Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for January 2021
Sunday 31 January 2021
Cley - Tundra Bean Goose
Bayfield Hall - 61 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - 14 White-fronted Geese
Postwick - 12 White-fronted Geese
Buckenham - 9 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret
Breydon Water - Slavonian Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Haddiscoe Island - Hen Harrier
Fritton - Hen Harrier
Saturday 30 January 2021
Weybourne - 6 Velvet Scoters
Holme - Long-tailed Duck
Welney - Cattle Egret
Costessey - Great White Egret
Roydon Common - 3 Hen Harriers
Friday 29 January 2021
Thornham Harbour - Spotted Redshank
Hickling Broad - Water Pipit
Postwick - 4 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - 2 Common Cranes
Thursday 28 January 2021
Caister-on-Sea - Iceland Gull
Sheringham - Iceland Gull
Breydon Water - Slavonian Grebe
Cley - Hen Harrier
Clippesby - 18 Common Cranes
Wednesday 27 January 2021
Ormesby Broad - Slavonian Grebe
Thornham Harbour - 4 Twite, Spotted Redshank
Potter Heigham - Water Pipit
Bayfield Hall - 67 White-fronted Geese
Welney - Cattle Egret
Acle - 3 Common Cranes
Tuesday 26 January 2021
Caister-on-Sea - Iceland Gull
Weybourne - Black-throated Diver, 6 Velvet Scoters
Breydon Water - Slavonian Grebe
Bayfield Hall - 72 White-fronted Geese
Holme - 6 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 5 Cattle Egrets
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Monday 25 January 2021
Cley - Rough-legged Buzzard flew W
Caister-on-Sea - Iceland Gull
Weybourne - 6 Velvet Scoters
Acle - Tundra Bean Goose
Bayfield Hall - 33 White-fronted Geese
Burnham Market - 3 Cattle Egrets
Thornham Harbour - Spotted Redshank
Snettisham - Short-eared Owl
California - Great Northern Diver flew S
Sunday 24 January 2021
Caister-on-Sea - Iceland Gull
Ormesby Broad - Slavonian Grebe
Bramerton - Red-necked Grebe reported
Holme - 16 Snow Buntings, 5 White-fronted Geese
Potter Heigham -
59 White-fronted GeeseColney GPs - Great White Egret
Saturday 23 January 2021
Buckenham - 1+ Taiga Bean Geese
Caister-on-Sea - Iceland Gull
Weybourne - Iceland Gull, 6 Velvet Scoters
Breydon Water - Slavonian Grebe
Holme - 2 Water Pipits
Bayfield Hall - 48 White-fronted Geese
Cley - 70 White-fronted Geese
Friday 22 January 2021
Weybourne - Iceland Gull, 4 Velvet Scoters
Winterton - Iceland Gull
Blakeney - Water Pipit
Cley - Tundra Bean Goose, 45 White-fronted Geese
Thornham Harbour - Spotted Redshank
Breydon Water - Great White Egret
Stubb Mill - 3 Hen Harriers
Thursday 21 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, Tundra Bean Goose, 52 White-fronted Geese
California - Iceland Gull flew S
Winterton - 8+ Snow Buntings
Thornham Harbour - Spotted Redshank
High Kelling - Mealy Redpoll
Wednesday 20 January 2021
Ludham Airfield - 7 Bewick’s Swans
Weybourne - 8 Velvet Scoters
Potter Heigham - 22 White-fronted Geese
Cley - 11 White-fronted Geese
West Caister - Common Crane
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, 4 Tundra Bean Geese, 4 White-fronted Geese, 30 Snow Buntings
Gillingham Marshes - 4 Bewick’s Swans
Thornham Harbour - Twite
Ludham Bridge - Hen Harrier
Monday 18 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, 28 White-fronted Geese
Cantley - 6 Taiga Bean Geese
Buckenham - 30 White-fronted Geese
Bayfield - 25 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 4 Cattle Egrets, 4 Common Cranes
Sunday 17 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, Tundra Bean Goose
Cantley - 6 Taiga Bean Geese, White-fronted Goose
Holme - 2 Water Pipits, 6 White-fronted Geese
Great Yarmouth - 3 Snow Buntings
Buckenham - 41 White-fronted Geese
Holkham - 12 White-fronted Geese, 2 Great White Egrets
Reedham - Cattle Egret
Kimberley - Great White Egret
Breydon Water - Spotted Redshank
Saturday 16 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, 3 Water Pipits
Caister-on-Sea - Glaucous Gull flew S
Friday 15 January 2021
Weybourne - Tundra Bean Goose reported, Great Northern Diver
Winterton - Velvet Scoter
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Buckenham - 3 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 7 Cattle Egrets, 29 Common Cranes
Thursday 14 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull
California - Iceland Gull flew N
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Fring - Raven
Ten Mile Bank - 18 Common Cranes
Thornham - Hen Harrier
Ludham Airfield - Hen Harrier
Wednesday 13 January 2021
Snettisham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, Little Stint
Buckenham - 6 Taiga Bean Geese
Ormesby Broad - Slavonian Grebe
Thornham - 4 Twite, Spotted Redshank
Holme - 6 White-fronted Geese
Breydon Water - White-fronted Goose
Ketteringham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Longwater
Cley - 12 Snow Buntings
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Winterton - 2 Common Cranes
Tuesday 12 January 2021
Snettisham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, 3 Waxwings, Short-eared Owl
Ormesby Broad - Slavonian Grebe
Thornham - 1+ Twite
Bayfield Hall - 42 White-fronted Geese
Caister - 4 White-fronted Geese flew S
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Hickling Broad - 9 Common Cranes
Melton Constable - 4 Hawfinches
Monday 11 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull
Arminghall - 2 Waxwings flew S
Weybourne - 2 Velvet Scoters
