Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for January 2019
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Welney - Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egrets, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit
Choseley - Rough-legged Buzzard
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 4 Short-eared Owls
Snettisham - Smew, Spoonbill
Ormesby Little Broad - 2 Smew, Red-necked Grebe
Santon Downham - Great Grey Shrike
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 5 Snow Buntings
Salthouse - Glaucous Gull
Hemsby - Glaucous Gull flew S, 42 Snow Buntings
Sheringham - Caspian Gull
Holkham - Black Brant or hybrid, 3 Tundra Bean Geese
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Red-necked Grebe, 5 Long-tailed Ducks
Thornham Harbour - 14 Twite
Sculthorpe Moor - Mealy Redpoll
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Choseley - Rough-legged Buzzard
Snettisham - Little Stint, Smew
Ormesby Little Broad - 2 Smew, Red-necked Grebe
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 15 Snow Buntings
Oxborough-Foulden - Great Grey Shrike
Ludham - 50 Bewick’s Swans, 50 Whooper Swans
Holkham - 28 Shorelarks, 90 Snow Buntings, 2+ White-fronted Geese, 1+ Great White Egrets
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 10 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Haddiscoe Island - 3 Short-eared Owls
Hickling Broad - 6 Cranes at Stubb Mill
Sculthorpe Moor - Mealy Redpoll
Warham Greens - Great White Egret
Monday 21 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, Cattle Egret, 3 Tundra Bean Geese, 7 White-fronted Geese, 2 Great White Egrets, Short-eared Owl
Thornham - Rough-legged Buzzard; 14 Twite at Harbour
Snettisham - Little Stint, Scaup, Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl
Rollesby Broad - 2 Smew
Ormesby Little Broad - 2 Smew, Red-necked Grebe
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 30 Snow Buntings
Salthouse - Glaucous Gull
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Holkham - 58 Snow Buntings, Dartford Warbler, 80 White-fronted Geese, 2 Great White Egrets
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, Spotted Redshank
Holme - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Weybourne - 2 Velvet Scoters
Blakeney - 16 Twite, 2 Spoonbills flew W
Haddiscoe Island - Short-eared Owl
Breydon Water - Great White Egret
Sunday 20 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 Cattle Egrets, 3 Tundra Bean Geese, 2+ White-fronted Geese, 3 Great White Egrets, Short-eared Owl
Choseley - Rough-legged Buzzard
Snettisham - Smew, Little Stint, 2+ Short-eared Owls, Great White Egret
Cley - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 30 Shorelarks, 35 Snow Buntings, Dartford Warbler, Red-necked Grebe, Scaup, 2 Water Pipits
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Salthouse - Slavonian Grebe
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Ludham - 50 Bewick’s Swans
Hickling Broad - 31 Common Cranes
Clippesby - 21 Common Cranes
Blakeney - Lapland Bunting, 16 Twite
Thornham - 13 Twite, Spotted Redshank
Strumpshaw - 4 Water Pipits, Bittern
Winterton - 1+ Snow Buntings
Saturday 19 January 2019
Welney - 3 Cattle Egrets, 2 Great White Egret
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard
Choseley - Rough-legged Buzzard
Brancaster - Rough-legged Buzzard flew W
Thetford - Iceland Gull
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 60+ Snow Buntings, 10 Twite, 6 Velvet Scoter flew W
Holkham - 35 Shorelarks, Dartford Warbler, 22 White-fronted Geese
Blakeney Point - Great Northern Diver, 2 Black-necked Grebes
Clippesby - 19 Common Cranes
Ludham - 5 Bewick’s Swans
Buckenham - 4 White-fronted Geese
Thornham - 14 Twite
Blakeney - 16 Twite
Sculthorpe Moor - Mealy Redpoll
Breydon Water - 2 Great White Egrets
Morston - Great White Egret
Burnham Overy Staithe - Great White Egret
Friday 18 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, 4 Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 3 Short-eared Owls
Cantley - 90 White-fronted Geese, Water Pipit at BF
Snettisham - Smew, 2 Short-eared Owls
Thetford - Iceland Gull
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 50+ Snow Buntings, Whooper Swan
Holkham - 27 Shorelarks, 22 Snow Buntings, Dartford Warbler, Great White Egret, 90 White-fronted Geese, Red-necked Grebe
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Potter Heigham - 2 Water Pipits
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Hemsby - Great Northern Diver flew S
Clippesby - 13 Common Cranes
Thornham - 13 Twite, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Warham Greens - Great White Egret
