Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for October 2024
Thursday 31 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Beeston Bump - Barred Warbler
Old Hunstanton - 7 Shorelarks
Holme - Jack Snipe, 2 Dartford Warblers
Titchwell - Jack Snipe, 11 Snow Buntings; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Hickling - Hen Harrier
Plus Hawfinch flew over Hellesdon
Wednesday 30 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit; 5 Velvet Scoters on sea, Scaup flew W
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Beeston Bump - Barred Warbler
Great Yarmouth - Glossy Ibis, 3 Black Redstarts
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Holme - Jack Snipe
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 20 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Slavonian Grebe, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Eccles - 8 Snow Buntings
Waxham - Black Redstart
Hunstanton - Purple Sandpiper
Breydon Water - Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Plus Hawfinch flew over Norwich, Brandiston, Hethersett
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 4 Water Pipits, 2 Little Gulls, White-fronted Goose; 5 Velvet Scoters on sea, Long-tailed Duck flew E
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Buckenham - Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Water Pipits
Wells North Point - Barred Warbler
Beeston Bump - Barred Warbler
Hickling - Glossy Ibis, 2 Scaup, Ring Ouzel
Holme - Water Pipit, Snow Bunting, Jack Snipe
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Jack Snipe; Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Waxham - Black Redstart; Velvet Scoter flew past
Old Hunstanton - Black Redstart
Barrow Common - Hawfinch
Holkham - 2 Hawfinch flew over
Winterton - Ring Ouzel, Hen Harrier
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Monday 28 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit; 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Buckenham - Lesser Yellowlegs
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - 3 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier; Slavonian Grebe on sea
Holkham - 2 Snow Buntings
Old Hunstanton - Black Redstart
Strumpshaw - Hawfinch flew S
Whitlingham CP - Caspian Gull
St Benet’s - Hen Harrier
Sheringham - 4 Velvet Scoters flew E
Cromer - 3 Velvet Scoters flew E
Sunday 27 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Twite flew over; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Buckenham - Lesser Yellowlegs, Garganey
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Holme - 6 Shorelarks, Water Pipit, Scaup; Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe on sea
Strumpshaw - Lapland Bunting flew over, Jack Snipe
Norwich - Lapland Bunting flew over
Titchwell - 2 Snow Buntings flew W, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Jack Snipe, escaped Black-winged Stilt; 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Brancaster - 2 Snow Buntings
Weybourne - Snow Bunting; 4 Velvet Scoters flew past
Snettisham CP - Snow Bunting
Beeston Regis - Black Redstart; Velvet Scoter flew past
Beeston Common - Hawfinch
Wiggenhall St Mary - Hawfinch flew over
Cromer - 2 Scaup flew W
Saturday 26 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Buckenham - Lesser Yellowlegs, Garganey
Welney - Pectoral Sandpiper reported
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Holme - Scaup; Slavonian Grebe on sea
Holkham - Lapland Bunting flew over
Titchwell - 2 Snow Buntings, 2 Jack Snipe, Hen Harrier; Slavonian Grebe on sea
Beeston Common - Hawfinch
Breydon Water - Spotted Redshank
Plus Yellow-browed Warbler at Wymondham
Friday 25 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Hempstead - BONAPARTE’S GULL flew over
Buckenham - Lesser Yellowlegs, Yellow-browed Warbler
Trimingham - Dusky Warbler
Welney - Green-winged Teal
Breydon Water - Siberian Chiffchaff
Weybourne - 2 Penduline Tits, then flew S
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Winterton - Richard’s Pipit flew over, Hen Harrier
Holkham - 7 Snow Buntings; 1+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Titchwell - 2 Water Pipits, 2 Caspian Gulls, Hen Harrier, 2 Spotted Redshanks, escaped Black-winged Stilt; 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Holme - Scaup
Caister - Scaup
Sea Palling - Velvet Scoter on sea
Beeston Common - Hawfinch
Brundall - 8 Hawfinches flew N
Gorleston - Hawfinch flew over
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Warham Greens - Hen Harrier
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Wells Woods, Norwich
Thursday 24 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Water Pipits; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea, Little Gull flew W
