Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for December 2012
Monday 31 December 2012
Cley - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin.
Holkham - 2 Eurasian White-fronted Geese
Haddiscoe - GREAT WHITE EGRET
Burnham Norton - 13 Waxwings
Burnham Deepdale - 21 Waxwings
Sunday 30 December 2012
Burgh St. Peter - Bittern
Snettisham - Black-necked Grebe
Waxham - 9 Velvet Scoter
Cantley - 62 Taiga Bean Geese
Hickling - GREAT WHITE EGRET
Chedgrave - GREAT WHITE EGRET
Horsey - 4 Common Cranes
Thetford - 5 Waxwings
Titchwell - Red-crested Pochard
Saturday 29 December 2012
Chedgrave - GREAT WHITE EGRET
Holkham - Black Brant
Salthouse - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin.
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Red-crested Pochard, 3 Spotted Redshanks, YELLOW-LEGGED GULL.
Lynford Arboretum - BITTERN.
Strumpshaw - Hen Harrier, Water Pipit & 2 Waxwings.
Waveney Forest - Rough-legged Buzzard.
Norwich (Highways Nursery) - 8 Waxwings.
Friday 28 December 2012
Breydon - 3 Short-eared Owls, 167 Mediterranean Gulls.
Chedgrave - Rough-legged Buzzard.
Horsey - 8 Common Cranes.
Thetford - 40 Waxwings.
Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON.
Holkham - Black Brant.
Kelling - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin.
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Waxwing.
Thursday 27 December 2012
Haddiscoe island - GREAT WHITE EGRET.
Kelling - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with canada & Brent Geese (later at Salthouse).
Cley/Salthouse - Black Brant with dark Bellied Brent Geese.
Holkham - Black Brant at north end of Lady Anne's drive.
Hardley flood - Smew (red head).
Waxham - 9 Velvet Scoter.
Buckenham - 60 Taiga Bean Geese, 3 SEO's & Hen Harrier.
Breydon - 7 Snow Buntings.
Salthouse - 20 Snow Buntings.
Halvergate marshes - 4 SEO's.
King's Lynn - SEO.
Waxwings - Thetford(38), Brundall(7), Burnham Overy staithe(5), Strumpshaw(4), Buckenham(7) & Northrepps.
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Stiffkey fen - 3 Northern Bullfinches briefly then flew west + Spotshank.
Kelling - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with 50 canada Geese.
Caister - 40 Snow Buntings at end of second avenue.
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck.
Breydon - 7 Snow Buntings, Twite & 2 Spotshanks.
Kelling heath - Hen Harrier.
Salthouse - Black Brant.
Waxwings - Bowthorpe(21), Thetford(36), Strumpshaw(4) & East Carleton(2).
Wednesday 26 December 2012
Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON.
Kelling - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with 50 canada Geese.
Monday 24 December 2012
Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON.
Bowthrope - 40 Waxwings.
Thorpe st Andrew - 25 Waxwings.
Titchwell - 2 Hen harriers.
Holme - Waxwing.
Sunday 23 December 2012
Haddiscoe island - GREAT WHITE EGRET & Rough-leg Buzzard.
King's Lynn - Glaucous Gull in docks.
Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON.
Waxham - Dartford Warbler & 6 Velvet Scoter.
Kelling - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with canada & Brent Geese (later at Salthouse).
Cley - Black Brant with c900 dark Bellied Brent Geese + Pale Bellied Brent.
Salthouse - Hen Harrier.
Caister - 50 Snow Buntings at end of second avenue.
Cantley - 2 Water Pipits.
Gorleston - 12 Snow Buntings.
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, Spotshank & RC Pochard.
Stiffkey - 2 Hen Harriers.
Holme - Snow Bunting.
Buckenham - 2 SEO's south of river.
Waxwings - Attleborough, Holt, Newton Flotman(11), Norwich - Bawburgh lane(40), Bowthorpe(60) & Boundary rd.(3) and Thetford(4).
Saturday 22 December 2012
Kelling - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with canada & Brent Geese.
Cley - Ross's Goose of unknown origin with c800 Pink-feet.