Thursday 17 January 2019
Welney - 1+ Cattle Egrets, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 2 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 2 Short-eared Owls
Buckenham - 7 Taiga Bean Geese
Snettisham - Smew
Barton Broad - Scaup
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 70+ Snow Buntings, Spoonbill
Holkham - 20 Shorelarks, Lapland Bunting, 30 Snow Buntings, 2 Great White Egret
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, Water Pipit
Clippesby - 15 Common Cranes
Thornham - 12 Twite
Blakeney - Spoonbill
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Titchwell - Waxwing by A149, Water Pipit
Cantley - 5+ Taiga Bean Geese
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 70+ Snow Buntings
Snettisham - Smew, Short-eared Owl
Holkham - 5+ Shorelarks, 20 Snow Buntings, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 4 Great White Egrets, 2 Bean Geese sp, 120+White-fronted Geese
Welney - Scaup, Great White Egret
Holme - Long-tailed Duck
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Sheringham - Blue Fulmar past
Clippesby - 15 Common Cranes
Thornham - 14+ Twite
Tuesday 15 January 2019
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, 4 Tundra Bean Geese, 4 White-fronted Geese, Scaup, 2 Great White Egrets
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 2 Short-eared Owls
Cantley - 1+ Taiga Bean Geese
Runham - Tundra Bean Goose
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 40+ Snow Buntings
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 25 Snow Buntings
Holme - Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck
Ormesby Little Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Clippesby - 11 Common Cranes
Thornham - 12 Twite
Monday 14 January 2019
Wells - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, Glaucous Gull flew W
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 Cattle Egrets, 3 Tundra Bean Geese, 8 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret, 2 Short-eared Owls
Haddiscoe Island - 2 Rough-legged Buzzards, 2 Short-eared Owls
Cantley - 15 Taiga Bean Geese
Runham - 7 Tundra Bean Geese
Buckenham - 96 White-fronted Geese
Snettisham - Smew, Spoonbill
Cley - Glaucous Gull, Black-throated Diver, 11 Velvet Scoter, 3 Snow Buntings
Holkham - 23 Shorelarks, 24 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Black-throated Diver flew E
Blakeney - 2 Black-necked Grebes
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Clippesby - 8 Common Cranes
Sculthorpe Moor - Mealy Redpoll
Sunday 13 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 Cattle Egrets
Haddiscoe Island - 1+ Rough-legged Buzzards
Cantley - 15 Taiga Bean Geese
Runham - 7 Tundra Bean Geese
Snettisham - Smew, Spoonbill
Ludham - 80 Bewick’s Swans
Cley - Great Northern Diver, 6 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Weybourne - Long-tailed Duck
Thornham - 14 Twite
Holkham - Great White Egret, 130 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - Black-throated Diver, Lapland Bunting flew over, 40 Snow Buntings
Saturday 12 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 Cattle Egrets, 8 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl
Haddiscoe Island - 2 Rough-legged Buzzards
Choseley - Rough-legged Buzzard
Cantley/Buckenham - 15+ Taiga Bean Geese
Runham - 7 Tundra Bean Geese, 4 Bewick’s Swans
Snettisham - Smew
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 16 Velvet Scoters, Great White Egret, 6 Snow Buntings
Holkham - 25+ Shorelark, 22 Snow Buntings, Glaucous Gull flew E, Red-necked Grebe, Great White Egret
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, 6 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - 4 Red-necked Grebes, 3 Slavonian Grebes, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Velvet Scoter, 5 Long-tailed Ducks, Short-eared Owl
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Thurne-Clippesby - 9 Common Cranes
Thornham - 3+ Twite
Winterton - Black-throated Diver, Lapland Bunting flew over, 40 Snow Buntings
Blakeney - 2 Lapland Buntings
Friday 11 January 2019
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, 8 White-fronted Geese, Short-eared Owl
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owl
Cantley/Buckenham - 15 Taiga Bean Geese, 30+ White-fronted Geese
Thrigby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Snettisham - Smew
Cley - Glaucous Gull, 18 Velvet Scoters, Jack Snipe
Holkham - 25+ Shorelark, 32 Snow Buntings, Glaucous Gull flew W, Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 4 Velvet Scoters, White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret, Black-throated Diver
