag
Monday 3 January 2022
Welney - Glossy Ibis, 5 Cattle Egrets, 2 Common Cranes, Spotted Redshank, Short-eared Owl
Cley - Black Brant, Iceland Gull
Holkham - 3+ Shorelarks, 61 Snow Buntings, 22 White-fronted Geese; Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 6 Velvet Scoters on sea
Ludham - 18+ Bewick’s Swans
Martham - 5 Tundra Bean Geese, 6 Cattle Egrets
Terrington St Clement - presumed escaped Lesser White-fronted Goose
Wells - Cattle Egret
Pentney GPs - Black-necked Grebe
East Wretham - Iceland Gull
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Lynford - 9 Hawfinches
Roydon Common - 4 Hen Harriers
Stubb Mill - Hen Harrier, 23 Common Cranes
Titchwell - Hen Harrier
Stiffkey - Hen Harrier
Burgh Castle - Spoonbill
Whitlingham CP - Shag
Burnham Overy - Shag
Holme - Great Northern Diver on sea
Sunday 2 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 20+ White-fronted Geese
Barrow Common - Todd’s Canada Goose, 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Cley - Black Brant, Iceland Gull, Black Redstart; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe flew past
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank; Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe on sea
Holkham - 5 Shorelarks, 50 Snow Buntings, 35+ White-fronted Geese; 2 Red-necked Grebes, 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Ingham - 26 Bewick’s Swans
Ludham - 20+ Bewick’s Swans
Welney - 3+ Bewick’s Swans, 3 Cattle Egret, 2 Short-eared Owls
Snettisham - 32 Snow Buntings
Martham - 7 Cattle Egrets, Hen Harrier
Terrington St Clement - 3 Cattle Egrets
Wells - Cattle Egret
Pentney GPs - Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Burgh Castle - Great Northern Diver, Spoonbill
East Wretham - Iceland Gull
Sheringham - Lesser Whitethroat
Strumoshaw - Water Pipit
Lynford - 5 Hawfinches
Stubb Mill - 4 Hen Harriers, 44 Common Cranes
Stiffkey - 3 Hen Harriers
Saturday 1 January 2022
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 60 White-fronted Geese, Water Pipit
Welney - Glossy Ibis, 3 Cattle Egret
Cley - Black Brant, Iceland Gull, 20 Snow Buntings, 2 White-fronted Geese flew W
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Purple Sandpiper, 2 Hen Harriers, Tundra Bean Goose at Gypsy Lane; Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Holkham - 4+ Shorelarks, 50 Snow Buntings, 40+ White-fronted Geese; 3 Red-necked Grebes, 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Southery Fen - 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Blofield - Tundra Bean Goose
Barrow Common - Tundra Bean Goose
Morston - Black Redstart, Caspian Gull
Snettisham - Black Redstart
Salthouse - 26 Snow Buntings
Martham - 6 Cattle Egrets, Hen Harrier
Wells - Cattle Egret
Pentney GPs - Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, White-fronted Goose
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
East Wretham - 5 Caspian Gulls
Northrepps - Little Gull
Lynford - 18 Hawfinches
Bayfield - Hawfinch
East Somerton - Hen Harrier
Stubb Mill - 3 Hen Harriers, 44 Common Cranes
Thurne - 26 Common Cranes