Norfolk Birding News

Birding news for August 2026

Monday 31 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Red-backed Shrike
Titchwell - Spotted Crake, 4 Little Stints, Short-eared Owl
Holkham - Montagu’s Harrier, Honey Buzzard
Salthouse/Kelling - 3 Glossy Ibis
Blakeney Point - Wryneck, 2 Black Terns flew W
West Runton - Wryneck
Snettisham CP - Wryneck
Cley - 18 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Garganey, Caspian Gull
Snettisham - 3 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Spotted Redshanks, Black Tern
Breydon Water - 3 Little Stints, Spotted Redshank, 6 Caspian Gulls
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints
Cantley BF - Spotted Redshank
Filby Broad - Ferruginous Duck of uncertain origin
Cromer - 1+ Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - 2 Caspian Gulls

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Sunday 30 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, 2 Red-backed Shrikes
Titchwell - Spotted Crake, 3 Little Stints
Salthouse/Kelling - 4 Glossy Ibis
Blakeney Point - Wryneck
West Runton - Wryneck
Cley - Pectoral Sandpiper, 17 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpipers, Garganey
Snettisham - Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 6 Spotted Redshanks
Setchey - 2 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper
Filby Broad - Ferruginous Duck of uncertain origin
Cantley BF - 2 Black Terns
Rockland Broad - 2 Black Terns
Hockwold Washes - Honey Buzzard flew over
Cromer - 4 Caspian Gulls

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Saturday 29 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Red-backed Shrike
Wells North Point - Red-necked Phalarope, Curlew Sandpiper
Titchwell - Spotted Crake, 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Blakeney Point - Wryneck
Cley - 12 Little Stints, Stone Curlew
Holme - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - Garganey

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Friday 28 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Wells North Point - Red-necked Phalarope, 4 Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - Spotted Crake, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Caspian Gull
Breydon Water - Sabine’s Gull
Blakeney Point - 2 Wrynecks
Snettisham - Wryneck
Walsey Hills - Red-backed Shrike
Cley - 14 Curlew Sandpipers, 16 Little Stints, 4 Black Terns flew W
Salthouse - 2 Little Stints
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper

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Thursday 27 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Wells North Point - Red-necked Phalarope, 4 Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - Spotted Crake, 7 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint
Blakeney Point - 1+ Wryneck,  2 Black Terns
Snettisham - Wryneck
Cley - 5 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Little Stints, 2 Wood Sandpipers
Burnham Overy Staithe - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints
Salthouse - 2 Little Stints
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
West Runton - 2 Caspian Gulls
Hopton on Sea - Caspian Gull, 3 Black Terns flew S

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Wednesday 26 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Wells North Point - Red-necked Phalarope, 3 Glossy Ibis
Kelling WM - Common Rosefinch, 1+ Glossy Ibis
Blakeney Point - Melodious Warbler, Icterine Warbler, 2 Wryneck, White-winged Black Tern
Warham Greens - Wood Warbler
Burnham Overy Dunes - Barred Warbler
Horsey - Wryneck
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper

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Tuesday 25 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Wells North Point - Red-necked Phalarope
Kelling WM/Salthouse - 1+ Glossy Ibis, Wryneck, Lapland Bunting flew W
Blakeney Point - Wryneck
Horsey - Wryneck
West Runton - Red-backed Shrike
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Plus Caspian Gulls at Cromer (6), Gorleston (3)

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Monday 24 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Wells North Point - Red-necked Phalarope, 2 Glossy Ibis
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Pomarine Skua flew W
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper
Plus Caspian Gulls at Cromer (8)

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Sunday 23 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Salthouse - 2 Glossy Ibis
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Spotted Redshank
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, 1+ Caspian Gulls, Pomarine Skua flew W
Setchey - Wood Sandpiper
Plus Caspian Gulls at Cromer (6), Titchwell

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Saturday 22 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Salthouse - 2 Glossy Ibis
Wells North Point - 2 Glossy Ibis
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, 3+ Caspian Gulls, Cory’s Shearwater flew E
Sheringham - 3 Cory’s Shearwaters flew past
Holme - 2 Long-tailed Skuas flew past
Plus Caspian Gulls at Burnham Norton, Titchwell

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Friday 21 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Salthouse/Kelling - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - Glossy Ibis, Spotted Redshank
Cley - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, Little Gull, Caspian Gull; Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua flew E
Titchwell - Wood Sandpiper
Sheringham - 3 Caspian Gulls; Long-tailed Skua
Scolt Head - Cory’s Shearwater flew W
Walcott - Caspian Gull