Bowthorpe - 33 Waxwings.
Acle - 7 Waxwings.
Walpole highway - Shag flew over.
Friday 21 December 2012
Kelling - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with canada & Brent Geese.
Cley - Ross's Goose, 6 Barnacle & 250 Pink-feet.
Holme - 60+ Snow Buntings on beach.
Thetford - 4 Waxwings.
Norwich - 15 Waxwings.
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, 3 Long-tailed Ducks, Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Spotshanks & RC Pochard.
Chedgrave Marshes - 2 SEO's
Burnham Overy Marshes - 6 White-fronted Geese + 40 Snow Buntings on the beach.
Lynford - 2 Hawfinches.
Horsey - 8 Cranes.
Waxham - 5 Velvet Scoter.
Thursday 20 December 2012
Cley - 2 Bitterns.
Welney - Smew (redhead).
Gorleston - 5 Snow Buntings.
Titchwell - Water Pipit.
Wednesday 19 December 2012
Cley - Purple Sandpiper.
Titchwell - 4 Spotted Redshanks and 30 Twite? reported.
Holme - 60 Snow Buntings & SEO.
Breydon water - Twite, Hen Harrier & 2 Spotshanks.
Cantley - 6 Water Pipits.
Sheringham - Velvet Scoter.
Waxwings - Colkirk(4), Sculthorpe(7), Long stratton(12) & Norwich Ivy road(14).
Tuesday 18 December 2012
Chedgrave marshes - Rough-leg Buzzard, male Hen Harrier, Bittern & 3 SEO's.
Titchwell - 2 LT Ducks, Scaup & 6 Spotshanks + 26 Marsh & 4 Hen Harriers in roost.
Buckenham - 43 Taiga Bean Geese, 65 White-fronted Geese, Water Pipit & 3 SEO's.
Cantley - 30 Taiga Bean Geese.
Strumpshaw - 3 Bitterns & Little Gull flew over.
Sea Palling - Purple Sandpiper & 2 Pale Bellied Brent Geese.
Martham - 6 Cranes.
Waxwings - Long Stratton(14), Harleston(17) & Swaffham(4).
Monday 17 December 2012
Haddsicoe Island - Rough-leg Buzzard & 3 SEO's.
Titchwell - 25 White-fronted Geese flew in off sea, 8 LT Ducks, RN Grebe, Slav Grebe, RC Pochard & 6 Spotshanks.
Flitcham - 4 Tundra Bean Geese & 2 Barnacles with Pink-feet.
Lynford - Hawfinch.
Holme NOA - Bittern.
Buckenham - 59 Taiga Bean Geese, 60 White-fronted Geese, male Hen Harrier & SEO.
Strumpshaw - 3 Bitterns.
Babingley - SEO.
Waxwings - Long Stratton(2), Titchwell(4), Cley(3), Yarmouth, Holme(5) & Norwich Lakenfields(20).
Sunday 16 December 2012
Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON still between marlingford & Bawburgh by river yare.
Haddsicoe Island - Rough-leg Buzzard, Hen Harrier & 7 SEO's.
Blakeney point - Shorelark & Red-necked Grebe.
Buckenham - 36 Taiga Bean Geese.
Welney - 7 Cranes.
Heacham - 5 Waxwings.
Winterton - Black-throated Diver.
Acle - 4 Waxwings.
Saturday 15 December 2012
Buckenham - 40 Taiga Bean Geese & 3 Cranes flew over.
Haddsicoe Island - Rough-leg Buzzard.
Strumpshaw - Water Pipit.
Welney - 7 Cranes.
Whittlingham lane CP - Common Scoter.
Norwich - Slavonian Grebe on thorpe broad.
Lynford - 4 Hawfinches.
Titchwell - Hen Harrier, Slavonian Grebe, 4 Long-tailed Ducks & 2 Spotshanks.
Holme - Black-throated Diver.
Warham Greens - 7 Hen Harriers in roost.
Waxwings - Titchwell(20 over), Old Catton(3), Stiffkey(5), Norwich Hall road(2), Holme(2) & Heacham(2).