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Buckenham - Lesser Yellowlegs, Water Pipit, Garganey
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper
Holkham - reported Black Scoter appears to be a Common Scoter, 5 Velvet Scoters
Hickling - Glossy Ibis, 2+ Yellow-browed Warblers, Black Redstart, Hen Harrier
Holme - Lapland Bunting flew over, Black Redstart, Scaup, Hen Harrier
Breydon Water - Yellow-browed Warbler, Caspian Gull
Titchwell - 2 Spotted Redshanks, escaped Black-winged Stilt; 4 Scaup, 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Hunstanton - 2 Hawfinches flew S
Plus Yellow-browed Warbler at Wells Woods
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit, Caspian Gull
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Buckenham - Lesser Yellowlegs, Garganey, 23 White-fronted Geese
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Spotted Redshanks, escaped Black-winged Stilt, Caspian Gull; 2 Slavonian Grebes on sea
Blakeney - Snow Bunting flew over Point, Hen Harrier over Freshes
Great Ellingham - 2 Ring Ouzels
Beeston Common - 1+ Hawfinches
Holkham - 4 Velvet Scoter on sea
Holme - Red-necked Grebe on sea
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Hickling (2)
Tuesday 22 October 2024
Holme - KENTISH PLOVER, 8 Shorelarks, Scaup, Jack Snipe, Short-eared Owl
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit, Caspian Gull
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Holkham - Yellow-browed Warbler; 3 Red-necked Grebes, Velvet Scoter on sea
Titchwell - Snow Bunting, Ring Ouzel, escaped Black-winged Stilt; Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Hunstanton - 3 Shorelarks flew over
Blakeney - 2 Water Pipits
Strumpshaw - 1+ Water Pipit
Beeston Common - 2 Hawfinches
Burnham Overy - Ruddy Shelduck
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Buckenham (2)
Monday 21 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Hickling - Glossy Ibis
Waxham - Yellow-browed Warbler, Hen Harrier
Titchwell - Snow Bunting; Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter on sea
Hunstanton - Shorelark flew S
Welney - Spotted Redshank
Holme - Scaup
Heacham - 3 Scaup flew S
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Walsey Hills, Holkham, Buckenham
Sunday 20 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, Yellow-browed Warbler
Coltishall - Rose-coloured Starling
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, Snow Bunting, Spotted Redshank; Black-throated Diver on sea
Buckenham - 2 Water Pipits
Holme - Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Water Pipit, Scaup; Red-necked Grebe on sea, Velvet Scoter flew past
Heacham - Black Redstart
Hickling - Spotted Redshank
Welney - Spotted Redshank
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Walsey Hills, Holkham, Happisburgh
Saturday 19 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Ashmanhaugh - Hoopoe
Weybourne Camp - Richard’s Pipit flew W
Holkham - Lapland Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler
Thompson Water - Garganey
Heacham - Black Redstart
North Point - Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank
Whitlingham - Caspian Gull
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Titchwell - Spotted Redshank, 2 Great Northern Divers flew W
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Buckenham (2+), Walsey Hills, Holme, Kelling, Wells Woods
Friday 18 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2+ Water Pipit; 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers
Wells Woods - 2+ Yellow-browed Warblers, Black Redstart
Titchwell - 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, 3 Ring Ouzels, 2 Snow Buntings, Hawfinch flew over
Buckenham - Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Water Pipits, 13 White-fronted Geese
Blakeney Point - Shorelark flew W
Heacham - Black Redstart
Beeston Common - Ring Ouzel
Sidestrand - Ring Ouzel
Holme - 1+ Jack Snipe
Salthouse - Short-eared Owl
East Wretham - Caspian Gull
Hickling - Little Gull
Hunstanton - 2 Velvet Scoters flew S
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham, Pensthorpe
Thursday 17 October 2024
Holme - OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT, Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Jack Snipe, Lapland Bunting flew W
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Shorelarks, Water Pipit; Black-throated Diver, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, Hen Harrier, 3+ Yellow-browed Warblers, Ring Ouzel
Breydon Water - American Golden Plover, Yellow-browed Warbler
Winterton - Pallas’s Warbler
Waxham - Pallas’s Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler
Mundesley - Richard’s Pipit flew NW
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers
Holkham - 4+ Yellow-browed Warblers, Eastern Lesser Whitethroat, Lapland Bunting flew over
Wells Woods - 2+ Yellow-browed Warblers, Black Redstart
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank
Great Yarmouth - 2+ Black Redstarts
Heacham - Black Redstart
Blakeney Point - Snow Bunting
Thorpe St Andrew - Hawfinch flew SW
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Welney - Spotted Redshank
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Hickling, West Beckham, Norwich, Buckenham
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Holkham - 2 SNOW GEESE (also at Burnham Thorpe, then flew W), Yellow-browed Warbler
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 1+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 4+Yellow-browed Warblers
Breydon Water - American Golden Plover
Winterton - Pallas’s Warbler
Holme - Common Rosefinch flew E, 1+ Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Jack Snipe, 2+ Ring Ouzels, Scaup
Beeston Bump - Richard’s Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler, Short-eared Owl
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler
Titchwell - 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, Ring Ouzel
Stiffkey - Yellow-browed Warbler, Ring Ouzel
Strumpshaw Fen - Hawfinch flew SW
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Hickling - Spotted Redshank
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Wells Woods (2), Northrepps, Harpley
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Breydon Water - American Golden Plover
Titchwell - Dotterel, Yellow-browed Warbler, Spotted Redshank, Hen Harrier
Holme - Yellow-browed Warbler, Jack Snipe
Blakeney Point - Yellow-browed Warbler, Black Redstart
Hunstanton - Black Redstart, 2 Shorelarks flew S
Great Yarmouth - 4+ Black Redstarts
Brancaster Staithe - Black Redstart
Strumpshaw Fen - 6 Water Pipits, Ring Ouzel flew W
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Walsey Hills, Sheringham, Hickling, Burnham Overy Dunes, East Somerton, Stiffkey, Winterton, Sidestrand, Marston Marsh
Monday 14 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Wells - LESSER YELLOWLEGS
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler
Titchwell - Dotterel, Yellow-browed Warbler, Shorelark, 2 Snow Buntings
Holme - Jack Snipe
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Hickling (2), Beeston Common (2), Castle Rising, Weybourne Camp, Holkham
Sunday 13 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Acle - American Golden Plover
Cley - Purple Heron flew W, 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Walsey Hills - Siberian Chiffchaff, Yellow-browed Warbler
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, Water Pipit, 2 Snow Buntings, escaped Black-winged Stilt
Holme - Water Pipit
Great Yarmouth - 7 Black Redstarts
Eccles - 2 Snow Buntings
Norwich - Hawfinch flew over
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Hickling (2), Hopton, Wells North Point
Saturday 12 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Burnham Overy Dunes - Ortolan Bunting
Titchwell - 2 Snow Buntings, Spotted Redshank, escaped Black-winged Stilt, Black-throated Diver on sea
Cley - 3 Snow Buntings flew W, Black-throated Diver on seat
Great Yarmouth - 3+ Black Redstarts
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Dersingham - 2 Hawfinches flew S
Burnham Norton - 14 Cattle Egrets
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Hickling (2), Walsey Hills, Nar Valley Fisheries, Gunton Park, Thetford Nunnery Lakes
Friday 11 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, Shorelark, 3 Snow Buntings
Burnham Overy Dunes - Lapland Bunting, Water Pipit
Great Yarmouth - 3 Black Redstarts
Hunstanton - 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Holme - Red-necked Grebe flew past
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Beeston Common (2), Holkham, Walsey Hills, Honing
Thursday 10 October 2024
Holme - Richard’s Pipit, Jack Snipe
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, Shorelark, 3 Snow Buntings
Great Yarmouth - 8 Black Redstarts
Cantley - Water Pipit
Winterton - Snow Bunting
Thornham - 27 Cattle Egrets
Sheringham - Sabines Gull, Pomarine Skua, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, Velvet Scoter flew past
Cley - Sabines Gull flew past
Cromer - 2 Long-tailed Skuas, Pomarine Skua flew past
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham (2), Beeston Regis (2), Beeston Common, Norwich
Wednesday 9 October 2024
Cromer - EASTERN STONECHAT
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
North Walsham - Hoopoe
