Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for March 2019
Monday 18 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 1+ Mealy Redpolls
Cockley Cley - 6+ Mealy Redpolls
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, 2+ Tundra Bean Geese
Holkham - 9 Shorelarks
Cley - Wheatear, 5 White-fronted Geese, Velvet Scoter, 3 Spoonbill flew W
Titchwell - 2 Water Pipits
Thornham - 7+ Twite
Thetford - Jack Snipe at Nunnery Lakes
Mundesley - 2 Great Northern Divers flew NW
Sunday 17 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Cockley Cley - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 15 Mealy Redpolls
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, 1+ Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret
Walcott - Iceland Gull
Sheringham - Slavonian Grebe flew W
Cley - Little Ringed Plover, Wheatear, 11 White-fronted Geese, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter, Spoonbill, 10 Snow Buntings
Blakeney - Wheatear, Turtle Dove
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Roydon Common - 2 Jack Snipe
Thetford - Jack Snipe at Nunnery Lakes
Haddiscoe Island - Short-eared Owl
Beeston Common - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Saturday 16 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Hickling Broad - Green-winged Teal on Rush Hill Scrape
Welney - Cattle Egrets, 6 Tundra Bean Geese, Scaup
Weeting - Rough-legged Buzzard
Holkham - 7+ Shorelarks
Cley - 4 White-fronted Geese flew E, Velvet Scoter, 16 Snow Buntings, Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Heigham Holmes - 2 Great White Egrets
Beeston Common - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Plus White Wagtails at Winterton, Kelling WM
Friday 15 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, Mealy Redpolls, 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers
Cockley Cley - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 12 Mealy Redpolls
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, 4 Tundra Bean Geese
Walcott - Iceland Gull
Norwich - Hooded Crow
Weybourne - Slavonian Grebe flew W
Cley - Wheatear, 6 White-fronted Geese, Spoonbill, 2 Water Pipits, 2 White Wagtails flew W
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Red-necked Grebe
Wymondham - 2 Great White Egrets
Beeston Common - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Plus White Wagtails at Winterton (2), Kelling WM
Thursday 14 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Holkham - 11 Shorelarks, 17 White-fronted Geese, 2 Great White Egrets
Cley - Velvet Scoter, 6 White-fronted Geese
Welney - Scaup
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Thornham - 12 Twite, Water Pipit
Winterton - 2 Black Redstarts
Breydon Water - Little Gull
Blakeney - Turtle Dove
Hunstanton - Purple Sandpiper
Wednesday 13 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Weybourne - Little Bunting
Potter Heigham - Caspian Gull
Cley - Velvet Scoter
Horsey - Iceland Gull flew N
Hemsby - Great Northern Diver & Red-necked Grebe flew N
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Blakeney - Great White Egret
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Welney - 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egrets, 10 Tundra Bean Geese, Scaup
Holkham - 11 Shorelarks
Holme - Great Northern Diver
Cley - 18 Snow Buntings
Thornham - 12 Twite
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Monday 11 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 1+ Mealy Redpolls
Welney - 2+ Tundra Bean Geese
Holkham - 10 Shorelarks, Spoonbill
Cley - Velvet Scoter
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Little Gull
Sunday 10 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, Scaup, 11 Tundra Bean Geese, 2 Great White Egrets
Docking - Cattle Egret
Haddiscoe Island - possible Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owl
Cley - Caspian Gull, 6 White-fronted Geese, Spoonbill, Velvet Scoter
Walcott - Iceland or Glaucous Gull
Sheringham - Sooty Shearwater
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Great Ryburgh - 4 White-fronted Geese
Blakeney - Great White Egret
Saturday 9 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 3+ Mealy Redpolls
Welney - Cattle Egret, Scaup
Beighton - Rough-legged Buzzard
Holkham - 21 Shorelarks
Winterton - 14 Snow Buntings
Cley - 24+ Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Little Gull
Thornham - 13 Twite, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank
Burnham Norton - 2 Great White Egrets, 2 White-fronted Geese
Friday 8 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Welney - Tundra Bean Goose, Great White Egret
Holkham - 11 Shorelarks, 10 Snow Buntings, White Wagtail
Winterton - Lapland Bunting, 26 Snow Buntings
Cley - 16 Snow Buntings
Choseley - 1+ Black Redstart
Heigham Holmes - 3 Great White Egrets, 200 White-fronted Geese
Morston - Great White Egret
Holme - Great White Egret flew E
Thursday 7 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 1+ Mealy Redpolls
Weybourne - probable Little Bunting still
Welney - Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Holkham - 16 Shorelarks
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank
Cley - 6 White-fronted Geese, Lapland Bunting flew over
Choseley - Black Redstart
Beeston Common - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Wednesday 6 March 2019
Holkham - Shorelark, 10 Snow Buntings
Holme - 2 Great Northern Divers
Cley - Spoonbill
Choseley - Black Redstart
Tuesday 5 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 3+ Mealy Redpolls
Weybourne - Little Bunting
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret
Holkham - Shorelark, 3 Great White Egrets, 160 White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Black-necked Grebes, Black-throated Diver, Long-tailed Duck
Holme - Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver
Cley - 6 White-fronted Geese
Choseley - Black Redstart
Blakeney - 12 Twite
Winterton - Snow Bunting
Upton Marshes - Short-eared Owl
Monday 4 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 3+ Mealy Redpolls
Weybourne - Little Bunting
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 5 Spoonbills
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver
Beeston Common - Mealy Redpoll
Choseley - Black Redstart
Potter Heigham - Spoonbill
Sunday 3 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 3 Mealy Redpolls
Weybourne - Little Bunting
Holkham - 22 Shorelarks, Great Northern Diver
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 3 Black-necked Grebes at Thornham Point, Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank
Holme - 3 Red-necked Grebes, 2 Black-throated Divers, Great Northern Diver, 5 Long-tailed Ducks, Velvet Scoter
Choseley - Black Redstart
Saturday 2 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Weybourne - Little Bunting
Welney - Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egrets
Holkham - 19 Shorelarks, Lapland Bunting, 229 White-fronted Geese, 3 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Velvet Scoter
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Black-throated Diver, 2 Scaup reported
Holme - 3 Black-necked Grebes, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 4 Long-tailed Ducks
Hickling Broad - Scaup
Cley - 16 Snow Buntings, 6 White-fronted Geese
Thornham - Spotted Redshank
Blakeney - 15 Twite
Choseley - Black Redstart
Hunstanton - Purple Sandpiper
Warham Greens - 2 Spoonbills
Friday 1 March 2019
Sculthorpe Moor - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Weybourne - Little Bunting, Lapland Bunting flew W
Welney - Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egrets
Norwich - 4 Waxwings flew N over Quebec Road
Holkham - 16+ Shorelarks, Lapland Bunting, 60+ White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Spoonbill, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Black-throated Divers, Great Northern Diver
Holme - 3 Black-necked Grebes, 5 Red-necked Grebes, 9+ Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 10 Long-tailed Ducks
Cley - 17 Snow Buntings, 2 Velvet Scoters
Beeston Common - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Thornham - 12 Twite
Downham Market - 2 Great White Egrets
Hardley Staithe - Short-eared Owl
Clippesby - 14 Common Cranes
Hunstanton - Purple Sandpiper