Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for April 2025
Thursday 24 April 2025
Salthouse - American Wigeon,
Langham - Common Rosefinch
Burnham Overy - Hoopoe
Cley - Glossy Ibis
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers, Garganey
Welney - 2 Garganey
Titchwell - Little Gull, 2 Turtle Doves
Caister - Hooded Crow
Wednesday 23 April 2025
Winterton - CRAG MARTIN briefly early am only
Salthouse - American Wigeon, Glossy Ibis, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Burnham Overy - Hoopoe
Hickling - 3 Garganey
Burnham Norton - 2 Garganey
Cawston Heath - 2 Ring Ouzels
Salthouse Heath - Turtle Dove at Swan Lodge
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Salthouse - American Wigeon
Cley - Glossy Ibis
Hickling - 2+ Garganey
Hockwold - 2 Garganey
Winterton - Hooded Crow flew S
Plus Ring Ouzels at Grimston Warren (5), Cawston Heath (4)
Monday 21 April 2025
Salthouse - American Wigeon, Long-tailed Duck on sea
Burnham Overy - Black Redstart
Hardley Staithe - Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl
Hickling - 2 Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Sheringham - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Plus Ring Ouzels at Roydon Common (6), Snettisham CP (4), Cawston Heath (4), Saxlingham, Holme, Beeston Bump
Sunday 20 April 2025
Glandford - BOOTED EAGLE flew W
Cley - Glossy Ibis
Hickling - 4 Garganey
Welney - 3 Garganey, Bewicks Swan, White Stork of uncertain origin
Titchwell - 1+ Little Gulls
Burnham Deepdale - Little Gull
Whitlingham CP - Caspian Gull
Burgh Castle - 4 Spotted Redshanks
Salthouse - Long-tailed Duck on sea
Sheringham - Black Tern flew E
Plus Ring Ouzels at Roydon Common (5), Cawston Heath (3), Knapton, New Buckenham Common, Dickleburgh Moor
Saturday 19 April 2025
Cley - Glossy Ibis, Pale-bellied Brent
Hickling - 2+ Garganey
Welney - 1+ Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Plus Ring Ouzels at Cawston Heath (3), Weybourne Camp (3), Eastgate (3), Salthouse (2), Beeston Bump (2), Holme, Horsey, Waxham
Friday 18 April 2025
Cley - American Wigeon, Glossy Ibis
Horsey - Glaucous Gull, Ring Ouzel
Kelling WM - 4 Ring Ouzels, Common Crane flew W; Velvet Scoter on sea
Titchwell - Black Redstart, Turtle Dove, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Waxham - Black Redstart
Hemsby - Black Redstart
Hickling - 3 Garganey
Sheringham - Osprey flew over
Plus Ring Ouzels at Salthouse (5), Holme (2), Cawston Heath (2), Roydon Common (2), Wymondham, Cromer, West Runton
Thursday 17 April 2025
Kelling WM - American Wigeon, 3 Ring Ouzels
Winterton - Hoopoe
Welney - Roseate Tern, 3 Garganey
Hickling - 3 Garganey
Cley - 1+ White-fronted Geese
Plus Ring Ouzels at Salthouse (3), Billingford, Weybourne Camp
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Winterton - Hoopoe
Welney - Roseate Tern, 2 Garganey, Caspian Gull, Spotted Redshank
Cley - Glossy Ibis, 2 Caspian Gulls, 2 White-fronted Geese
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Hickling - 3 Garganey
Titchwell - 3 Velvet Scoter on sea
Plus Ring Ouzels at Salthouse (3), Hardley Street, High Kelling, Grimes Graves
Tuesday 15 April 2025
Winterton - 2 Hoopoes
Blofield Heath - Hoopoe
Setchey - Blue-headed Wagtail
Cawston Heath - 2 Ring Ouzels
Cley - 2 Garganey
Welney - 2 Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Blakeney Point - Garganey flew past
Nar Valley Fisheries - 2 White-fronted Geese
Breydon Water - Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - 2 Long-tailed Ducks flew W
Monday 14 April 2025
Beeston Bump - BOOTED EAGLE flew NW, Red-rumped Swallow, Ring Ouzel, White-tailed Eagle flew W
Whitlingham CP - Black Kite flew S
Hickling - Purple Heron, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Strumpshaw - Glossy Ibis
Horsey - Wryneck
Setchey Common - 2 Blue-headed Wagtails
Cley - 3+ Garganey, 4 White-fronted Geese, Caspian Gull
Earsham GP - Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Nar Valley Fisheries - 2 White-fronted Geese
Plus Ring Ouzels at Weybourne Camp (3), Beeston Common (2), East Rudham, West Rudham, Salthouse, Kelling WM
Plus Black Redstarts at Waxham (2), Overstrand, Cawston Heath, Snettisham CP, Sheringham
Sunday 13 April 2025
Cley - Glossy Ibis, 2 White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Common Swift
Hickling - 2 Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Welney - 2 Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Nar Valley Fisheries - 2 White-fronted Geese