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, Spotted Redshank
Holme - Red-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 21 Long-tailed Ducks
Rollesby Broad - Red-necked Grebe
Barton Broad - Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Thurne-Clippesby - 10 Common Cranes
Thornham - 6+ Twite
Winterton - 25 Snow Buntings
Sea Palling - Snow Bunting
Thursday 10 January 2019
Wells - Black Brant, Glaucous Gull, 3 Tundra Bean Geese
Cantley - 15 Taiga Bean Geese, 120 White-fronted Geese
Buckenham - 6 Taiga Bean Geese, 3 White-fronted Geese
Thrigby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Welney - 1+ Tundra Bean Geese, 1+ White-fronted Geese
Snettisham - Smew
Holkham - 23+ Shorelark, 23 Snow Buntings, 120 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret, Black-throated Diver
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 6 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - 2 Red-necked Grebes, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 6 Long-tailed Ducks
Blakeney Point - 3 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Thurne-Clippesby - 10 Common Cranes
Thornham - 13 Twite, Spotted Redshank
Strumpshaw Fen - 9 Water Pipits
Haddiscoe Island - 3 Short-eared Owls
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret
Cantley - 14 Taiga Bean Geese, 10+ White-fronted Geese
Thrigby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Cley - 2 Glaucous Gulls
Wells - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 25+ Shorelark, 30 Snow Buntings, Lapland Bunting flew over, 150 White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Black-throated Diver, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Sheringham - Great Northern Diver, Blue Fulmar past
Thurne-Clippesby - 3 Common Cranes
Tuesday 8 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, Tundra Bean Goose, White-fronted Goose, escaped White Stork
Choseley - Rough-legged Buzzard
Happisburgh - 2 Taiga Bean Geese
Thrigby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Wells - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 7 Shorelark, 25 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, Water Pipit, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Cley - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, 5 Velvet Scoters
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup
Gorleston - 5 Velvet Scoters
Thornham - 15 Twite
Winterton - 25 Snow Buntings
Monday 7 January 2019
Welney - RING-NECKED DUCK, 2 Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret, White-fronted Goose
Barton Broad - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Halvergate - Rough-legged Buzzard flew W north of Tunstall
Cantley - 14 Taiga Bean Geese
Thrigby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Wells - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 26 Shorelark, Great White Egret, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 6 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - 2 Black-throated Diver, 4 Great Northern Diver, 3 Red-necked Grebes, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 12 Long-tailed Ducks
Cley - Scaup, Long-tailed Duck, 4 Velvet Scoters, Spoonbill
Gorleston - 5 Velvet Scoters
Winterton - Hooded Crow
Snettisham - Spoonbill
Horsey - Dartford Warbler
Morston - 10+ Twite
Sunday 6 January 2019
Wells Woods - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret, 8 White-fronted Geese
Burgh Castle - Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Short-eared Owls
Buckenham - 16 Taiga Bean Geese, 200 White-fronted Geese
Horning - 4 Waxwings
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Snettisham - Smew, Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl
Catfield - 34 Bewick’s Swans
Wells - Glaucous Gull, Short-eared Owl
Holkham - 25 Shorelark, 20+ Snow Buntings, Lapland Bunting, 2 Great White Egrets, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 8 Velvet Scoters
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 3 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, 7 Velvet Scoters, 7 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, 12 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - Black-necked Grebe, 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Gorleston - 5 Velvet Scoters
Cley - Spoonbill, Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Morston - 7 Twite
Winterton - 40 Snow Buntings
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret
Blakeney - Great White Egret
Breydon Water - Great White Egret
Saturday 5 January 2019
Welney - Ring-necked Duck, Great White Egret, 7 White-fronted Geese