Friday 14 December 2012
Marlingford/Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON still present.
Titchwell - 5 Waxwings, 5 Spotshanks, Hen Harrier, Yellow-legged Gull, Bewick's Swan & Jack Snipe.
Thorpe st. Andrew - 9 Waxwings.
Welney - Common Crane, Waxwing & unconfirmed report of Ferruginous duck.
Thursday 13 December 2012
Narborough - probable BLACK BELLIED DIPPER at Nar millhouse.
Whittlingham lane CP - RING NECKED DUCK & Common Scoter.
Choseley - Hen Harrier.
Colney gravel pits - Bittern.
Cley - Water Pipit, Slavonian Grebe & Scaup.
Wroxham braod - Scaup.
Titchwell - 2 Long-tailed Ducks & 2 Spotshanks.
Burnham over dunes - 19 Snow Buntings.
Holme - 20 Snow Buntings.
Waxwings - Strumpshaw (40+ flew over), Surlingham(2), Holme(2), Long water(1), Norwich Hall road(10) & Cley(7).
Wednesday 12 December 2012
Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON.
Titchwell - 14 Bewicks' Swans flew over, 27 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier, RC Pochard & Glaucous or Iceland Gull on beach.
Cley - 7 Whooper Swans & Scaup.
Breydon - 5 Bewick's Swans over.
Rockland Broad - 8 Bewick's Swans & 2 Short-eared Owls.
Hickling - 4 Cranes, male Hen Harrier, 3 Merlins & SEO in roost.
Strumpshaw - Water Pipit.
Sea Palling - Velvet Scoter.
Waxwings - Hemsby, Welney(4), Long water, Titchwell (11), Breydon(4), Weybourne, Thorpe St Andrews & Wimbotsham(6).
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Cley - Richardson's Canada Goose (later on Blakeney freshes). + Little Auk on sea west of coastguards.
Whittlingham CP - Common Scoter.
Titchwell - Snow Bunting.
Waxwings - in Norwich at:- Lakeside 400 offices(15), Longwater retail park(20) and Hall rd/sandy lane junction(3) + Wiveton(2), Swannington(11), Thorpe-next-haddiscoe(6) & Welney(4).
Monday 10 December 2012
Terrington st. John - WHITE-TAILED EAGLE adult.
Whittlingham lane CP - RING NECKED DUCK & Common Scoter.
Titchwell - 3 Hen harriers in roost, 4 Spotshanks & RC Pochard.
Waxwings - Norwich Longwater retail park(27), Norwich airport(12), Wymondham(12) & Titchwell(15).
Sunday 9 December 2012
Eccles/Lessingham - FRANKLIN'S GULL on sea in morning, but no further sign.
Whittlingham lane CP - RING NECKED DUCK & Common Scoter.
Bawburgh - AMERICAN WIGEON.
Winterton - Little Auk past.
Hemsby - Velvet Scoter.
Ingoldisthorpe - 16 Bewick's Swans flew over.
Surlingham - Firecrest.
Hopton - Snow Bunting.
Holme - 3 Twite & Little Gull.
Old Catton - 30 Bewick's Swans flew over.
Roydon - 2 Hen harriers in roost (1 male).
Titchwell - 5 Little Gulls & Velvet Scoter.
Salthouse - 25 Snow Buntings.
Waxwings - Sheringham(8), Long water(27), Surlingham(9), Holme(12), Titchwell & Hillington(10).
Saturday 8 December 2012
Sheringham - Glaucous Gull adult flew past (also past Weybourne).
Cley - Sooty Shearwater past, 70 Snow Buntings & Purple Sandpiper.
Weybourne - Lapland Bunting.
Wroxham broad - Scaup.
Waxham - 10 Velvet Scoter offshore.
Swaffham - 30 Bewick's Swans flew over.
Buckenham - 31 Taiga Bean Geese.
Warham Greens - 8 Hen harriers in roost all ringtails.
Roydon - 3 Hen harriers in roost (2 males).
Titchwell - 2 Little Gulls, 3 Hen Harriers & 2 Spotshanks.
Salthouse - 25 Snow Buntings.