Plus Ring Ouzels at Cawston Heath (4), Cromer GC (2), East Rudham
Plus Black Redstarts at Cart Gap
Saturday 12 April 2025
Welney - Glossy Ibis, 3 Spotted Redshanks
Cley - Glossy Ibis, 2 White-fronted Geese
Holme - Ring Ouzel, Black Redstart
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Plus Ring Ouzels at Upton Broad (2), Muckleburgh Hill (2), Cromer, East Rudham, Weybourne, Potter Heigham
Plus Black Redstarts at Kelling Heath, Hapoisburgh, Waxham
Plus Little Gulls through Hockwold (35), Whitlingham CP (20+), Cantley (6), Ranworth
Friday 11 April 2025
Blakeney Point - Hoopoe, Ring Ouzel
Welney - Glossy Ibis, 3 Garganey
Cley - Glossy Ibis, 2 White-fronted Geese
Kelling Heath - Wryneck
Haddiscoe - Water Pipit
Denver Sluice - Water Pipit
Downham Market - Blue-headed Wagtail
Hickling - 5 Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Salthouse - Long-tailed Duck on sea
West Walton - White Stork of uncertain origin flew S
Plus Ring Ouzels at East Rudham (2), Weybourne, Titchwell
Plus Black Redstarts at Waxham, West Runton, Sheringham
Thursday 10 April 2025
Overstrand - Hoopoe flew W, Ring Ouzel
Great Yarmouth - probable White-spotted Bluethroat singing
Cley - Glossy Ibis, 2 Garganey
Hickling - 2+ Garganey
Welney - Garganey, Caspian Gull
Earlham Marsh - Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Sheringham - Black Redstart
Holt - Black Redstart
Salthouse - 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Plus Ring Ouzels at Holkham, Cromer, Holme, Weybourne Camp
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Welney - Green-winged Teal, 3 Garganey
Earlham Marsh - Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey, Hen Harrier
Weybourne - Ring Ouzel
Overstrand - Black Redstart
Cley - Pale-bellied Brent
Plus Ring Ouzels at Holkham (4), Dersingham, Roydon Common, Cromer GC, North Creake
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Welney - Green-winged Teal, 4 Garganey, 5 Spotted Redshanks
Earlham Marsh - Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Weybourne - Ring Ouzel
Wells North Point - Blue-headed Wagtail
Reepham - Black Redstart
Felbrigg - Black Redstart
Kelling - Hooded Crow flew E
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Nar Valley Fisheries - 2 White-fronted Geese
Monday 7 April 2025
Welney - Green-winged Teal, 2 Garganey, Hen Harrier
Hickling - 5 Garganey, Hen Harrier
Earlham Marsh - Garganey
Colney GPs - 2 Little Gulls
Whitlingham CP - Little Gull
Weybourne - Ring Ouzel, Black Redstart
Titchwell - 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Plus Ring Ouzels at Snettisham CP (2), Roydon Common, Bale
Sunday 6 April 2025
Welney - Green-winged Teal
Holkham - 6 Shorelarks
Morston - Glossy Ibis
Thornham - Glossy Ibis flew E
Winterton - Glaucous Gull
Hickling - 4 Garganey
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, 3 Little Gulls
Nar Valley Fisheries - 2 White-fronted Geese
Buckenham - Spotted Redshank
Saturday 5 April 2025
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis, Shorelark, 4 Garganey
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Cley - Glossy Ibis
Winterton - Ring Ouzel
Burnham Market - Black Redstart
Hickling - 3 Garganey, 4 Little Gulls
Welney - 2 Garganey, Spotted Redshank
East Carleton - Wood Sandpiper
Buckenham - Water Pipit
Titchwell - Caspian Gull
Holkham - White Stork (ringed) of unknown origin then flew off
Friday 4 April 2025
Holt Lowes - Hoopoe
Holme - Shorelark, Black Redstart
Breydon Water - Shorelark
Weybourne - Black Redstart
Hickling - 3 Garganey
Hockwold - 2 Garganey
Welney - Garganey, Little Gull
Haddiscoe - Water Pipit
Thursday 3 April 2025
Holkham - 4 Shorelarks
Great Yarmouth - Shorelark at Loughlin’s Marsh
Snettisham - Black Redstart
Wells Woods - Black Redstart
Hickling - 3 Garganey, Bewicks Swan
Buckenham - Garganey
Titchwell - Hen Harrier
Burnham Norton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Stiffkey - White Stork of uncertain origin flew W
Wednesday 2 April 2025
Croxton - Black Kite flew S
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Holkham - 6 Shorelarks
Holme - Black Redstart, 2 Garganey
Hickling - 3 Garganey
Welney - Garganey, Hen Harrier
Buckenham - Garganey
Pensthorpe - Common Crane flew N
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Holkham - 4+ Shorelarks
Holme - Black Redstart, 2 Garganey
Hickling - 3 Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Welney - Garganey, White-fronted Goose
Buckenham - Garganey
Nar Valley Fisheries - 2 White-fronted Geese