Happisburgh - 2 Richard’s Pipits
Titchwell - 2 Shorelarks, Snow Bunting, Spotted Redshank
Wells Woods - Wood Warbler
Hunstanton - Purple Sandpiper, Scaup flew past
Burnham Norton - 9 Cattle Egrets
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham (2), Walsey Hills (2), Blakeney, Honing, Norwich, Kings Lynn, Gorleston
Tuesday 8 October 2024
Cromer - EASTERN STONECHAT
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
North Walsham - Hoopoe
Happisburgh - 2 Richard’s Pipits
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, 1+ Snow Buntings, Turtle Dove, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Wells Woods - Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Scaup
Sheringham - Caspian Gull
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Walsey Hills (2), Weybourne Camp, Strumpshaw Fen
Monday 7 October 2024
Winterton - ASIAN DESERT WARBLER, Honey Buzzard, Purple Sandpiper
Cromer - EASTERN STONECHAT
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, Yellow-browed Warbler
North Walsham - Hoopoe
Sheringham - Hoopoe
Happisburgh - 2 Richard’s Pipits, Yellow-browed Warbler, Honey Buzzard flew S
Wells Woods - Wood Warbler
Titchwell - 1+ Snow Buntings
Lynn Point - Hawfinch
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham (2), Walsey Hills, Weybourne Camp
Sunday 6 October 2024
Winterton - ASIAN DESERT WARBLER, Yellow-browed Warbler, Honey Buzzard flew over
Cromer - EASTERN STONECHAT
North Walsham - Hoopoe
Sheringham - Hoopoe
Happisburgh - 2 Richard’s Pipits, Red-backed Shrike, Yellow-browed Warbler
Titchwell - 4 Snow Buntings, Yellow-browed Warbler
Selbrigg Pond - Osprey
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham (2+), Wells Woods (2), Walsey Hills, Sculthorpe, East Somerton, Sidestrand, Burnham Overy Dunes
Saturday 5 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Cromer - EASTERN STONECHAT, Hawfinch flew over
North Walsham - Hoopoe
Happisburgh - Richard’s Pipit
Sheringham - Richard’s Pipit flew over, Velvet Scoter flew past
Wells Woods - Wood Warbler, 1+ Yellow-browed Warblers
Titchwell - Barred Warbler, 4 Snow Buntings, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, Caspian Gull, escaped Black-winged Stilt, 2 Hawfinches flew over
Weybourne - Sabines Gull flew E
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham (4+), Walsey Hills (2+), Thetford, Nar Valley Fisheries, Warham Greens, Kimberley
Friday 4 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Cromer - EASTERN STONECHAT
Salthouse - Bluethroat
Wells Woods - Wood Warbler, Barred Warbler, 1+ Yellow-browed Warblers
Titchwell - 3 Snow Buntings, Yellow-browed Warbler, Water Pipit
Wymondham - Black Redstart
Buckenham - Little Gull
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham (5), Winterton (2), Holme, Cley, Hickling, Snettisham, Great Yarmouth
Thursday 3 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Blakeney Point - EASTERN STONECHAT, Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler
Salthouse - Bluethroat
Holkham - Radde’s Warbler, 7+ Yellow-browed Warblers
Wells Woods - Greenish Warbler, Wood Warbler, 4+ Yellow-browed Warblers, Siberian Chiffchaff, 2 Ring Ouzels
Marsham Heath - Great Grey Shrike
Holme - Short-toed Lark, Barred Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler
Breydon Water - Lapland Bunting
Winterton - Ring Ouzel, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers
Denver Sluice - Hawfinch
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Walsey Hills (3), North Point, Beeston Common, Warham Greens, Hickling Broad, Great Yarmouth, Kimberley
Wednesday 2 October 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
North Walsham - Hoopoe
Wells Woods - Wood Warbler, 4+ Yellow-browed Warblers
Blakeney Point - 3 Barred Warblers; 2 Sabines Gulls flew past
Snettisham - Glossy Ibis
Cley - Caspian Gull; Sabines Gull flew past
Warham Greens - Quail, 4 Yellow-browed Warblers
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart
Winterton - Leach’s Petrel, Pomarine Skua, 10 Sooty Shearwaters flew past
Cromer - Great Northern Diver, 9 Scaup flew past
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holkham (8), Walsey Hills (3), Holme, Titchwell, N Creake
Tuesday 1 October 2024
Holkham - Radde’s Warbler, 7+ Yellow-browed Warblers
Blakeney Point - Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Barred Warbler
Burnham Overy Dunes - Wryneck, Yellow-browed Warbler, Honey Buzzard flew over
Cley - Caspian Gull
Sheringham - Sabines Gull, Black Guillemot, 2 Black Terns flew past
Trimingham - Black Guillemot flew NW
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Wells Woods (1+), Walsey Hills (5), Warham Greens (2), Titchwell (2+), Caister, Pensthorpe