Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for December 2018
Monday 31 December 2018
***** HAPPY NEW YEAR *****
North Walsham - Black-bellied Dipper at Ebridge Mill
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret
Long Stratton - 5 Waxwings
Norwich - 4 Waxwings Chapelfield
Buckenham - 8 Taiga Bean Geese
Ludham - 53 Bewick’s Swans
Holkham - Glaucous Gull, 20+ Shorelarks, 50+ Snow Buntings, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebe, 2 Great Northern Divers, 3 Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Duck
Holme - Black-necked Grebe, 3 Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 3 Great Northern Diver, Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Duck
Titchwell - 2 Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers, Red-necked Grebe, 11 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - 2 Scaup
Gorleston - 5 Velvet Scoters
Welney - 2 Great White Egret, 5 White-fronted Geese, 3 Short-eared Owls
Sunday 30 December 2018
North Walsham - Black-bellied Dipper at Ebridge Mill
Norwich - 7 Waxwings at Jenny Lind Park, 4 Waxwings Chapelfield
Long Stratton - 5 Waxwings
Holkham - 2+ Shorelarks, 48+ Snow Buntings, Red-necked Grebe
Titchwell - 3 Waxwings flew W, Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, 3 Great Northern Divers, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 10 Long-tailed Ducks, Spotted Redshank
Thornham - 16 Twite, Lapland Bunting flew W, Black-throated Diver
Weybourne - Black-throated Diver
Walcott - Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers
Holme - Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Velvet Scoter
Gorleston - 5 Velvet Scoters
West Rudham - Tundra Bean Goose
Ridlington - Tundra Bean Goose
Breydon Water - 59 White-fronted Geese
Welney - Great White Egret, 2 White-fronted Geese
Kimberley - Great White Egret
Haddiscoe Island - 4 Short-eared Owls
Burnham Norton - Short-eared Owl
Saturday 29 December 2018
Docking - possible Gray-bellied Brant early am only
Wells Woods - 2 COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL
North Walsham - Black-bellied Dipper at Briggate
Long Stratton - 5 Waxwings
Holkham - 7+ Shorelarks, 50+ Snow Buntings, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Velvet Scoter, Short-eared Owl
Holme - Red-necked Grebe
Hopton-on-Sea - 5 Velvet Scoters
Titchwell - 6 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - Long-tailed Duck, 2 Scaup
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret, 7 Common Cranes at Stubb Mill
Welney - Great White Egret, 6 White-fronted Geese
Friday 28 December 2018
Docking - possible Gray-bellied Brant, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Wells Woods - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL
North Walsham - Black-bellied Dipper at Ebridge Mill
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret
Welney - Cattle Egret, 2 Great White Egrets
Holkham - 12+ Shorelarks, 30+ Snow Buntings
Buckenham Marshes - 8 Taiga Bean Geese
Cantley Marshes - 120 White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, 3 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, 14 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - 3 Red-necked Grebes, 3 Slavonian Grebes, 4 Great Northern Divers
Hunstanton - Black-throated Diver
Cley - Black-throated Diver
Breydon Water - Great White Egret
Nar Valley Fisheries - Great White Egret
Weybourne - 2 Snow Buntings
Haddiscoe Island - 4 Short-eared Owls
Horsey - Short-eared Owl
Thursday 27 December 2018
Docking - possible Gray-bellied Brant, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 3 White-fronted Geese
Wells Woods - 2 COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLLS
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret
Norwich - 4 Waxwing at Chapelfield Gardens
Buckenham Marshes - 14 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 5 Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret, White Stork of unknown origin
Holkham - 26 Shorelarks, 60 Snow Buntings, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Pale-bellied Brent Goose
Titchwell - 3 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, 4 Great Northern Divers, 17 Long-tailed Ducks, Caspian Gull
Holme - 2 Red-necked Grebes, 3 Great Northern Divers, Long-tailed Duck
Heacham - Black-throated Diver
Haddiscoe Island - 5 Short-eared Owls
Cley - 35 Snow Buntings
Winterton - 33 Snow Buntings
Wednesday 26 December 2018
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret, 120 White-fronted Geese
Bowthorpe - Waxwing
Welney - 5 Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret
Holkham - 20 Shorelarks, 60 Snow Buntings, 4 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Great Northern Divers, 5+ Velvet Scoters