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Thursday 20 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Wells North Point - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Cley - 2 Garganey
Hockwold Washes - 2 Garganey
Breydon Water - Spotted Redshank
Plus Caspian Gulls at Gorleston (4), Weybourne (2)

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Wednesday 19 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - Roseate Tern
Salthouse - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Caspian Gulls

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Tuesday 18 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Kelling WM - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Snettisham - 4 Glossy Ibis flew over
Cley - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Downham Market - 2 Spotted Redshanks flew S
Cromer - 8 Caspian Gulls
Weybourne - Caspian Gull

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Monday 17 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Kelling WM - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - Glossy Ibis
Pensthorpe - Spotted Redshank
Sheringham - 5 Caspian Gulls
Weybourne - Caspian Gull

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Sunday 16 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - Roseate Tern, 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - 2 Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Welney - Glossy Ibis
Wells N Point - Little Stint
Plus Caspian Gulls at Cromer, Great Yarmouth, Weybourne, Titchwell, Walcott

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Saturday 15 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - White-winged Black Tern, Roseate Tern, Black Tern
Sea Palling - Red-backed Shrike
Kelling WM - 2 Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Welney - 1+ Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Cley - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Stone Curlew, 2 Caspian Gulls
Titchwell - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 5 Caspian Gulls

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Friday 14 August 2026

Breydon Water - CASPIAN TERN
Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - 2 Roseate Terns, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Welney - 1+ Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Cley - 2 Wood Sandpipers, 1+ Pied Flycatchers
Cromer - 6 Caspian Gulls
Lynford - Hawfinch
Honing - Honey Buzzard flew N

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Thursday 13 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - Roseate Tern, Curlew Sandpiper
Welney - 1+ Glossy Ibis
Cley - Jack Snipe
Cantley - Wood Sandpiper

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Wednesday 12 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Quail
Snettisham - Little Stint, Black Tern
Cley - Little Stint, 3 Wood Sandpipers
Great Massingham - Quail
Cromer - 8 Caspian Gulls

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Tuesday 11 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - Roseate Tern
Salthouse - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - Glossy Ibis, 2 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 6 Caspian Gulls, Hooded Crow
Kings Lynn - Caspian Gull
Plus Honey Buzzards flew over West Beckham, Wymondham

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Monday 10 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Quail
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - Wood Sandpiper

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Sunday 9 August 2026

Horsey - BLACK STORK, then flew S over Ormesby St Margaret
Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Quail
Snettisham - Roseate Tern
Cley - Jack Snipe, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Caspian Gulls

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Saturday 8 August 2026

Horsey - BLACK STORK
Burgh Castle - BLACK STORK
Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Quail
Winterton - Montagu’s Harrier
Snettisham - Roseate Tern
Welney - 2 Glossy Ibis
Kelling WM - 2 Glossy Ibis
Cley - Jack Snipe, Little Stint, Caspian Gull
Salthouse - Bee-eater (heard only) flew over
Titchwell - Little Stint, 2 Caspian Gulls

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Friday 7 August 2026

Horsey - BLACK STORK
Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Quail
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper
Gressenhall - Red-footed Falcon flew over
Welney - 2 Glossy Ibis
Cley - Jack Snipe
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Sheringham - Honey Buzzard flew over
Dersingham - Honey Buzzard flew over

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Thursday 6 August 2026

Winterton - BLACK STORK
Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE, Quail
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper
Kelling WM - 2 Glossy Ibis
Cley - Jack Snipe, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 6 Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Strumpshaw - Honey Buzzard flew over

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Wednesday 5 August 2026

Winterton/Horsey - BLACK STORK, 2 Wood Sandpipers
Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper
Welney - 2 Glossy Ibis
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper

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Tuesday 4 August 2026

Acle - 2 BLACK STORKS
Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, 1+ Little Stints
Holme - Icterine Warbler
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Breydon Water - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Sheringham - 10 Caspian Gulls

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Monday 3 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Breydon Water - MARSH SANDPIPER, Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Jack Snipe, 2 Caspian Gulls
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Breydon Water - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Snettisham - Caspian Gull

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Sunday 2 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints
Titchwell - 3 Glossy Ibis, Curlew Sandpiper
Kelling WM - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - 2 Glossy Ibis
Geldeston - Bee-eater flew E
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Jack Snipe, 2 Glossy Ibis flew E
Sherupingham - Caspian Gull

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Saturday 1 August 2026

Sea Palling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Breydon Water - MARSH SANDPIPER
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper
Kelling WM - 2 Glossy Ibis
Welney - 2 Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper
Cley - Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Jack Snipe, Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Gull
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Cromer - 6 Caspian Gulls
Plus Caspian Gulls at Sheringham, Pensthorpe (2), Kings Lynn

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