Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for January 2026
Monday 5 January 2026
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree - Black-bellied Dipper
Wells North Point - Taiga Bean Goose
Filby/Ormesby Little Broad - Smew, Ferruginous Duck of uncertain origin, Scaup, Bewicks Swan flew over
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff
Cley - Snow Bunting, Caspian Gull
Holkham - 3 Tundra Bean Geese
Sunday 4 January 2026
Ludham/St Benet’s - BLACK-WINGED KITE, 6+ Bewicks Swans, Water Pipit
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree - Black-bellied Dipper
Wells North Point - Taiga Bean Goose
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Filby Broad - Ferruginous Duck of uncertain origin (+hybrid)
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, 1+ Snow Buntings, Water Pipit; 3 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Great Yarmouth - 1+ Shorelarks
Holkham - Water Pipit, 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Cley - Water Pipit, 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Sea Palling - 2 Bewicks Swans
Welney - 30 Bewicks Swans
Wells - Red-necked Grebe, 2 Great Northern Divers
Saturday 3 January 2026
Ludham/St Benet’s - BLACK-WINGED KITE, 2 Water Pipits
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Holkham - HUME’S WARBLER, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 2 Water Pipits
Bintree - Black-bellied Dipper
Wells North Point - Taiga Bean Goose
Filby Broad - Ferruginous Duck of uncertain origin (+hybrid)
Titchwell - 2 Snow Buntings, Water Pipit; 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Great Yarmouth - 2 Shorelarks
Sea Palling - 4 Bewicks Swans, 4+ Tundra Bean Geese
Welney - 1+ Bewicks Swans, 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Cley - 1+ Tundra Bean Geese, Water Pipit
Stowbridge - Scaup
Lynford - Hawfinch
Sheringham - Caspian Gull
Wells - 4 Great Northern Divers
Friday 2 January 2026
Ludham/St Benet’s - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Holkham - HUME’S WARBLER, SNOW GOOSE
Buckenham - Green-winged Teal
Wells North Point - Taiga Bean Goose
Thwaite - Rough-legged Buzzard reported
Filby Broad - Ring-necked Duck, Ferruginous Duck of uncertain origin, 3 Scaup
Titchwell - Shorelark, 2 Snow Buntings, Water Pipit; 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Great Yarmouth - 2 Shorelarks
Holme - 25 Snow Buntings
Winterton - 6 Snow Buntings
Cley - 2 Snow Buntings, 3 Tundra Bean Geese, 3 Glossy Ibis
South Wootton - Whinchat
Sea Palling - 4 Bewicks Swans, 31 Tundra Bean Geese
Upton Marshes - 2+ Tundra Bean Geese
Wiggenhall St Germans - Scaup
Hunstanton - Scaup
Thursday 1 January 2026
*** WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR ***
Ludham/St Benet’s - BLACK-WINGED KITE, 2 Bewicks Swans
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Holkham - HUME’S WARBLER
Buckenham - Green-winged Teal
Wells North Point - Taiga Bean Goose
Gresham - Rough-legged Buzzard reported
Filby Broad - Ring-necked Duck, Ferruginous Duck of uncertain origin, 4 Scaup
Titchwell - Siberian Chiffchaff, 25+ Snow Buntings; Red-necked Grebe, 3 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Winterton - 8+ Snow Buntings
Cley - Water Pipit, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 3 Glossy Ibis, 1+ Caspian Gull
South Wootton - Whinchat
Southery - 60+ Bewicks Swans
Welney - 10 Bewicks Swans
Wiggenhall St Germans - Scaup
Brancaster Staithe - Black-throated Diver