Wells Woods - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Norwich - 12 Waxwings at Broadland Business Park
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Snettisham - Smew, Common Crane, 5 White-fronted Geese
Ludham - 55 Bewick’s Swans
Thrigby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Wells - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 36 Shorelark, 50+ Snow Buntings, 2 Great White Egrets, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 2 Velvet Scoters, Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, possible Northern Treecreeper, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 5 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - Black-necked Grebe, 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Choseley - Rough-legged Buzzard reported
Cley - Caspian Gull, Spoonbill
Thornham - 12 Twite
Gapton Marshes - Great White Egret
Friday 4 January 2019
Welney - Ring-necked Duck, Great White Egret, escaped White Stork, Rough-legged Buzzard reported
Long Stratton - 5 Waxwings
Cantley - 15 Taiga Bean Geese, 186 White-fronted Geese
Cantley - 2 Taiga Bean Geese
Potter Heigham - 14 White-fronted Geese
Filby Broad - Smew
Ludham - 28 Bewick’s Swans on St Benets Levels
Salthouse - Bewick’s Swan
Wells - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - Shorelark, 20+ Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, possible Northern Treecreeper reported, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern Diver, 5 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Gorleston - 5 Velvet Scoters
Holme - Velvet Scoter
Thetford - Caspian Gull at Burrell Way
Thornham - 12 Twite
Cley - 50+ Snow Buntings
Norwich - Bittern at Whitlingham CP
Snettisham - Great White Egret
Thursday 3 January 2019
Welney - Ring-necked Duck, 4 Bewicks Swans, 8 White-fronted Geese
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret, 9 Common Cranes
Long Stratton - 5 Waxwings
Thetford - Waxwing at Nunnery Lakes
Swainsthorpe - Waxwing flew over
Buckenham - 7 Taiga Bean Geese, 35 White-fronted Geese
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Ludham - 22 Bewick’s Swans
Wells - Glaucous Gull, Black Brant reported
Holkham - 27 Shorelarks, 50+ Snow Buntings, 90 White-fronted Geese, 3 Great White Egrets, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 2 Velvet Scoter
Titchwell - Water Pipit, possible Northern Treecreeper reported
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup, Long-tailed Duck
Gorleston - 5 Velvet Scoters
Thornham - 12 Twite
Stiffkey - Great White Egret
Wednesday 2 January 2019
North Walsham - Black-bellied Dipper at Briggate
Long Stratton - 5 Waxwings
Buckenham - 1+ Taiga Bean Geese, 35 White-fronted Geese
Ludham - 20+ Bewick’s Swans
Sea Palling - Glaucous Gull
Wells - Glaucous Gull, Long-tailed Duck, 2 Velvet Scoter
Holkham - 27 Shorelarks, 20+ Snow Buntings, Great White Egret, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 4 Velvet Scoter
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, 2 Water Pipit, 3 Long-tailed Ducks
Gorleston - 1+ Velvet Scoters
Potter Heigham - 30+ White-fronted Geese
Thornham - 13 Twite
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl, Dartford Warbler at Stubb Mill
Welney - Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl
Old Hunstanton - Little Gull
Tuesday 1 January 2019
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North Walsham - Black-bellied Dipper at Ebridge Mill
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret
Long Stratton - 5 Waxwings
Norwich - 4 Waxwings Chapelfield
Buckenham - 12 Taiga Bean Geese, 35 White-fronted Geese
Horning - 12 Taiga Bean Geese
Ludham - 20+ Bewick’s Swans
Sea Palling - 3 Bewick’s Swans, 25 Snow Buntings
Wells - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 20+ Shorelarks, 50+ Snow Buntings, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 4 Velvet Scoter
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, 2 Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers, Red-necked Grebe, 3 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - Red-necked Grebe, 3 Long-tailed Ducks
Sheringham - Red-necked Grebe flew E
Weybourne - Black-throated Diver
West Runton - Great Northern Diver flew E, 6 White-fronted Geese flew W
Barton Broad - Long-tailed Duck, 2 Scaup
Hopton - 5 Velvet Scoters
Breydon Water - c90 White-fronted Geese flew W
Thornham - 13 Twite
Cley - 30 Snow Buntings
Winterton - Black Redstart, 20 Snow Buntings
Welney - Great White Egret, 8 White-fronted Geese
Snettisham - Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret at Stubb Mill