Titchwell - 7+ Long-tailed Ducks, Caspian Gull
Sheringham-W Runton - Caspian Gull
Cley - 35 Snow Buntings
Winterton - 14+ Snow Buntings
Tuesday 25 December 2018
**** HAPPY CHRISTMAS ****
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret, 25 White-fronted Geese
Holkham - 48 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Black-throated Diver, 3 Great Northern Divers, Slavonian Grebe, 13 Long-tailed Ducks
Stiffkey Fen - Scaup
Cley - 10 Bewick's Swans flew W
Hopton - 4 Velvet Scoters
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Warham Greens - Great White Egret
Wymondham - Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl
Monday 24 December 2018
**** HAPPY CHRISTMAS ****
Heigham Holmes - Cattle Egret, 45+ White-fronted Geese, 4 Common Cranes
Docking - possible Gray-bellied Brant
Breydon Water - Rough-legged Buzzard, 54+ White-fronted Geese
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 2 Short-eared Owls
Thornham - 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Holkham - 8+ Shorelarks, 60+ Snow Buntings, Great White Egret, 6 Velvet Scoter, 2 Red-necked Grebes, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Great Northern Divers, 2 Short-eared Owls, 50+ White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Caspian Gull, Black-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Divers, Red-necked Grebe, 2 Slavonian Grebes, 10 Long-tailed Ducks, Spotted Redshank
Cley - 12 Velvet Scoter
Wickhampton - 15+ White-fronted Geese, Short-eared Owl
Welney - 2 White-fronted Geese, 2 Great White Egrets, 2 Short-eared Owls, White Stork of unknown origin
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Winterton - 20 Snow Buntings
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Blackborough End - Great White Egret
Kimberley Hall - Great White Egret
Sunday 23 December 2018
Wells - 3 Red-necked Grebes
Sea Palling - Bean Goose sp
Horsey - 35+ White-fronted Geese
Heigham Holmes - 10+ Common Cranes
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Welney - Great White Egret
Saturday 22 December 2018
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 3 Short-eared Owls
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Barton Broad - Long-tailed Duck, 2 Scaup
Cley - 12 Velvet Scoters, 3 Great Northern Divers flew W
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Red-necked Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Short-eared Owl
Sea Palling - 9+ Bewick's Swans
Cantley - 90+ White-fronted Geese
Welney - 3 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret, White Stork of unknown origin
Heigham Holmes - Short-eared Owl, 45 White-fronted Geese, 9 Common Cranes
Snettisham - Short-eared Owl
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Friday 21 December 2018
Welney - 5 Tundra Bean Geese, 14 White-fronted Geese, Great White Egret, White Stork of unknown origin
Sea Palling - 10 Bewick's Swans
Holkham - Great White Egret, 55+ White-fronted Geese
Buckenham - 45+ White-fronted Geese
Holme - Black-necked Grebe
Wells Harbour - Great Northern Diver
Titchwell - 2 Water Pipits, Spotted Redshank
Blakeney - 15+ Twite
Thornham - 10+ Twite
Costessey GPs - 5 Mealy Redpolls
Wells Woods - 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Snettisham - Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Thursday 20 December 2018
Wells Woods - 1+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 50+ Mealy Redpolls
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, Jack Snipe
Cantley - 12 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 4 Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret, White Stork of unknown origin
Holkham - 20+ Shorelarks, 60+ Snow Buntings, Great White Egret, Velvet Scoter, Red-necked Grebe, 6 Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern Diver
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Long-tailed Duck, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Holme - 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Barton Broad - Long-tailed Duck, 2 Scaup
Gorleston - Velvet Scoter
Thetford - Caspian Gull
Snettisham - Short-eared Owl
Winterton - Snow Bunting
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Wednesday 19 December 2018
Buckenham - 14 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 5 Tundra Bean Geese, Short-eared Owl, White Stork of unknown origin
Holkham - 26 Shorelarks, 60+ Snow Buntings, Red-necked Grebe, 5 Slavonian Grebes, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Cley - 12 Velvet Scoters
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Caspian Gulls, Slavonian Grebe, 3 Long-tailed Ducks
Thetford - 2 Caspian Gulls
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Thornham - 16+ Twite
Wells Woods - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Stiffkey Fen - Spoonbill then flew E
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Tuesday 18 December 2018
Snettisham - Smew
Buckenham - 14 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 3 Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret
Holkham - 22 Shorelarks, 65 Snow Buntings, Red-necked Grebe, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Holme - 3 Shorelarks
Stiffkey Fen - Scaup
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Caspian Gulls, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern Diver, 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Monday 17 December 2018
Wells - 1+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 80+ Mealy Redpolls
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Buckenham - 17 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 5 Tundra Bean Geese, Great White Egret, 14 Common Cranes
Sea Palling - 4+ Bewick's Swans
Holkham - 20 Shorelarks, 60+ Snow Buntings, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Long-tailed Ducks
Stiffkey Fen - Scaup
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Caspian Gull, Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 5 Long-tailed Ducks
Haddiscoe Island - 3 Short-eared Owls
Winterton - 26 Snow Buntings
Holme - Snow Bunting
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Breydon Water - Great White Egret
Sunday 16 December 2018
Strumpshaw Fen - Great Grey Shrike
Buckenham Marshes - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 200 White-fronted Geese
Cantley Marshes - 8 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, 27 Common Cranes, White Stork
Catfield - 7 Tundra Bean Geese
Ingham - 18 Bewick's Swans
Holkham - 23 Shorelarks, 60 Snow Buntings, Scaup, Velvet Scoter, Red-necked Grebe, 4 Slavonian Grebes, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck
Titchwell - 2 Water Pipits, Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 7 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - Great Northern Diver, Velvet Scoter, 7 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Short-eared Owls
Blakeney Harbour - Long-tailed Duck
Drymere - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Saturday 15 December 2018
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 4 Short-eared Owls
Brancaster - Rough-legged Buzzard at Barrow Common
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Buckenham Marshes - 21 Taiga Bean Geese, 187 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 4 Taiga Bean Geese
Waxham - Tundra Bean Goose, 2 White-fronted Geese
Ingham - 18 Bewick's Swans
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Holkham - 27 Shorelarks, 30 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Red-necked Grebe, 7 Long-tailed Ducks
Sculthorpe - Northern Bullfinch reported
Clippesby - 10 Common Cranes
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Friday 14 December 2018
Wells - 1+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 40+ Mealy Redpolls
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Buckenham - 15 Taiga Bean Geese
Horsey/Waxham - Taiga Bean Goose, Tundra Bean Glose, 7 White-fronted Geese
Repps - 7 Tundra Bean Geese
Ashby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Heacham North Beach - Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe
Barton Broad - Long-tailed Duck, Scaup
Ludham - Short-eared Owl
Titchwell - Great White Egret, 2 Caspian Gulls
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Welney - Great White Egret
Thursday 13 December 2018
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
West Somerton - 10 Tundra Bean Geese
Ashby - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Horsey/Waxham - 3 White-fronted Geese
Hunstanton - Black-throated Diver, 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe
Cley - Black-throated Diver, 5 Velvet Scoters
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 3 Long-tailed Ducks
Gorleston - 5+ Velvet Scoters
Thornham - 13 Twite
Beeston Common - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Winterton - 24 Snow Buntings
Holkham - 2 Great White Egrets
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Wednesday 12 December 2018
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard
Brancaster Marsh - Rough-legged Buzzard
Buckenham Marshes - 15 Taiga Bean Geese, 10 White-fronted Geese
Holkham - 7 Shorelarks, 40 Snow Buntings, 3 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Great Northern Diver
Thornham -17+ Twite
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 6 Long-tailed Ducks
Cley - 2 Velvet Scoters
Gorleston - Velvet Scoter flew N
Tuesday 11 December 2018
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 5 Short-eared Owls
Ormesby Little Broad - Smew
Fordham - Waxwing