Waxwings - Long water(35), Holme(6), Glandford(2), Cley(11), Hemsby & Fakenham(14).
Friday 7 December 2012
Longwater business park(Norwich) - 34 Waxwings.
Surlingham - 3 Waxwings.
Cley - 14 Snow Buntings.
Thursday 6 December 2012
Berney Marshes - ROSS'S GOOSE early am, then Haddiscoe island.
Thetford - BLACK BELLIED DIPPER.
Waxham - 6 Cranes.
Cley - Velvet Scoter.
Buckenham - 65 Taiga Bean Geese & Water Pipit.
Titchwell - 12 Snow Buntings & 11 Velvet Scoter.
Holme - Snow Bunting.
Bewick's Swans - flew over Strumpshaw(120), Norwich(60) & King's lynn(11)
Waxwings - Surlingham(2), Terrington Marsh(6), Norwich(2), Snettisham(18), Overstrand(4) & Swaffham(20).
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Langham - Rough-legged Buzzard flew over.
Cley - Richardson's Canada Goose still + Black-throated Diver & Pomarine Skua past on the sea.
Caister - 3 Great Northern Divers flew past.
East Runton - Swallow.
Buckenham - 50 Taiga Bean Geese.
Titchwell - 3 Spotshanks.
Waxwings - Potter Heigham(15), Taverham(3), Thorpe st andrew(3), Longwater(30), Overstrand & Titchwell(2).
Tuesday 4 December 2012
Cley - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with canada, grey-lag Brent and Pink-footed Geese.
Buckenham - 40 Taiga Bean Geese.
Titchwell - 4 Spotshanks & 2 Hen Harriers.
Warham Greens - 5 Hen Harriers.
Hopton - Pomarine Skua past.
Holme - 2 Long-tailed Ducks.
Waxwings - Taverham(30), Little Plumstead, Holme, Thornage(10), Norwich(30), Rockland broad(35) & Titchwell(3).
Monday 3 December 2012
Cley - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with canada, grey-lag Brent and Pink-footed Geese.
Buckenham - 53 Taiga Bean Geese.
Titchwell - LT Duck, SEO & RC Pochard.
Salthouse - 2 Jack Snipes.
Roydon - 3 Hen Harriers.
Holkham - 7 Lapland Buntings & a Snow Bunting.
Holme - 3 LT Ducks, 3 Velvet Scoter & 12 Snow Buntings.
Lynford - Hawfinch.
Waxwings - Taverham(45), Snettisham(28), Kelling(7), Titchwell(2), Cromer(3), Stalham(4) & Longwater(32) in range car park.
Sunday 2 December 2012
Weybourne - SURF SCOTER again.
Cley - Richardson's Canada Goose of unknown origin with canada, grey-lag and Pink-footed Geese + Hen Harrier.
Ranworth - probable Ferruginous duck plus hybrid fudge duck.
Buckenham - 35 Taiga Bean Geese.
Morston - Shorelark c200yds west of info centre.
Roydon - 3 Hen Harriers & Swallow.
Holme - 2 LT Ducks.
Overstrand - Velvet Scoter.
Sea Palling - 3 Velvet Scoter & Purple Sandpiper.
Haddiscoe island - 4 SEO's.
North Wooton - Hen Harrier.
Snow Buntings - Holkham(8), Caister(41), Hemsby(6), Winterton(37), Horsey(8) & Holme(4).
Waxwings - Hunstaton(7), Walpole highway(15), Sheringham, Thetford(38), Letheringsett(3), Fakenham(4), Holme(18), Ranworth(18), Castle acre, Titchwell(12), Taverham(46), Thorpe st. andrew(15), Holme(18), North Wooton(3), Marham(7), Smallburgh(5) & Acle(6).
Saturday 1 December 2012
Holme - Little Auk flew past + 2 Velvet Scoter.
Titchwell - Water Pipit, SEO, 6 Slavonian Grebes & 3 Shag.
Waxwings - Blakeney(2), Holkham(12), Salthouse, Stiffkey(6), Titchwell, Hethersett(4), Thorpe-next-haddiscoe(8) & Cley(2).