California - Great Northern Diver flew S
Buckenham - 30 White-fronted Geese
Bayfield Hall - 5 White-fronted Geese
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Sunday 10 January 2021
Snettisham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
California - Iceland Gull flew N
Northrepps - Little Gull
Ludham - 2+ Bewick’s Swans
Burnham Overy - 3 Snow Geese of uncertain origin
Walsey Hills - 61 White-fronted Geese
Surlingham Church Marsh - 12 White-fronted Geese
Bayfield Hall - 6 White-fronted Geese
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Halvergate - 2 Cattle Egrets
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Sheringham - Purple Sandpiper
Saturday 9 January 2021
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Marham Broad - Glossy Ibis flew W
Cley - 5 Velvet Scoters, 10 Snow Buntings
Potter Heigham - 2 Water Pipits, 200 White-fronted Geese, 6 Common Cranes, 2 Hen Harriers
Northrepps - Little Gull
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Friday 8 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull, 22 White-fronted Geese
Holme - Water Pipit
Bayfield Hall - 45 White-fronted Geese
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Thursday 7 January 2021
Winterton - Iceland Gull, Velvet Scoter
Weybourne - 6 Velvet Scoters, Great Northern Diver
Gorleston - Velvet Scoter
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Wednesday 6 January 2021
Sheringham - Iceland Gull flew past
Weybourne - 2 Velvet Scoters, Black-throated Diver flew E
Winterton - 2 Velvet Scoters
Snettisham - Little Stint, 2 Short-eared Owls
Holt - Black Redstart
Thornham Harbour - Spotted Redshank
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Bayfield Hall - 59 White-fronted Geese
Holme - 6 White-fronted Geese, Long-tailed Duck flew W
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Surlingham Church Marsh - Bittern
Tuesday 5 January 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, 5 Velvet Scoters
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Gorleston - Iceland Gull flew N
Winterton - Velvet Scoter
Bayfield Hall - 55 White-fronted Geese
Cantley - 6 White-fronted Geese
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Monday 4 January 2021
Snettisham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, Little Stint
Filby Broad - Smew, Long-tailed Duck
Cley - Velvet Scoter flew W
Weybourne - Little Gull flew W
Runcton Holme - Bean Goose sp, Great White Egret
Buckenham - 20 White-fronted Geese
Letheringsett - 8 White-fronted Geese
Ludham Airfield - 5 Bewick’s Swans, 36 Whooper Swans
Welney - 5 Cattle Egrets
Billockby - 7+ Common Cranes
King’s Lynn - released White-tailed Eagle
Sunday 3 January 2021
Snettisham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, Little Stint
Buckenham - 4+ Taiga Bean Geese, 68 White-fronted Geese
Kelling Heath - Waxwing, Bewick’s Swan flew E
Cley - Iceland Gull, 2 Velvet Scoters, Caspian Gull, 17 Snow Buntings
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Horsey - 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Ludham Airfield - 28 Whooper Swans
Holkham - 6 Cattle Egrets, 6 White-fronted Geese
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Billockby - 12 Common Cranes
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Wolferton - released White-tailed Eagle
Saturday 2 January 2021
Snettisham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, Little Stint, 2 Short-eared Owls, released White-tailed Eagle
Buckenham - 6 Taiga Bean Geese, 70 White-fronted Geese
Kelling Heath - Waxwing
High Kelling - Waxwing
Cley - Iceland Gull, 18 Snow Buntings
Weybourne - Iceland Gull, Red-necked Grebe, White-fronted Goose
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Holme - 3 Velvet Scoter flew past, 6 White-fronted Geese
Blakeney - 1+ Tundra Bean Geese, Pale-bellied Brent, Water Pipit
Horsey - 6 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret
Cantley - 8 White-fronted Geese
Ketteringham - Caspian Gull
Welney - 9 Cattle Egrets
Holkham - 6 Cattle Egrets
Hingham - Great White Egret, 8 Whooper Swans flew W
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Friday 1 January 2021
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Snettisham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, Yellow-browed Warbler, Little Stint, released White-tailed Eagle
Cantley - 6 Taiga Bean Geese
Kelling Heath - Waxwing
Kelling/Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Winterton - Iceland Gull
Filby Broad - Smew
Ormesby Broad - Slavonian Grebe, Bittern
Holkham - 3 Velvet Scoters, Long-tailed Duck, 46 Snow Buntings, 82 White-fronted Geese, 10 Cattle Egrets
Cley - 4 Velvet Scoters flew W, 4 White-fronted Geese, 14 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier
Hunstanton - Velvet Scoter flew past
Honing - 4 Tundra Bean Geese
Horsey - 3 Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret, Snow Bunting
Hickling Broad - Water Pipit, Great White Egret, 5 Common Cranes, 200 White-fronted Geese, Hen Harrier
Thornham - Twite
Eccles - 27 Snow Buntings
Welney - 6 Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret
Nar Valley Fisheries - 5 Great White Egrets, Bittern
Haddiscoe - 2 Great White Egrets
Hingham - Great White Egret
Earlham Marsh - Great White Egret
Colney GPs - Great White Egret
Lynford - 2 Hawfinches
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier