Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for February 2025
Friday 21 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Horsey - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks
Old Hunstanton - 5 Shorelarks
Heacham - 11+ Snow Buntings
Strumpshaw - Water Pipit
Snettisham - Scaup
Sea Palling - Hen Harrier
Hickling - Cattle Egret
Cley - 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Kelling - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck, 2+ Velvet Scoter on sea
Thursday 20 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Thornham Harbour - Glaucous Gull
Old Hunstanton - 4+ Shorelarks
Heacham - 11+ Snow Buntings
Welney - 5 Tundra Bean Geese
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Titchwell - 2 Hen Harriers; Long-tailed Duck, 2+ Velvet Scoter on sea
Kelling - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Snettisham - Scaup, Hawfinch, 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 30+ White-fronted Geese
Dersingham - Waxwing
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff
Heacham - 13 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit; Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter on sea
Welney - 117 Bewicks Swans
Cley - 5 Bewicks Swans
Somerton Holmes - Tundra Bean Goose, 7 White-fronted Geese
Binham - 8 White-fronted Geese
Foulsham - Hawfinch
Hopton - 5 Purple Sandpipers
Holkham - Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, 3+ Velvet Scoter on sea
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Snettisham - Black Brant, Scaup
Dersingham - Waxwing
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks
Heacham - 10+ Snow Buntings
Cley - 4 Water Pipits; Long-tailed Duck on sea
Hickling - Water Pipit
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese, 26+ Bewicks Swans
Kelling - Jack Snipe
Binham - 9 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme
Didlington - Ruddy Shelduck
Lynford - 2 Hawfinch
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck, Velvet Scoter on sea
Monday 17 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Snettisham - Black Brant, Scaup, 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 30+ White-fronted Geese
Dersingham - Waxwing
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks
Winterton - Glaucous Gull flew N
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks
Heacham - 11+ Snow Buntings
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese, 21 Bewicks Swans, Caspian Gull
Binham - 9 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 38+ White-fronted Geese
Foulden - Ruddy Shelduck
Lynford - 2 Hawfinch
Whitlingham CP - Caspian Gull
Walpole St Peter - Hen Harrier
Titchwell - 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Sunday 16 February 2025
Wells - PALLID HARRIER, flew E over North Point
Snettisham - 2 Black Brants, Scaup, 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 44 White-fronted Geese
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks, 13 Snow Buntings
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks; 7 Velvet Scoters on sea
Heacham - 10+ Snow Buntings
Hickling - Water Pipit
Neatishead - Black Redstart
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese, 20+ Bewicks Swans
Binham - 9 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 23 White-fronted Geese
Swanton Morley GPs - Scaup
Cley - 10 White-fronted Geese
Lynford - 7 Hawfinch
Whitlingham CP - Caspian Gull
Rockland Broad - Hen Harrier
Titchwell - 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, 1+ Velvet Scoter on sea
Weybourne - 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Saturday 15 February 2025
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Cley - 2 Glossy Ibises flew W
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks, 3+ Snow Buntings
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese, Bewicks Swan
Burnham Overy - Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe
Whitlingham CP - Caspian Gull
Snettisham - Scaup, 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 60 White-fronted Geese
Binham - 9 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 37 White-fronted Geese
Foulden - Ruddy Shelduck
Lynford - Hawfinch
Titchwell - 1+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Friday 14 February 2025
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks; Long-tailed Duck on sea
Heacham - 15 Snow Buntings
Salthouse - 5 Snow Buntings flew E
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese, 10 Bewicks Swans
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Holkham - Tundra Bean Goose
Snettisham - Scaup, 22 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 60 White-fronted Geese
Binham - 9 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 15 White-fronted Geese
Warham Greens - 2 Hen Harriers
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Thursday 13 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Old Hunstanton - 5 Shorelarks
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks, 5 Velvet Scoters
Heacham - 17 Snow Buntings
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese, Bewicks Swan
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Snettisham - 22 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 53 White-fronted Geese
Warham - 9 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 27 White-fronted Geese
Cley - Long-tailed Duck
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck
Sheringham - Long-tailed Duck flew W
Wednesday 12 February 2025
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks
Heacham - 18 Snow Buntings
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff
Cley - 3 Water Pipits, Caspian Gull, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Berney Marshes - Tundra Bean Goose
Snettisham - 21 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 50 White-fronted Geese
Binham - 9 Lesser White-fronted Geese of uncertain origin, 37 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - 20 White-fronted Geese
Didlington - Ruddy Shelduck
Titchwell - Spotted Redshank
Warham Greens - 2 Hen Harriers
Tuesday 11 February 2025
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5+ Shorelarks
Holkham - 17 Snow Buntings
Heacham - 18+ Snow Buntings
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Tundra Bean Geese
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Horsey - 5 Tundra Bean Geese, 5 White-fronted Geese
Snettisham - Tundra Bean Goose, 22 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 12 White-fronted Geese
Didlington - 2 Ruddy Shelducks
Titchwell - 1+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Monday 10 February 2025
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5+ Shorelarks
Horsey - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks, 20 Snow Buntings; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Heacham - 16 Snow Buntings
Hickling - Water Pipit
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Snettisham - 22 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 12+ White-fronted Geese
Warham Greens - Hen Harrier
Sunday 9 February 2025
Thornham - Black Brant, Glaucous Gull
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5+ Shorelarks
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks, 2+ Snow Buntings; 3+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Heacham - 17 Snow Buntings
Holme - 20+ Snow Buntings
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff
Hickling - Water Pipit, Hen Harrier
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 5 Bewicks Swans
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull
Snettisham - 22 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 9+ White-fronted Geese
Thetford - Caspian Gull
West Caister - Hen Harrier
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Sheringham - Long-tailed Duck flew W
Saturday 8 February 2025
Thornham - Black Brant, Glaucous Gull
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 6 Shorelarks, 12+ Snow Buntings
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks, 25 Snow Buntings; Long-tailed Duck flew east
Heacham - 14 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 6+ Snow Buntings; Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, 8 Velvet Scoters on sea
Welney - Water Pipit, Black-necked Grebe, 1+ Bewicks Swans
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull
Snettisham - 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 40 White-fronted Geese
Hickling - 350 White-fronted Geese flew over
Halvergate - 1+ White-fronted Geese
Lynford - 2 Hawfinch
Foulsham - Hawfinch
Thetford - Caspian Gull
St Benet’s - Hen Harrier
Eccles - Black Guillemot flew S
Salthouse - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Sea Palling - 2 Velvet Scoters
Friday 7 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Thornham - Black Brant
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks, 2 Caspian Gulls
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks, 50 White-fronted Goose
Heacham - 12 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit; 7 Velvet Scoters on sea
Welney - Black-necked Grebe
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Barton Broad - Great Northern Diver
Reedham - 2 Bewicks Swans
Snettisham - 7+ Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 35+ White-fronted Geese, Scaup
Lynford - Hawfinch
Thursday 6 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, Hen Harrier
Thornham - Black Brant, Glaucous Gull
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 5 Shorelarks, 12 Snow Buntings
Holkham - 8 Shorelarks
Heacham - 20 Snow Buntings
Great Yarmouth - 4 Black Redstarts
Welney - Black-necked Grebe
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull
Methwold - 6 Bewicks Swans
Ingham - 4 Bewicks Swans
Snettisham - 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme
Lynford - Hawfinch
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck, 6 Velvet Scoters on sea
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Thornham - Black Brant, Glaucous Gull, Hen Harrier
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff
Old Hunstanton - 6 Shorelarks, 12 Snow Buntings
Heacham - 22 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Spoonbill, Spotted Redshank; Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, 5+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Wiveton - Water Pipit
Great Yarmouth - 5 Black Redstarts
Welney - Black-necked Grebe
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Hickling - Slavonian Grebe
Snettisham - 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 3 White-fronted Geese
Buckenham - 80+ White-fronted Geese
Halvergate - 8 White-fronted Geese, Hen Harrier
Gunton Park - 7+ White-fronted Geese
Holkham - 5 White-fronted Geese
Halvergate - Hen Harrier
Burgh Castle - Hen Harrier
Lynford - Hawfinch
Cley - 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Tuesday 4 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, Hen Harrier
Thornham - Black Brant, Hen Harrier
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 6 Shorelarks, 5+ Snow Buntings
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, Bewicks Swan, Water Pipit
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull
Hickling - Slavonian Grebe
Snettisham - 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 12 White-fronted Geese, 22 Snow Buntings
Holkham - 85 White-fronted Geese
Halvergate - Hen Harrier
Burgh Castle - Hen Harrier
Lynford - Hawfinch
Titchwell - Spotted Redshank; Long-tailed Duck, 5+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Cley - 2 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Monday 3 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Thornham - Black Brant
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 6 Shorelarks
Holkham - 8 Shorelark, 20 White-fronted Geese
Cley - Snow Bunting; 6 Long-tailed Ducks on sea
Titchwell - Water Pipit; Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck, 3+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull
Hickling - Slavonian Grebe
Snettisham - 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme
Buckenham - 33 White-fronted Geese
Sunday 2 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, Hen Harrier
Thornham - Black Brant
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 6 Shorelarks, 1+ Snow Buntings, 3 Twite flew over
Waxham - Glaucous Gull
Holkham - 8 Shorelark
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank, Hen Harrier; Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, 6 Velvet Scoters on sea
Welney - Black-necked Grebe
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe, Caspian Gull
Hickling - 3 Water Pipits, Slavonian Grebe
Snettisham - 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 8+ White-fronted Geese, Hawfinch
Fritton - 2 Short-eared Owls, 2 Hen Harriers
Brancaster Staithe - Hen Harrier
Lynford - 5 Hawfinches
Cley - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Weybourne - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Saturday 1 February 2025
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Thornham - Black Brant
Old Hunstanton - Glaucous Gull, 6 Shorelarks, 30+ Snow Buntings
Holkham - 8 Shorelark, 114 White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Water Pipit; Long-tailed Duck, 1+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Welney - Black-necked Grebe, 15 Bewick’s Swans, Spotted Redshank
Whitlingham CP - Red-necked Grebe
Hickling - Slavonian Grebe
Snettisham - 24 Lesser White-fronted Geese from Swedish reintroduction scheme, 12+ White-fronted Geese
Halvergate - 2+ White-fronted Geese
Strumpshaw - Hen Harrier
Foulsham - Hawfinch
Cley - 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 5+ Velvet Scoter on sea