New Costessey - Waxwing
Buckenham Marshes - 5 Taiga Bean Geese
Holkham - 15+ Shorelarks, Great White Egret, 9 White-fronted Geese
Thornham -20+ Twite
Blakeney - Turtle Dove
Titchwell - Great Northern Diver, 8 Long-tailed Ducks
Holme - Red-necked Grebe
Weybourne - Black-necked Grebe flew past
Weybourne - Slavonian Grebe flew past
Snettisham - Short-eared Owl
Welney - Short-eared Owl
Monday 10 December 2018
Stiffkey - Dusky Warbler by Fen, Black Brant on saltmarsh
Buckenham Marshes - 9 Taiga Bean Geese, 30+ White-fronted Geese
Cantley Marshes - 5 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 5 Taiga Bean Geese, Great White Egret
Clippesby - 3 Tundra Bean Geese
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, 3 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Cley - Little Auk, 8 Bewick's Swans flew W
Thornham - 26 Twite
Holkham - 33 Snow Buntings
Snettisham - Spoonbill
Sunday 9 December 2018
Cley - Red-rumped Swallow until 9am; 2 Black-throated Divers, 5 Great Northern Divers flew W
Gorleston - Red-rumped Swallow at 1.50pm only
Stiffkey Fen - Dusky Warbler, Richard's Pipit flew SE
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard
Filby Broad - Smew
Cantley Marshes - 7 Taiga Bean Geese
Welney - 3 Taiga Bean Geese, Great White Egret
Holkham - 21 Shorelarks, 105 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Duck
Wells - Great Northern Diver
Methwold - 2 Ravens
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Burnham Norton - Great White Egret
Saturday 8 December 2018
Cley - Red-rumped Swallow
Stiffkey Fen - Dusky Warbler
Acle - Rough-legged Buzzard flew over
Buckenham Marshes - 9 Taiga Bean Geese
Sea Palling/Waxham - 2 Taiga Bean Geese nearby
Holkham - 12 Shorelarks, 90 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 2 Black-throated Divers, 3 Great Northern Divers, 7 Long-tailed Ducks
Winterton - Great Northern Diver past, Velvet Scoter, 29 Snow Buntings
Holme - Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe past
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Welney - Short-eared Owl
Friday 7 December 2018
Cley - Red-rumped Swallow
Stiffkey Fen - Dusky Warbler
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Thornham - Twite
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Welney - Great White Egret, 6 White-fronted Geese
Thursday 6 December 2018
Cley - Red-rumped Swallow, 2 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Rough-legged Buzzard, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Black-throated Divers, 2 Red-necked Grebes, Slavonian Grebe, 7 Long-tailed Ducks
Blakeney - 7 Twite
Upton Marshes - Short-eared Owl
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Welney - Great White Egret
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Cley - Red-rumped Swallow
Haddiscoe Island - 6+ Short-eared Owls
Titchwell - 8 Long-tailed Ducks
Sheringham - Great Northern Diver past
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Tuesday 4 December 2018
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 7+ Short-eared Owls
Cantley - 9 Taiga Bean Geese, 21+ White-fronted Geese
Holkham - 20+ Shorelarks, 50 Snow Buntings, 2 Slavonian Grebes, Great White Egret
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, Velvet Scoter, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Holme - Red-necked Grebe on sea
Sheringham - Lapland Bunting; Sooty Shearwater, Great Northern Diver past
Trimingham - Hawfinch flew E along beach
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Monday 3 December 2018
Thurne - Rough-legged Buzzard
Buckenham - 6 Taiga Bean Geese
Catfield - 4+ Tundra Bean Geese
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 4+ Long-tailed Ducks, Velvet Scoter, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Thornham Harbour - 20+ Twite
Sheringham - Black Redstart
Welney - Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl
Norwich - Great White Egret at Colney GPs
Sunday 2 December 2018
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, 2 Short-eared Owls, Great White Egret
Strumpshaw Fen - Rough-legged Buzzard
Cantley - 10+ Taiga Bean Geese, 65+ White-fronted Geese
Buckenham - 5 Taiga Bean Geese
Catfield - 4+ Tundra Bean Geese
Holkham - 20+ Shorelarks, 2 Greenland White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - 3 Shorelarks, 2 Water Pipits, 2+ Long-tailed Ducks, Velvet Scoter, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, 3+ Slavonian Grebes
Gorleston - 6 Velvet Scoters flew S
Cley - 2 Velvet Scoters, c40 Snow Buntings
Thornham Harbour - 20+ Twite
Blakeney - 16 Twite
Sheringham - Black Redstart
Welney - Great White Egret
Saturday 1 December 2018
Wells Woods - Pallas's Warbler
Haddiscoe Island - Rough-legged Buzzard, Water Pipit
Buckenham - 5+ Taiga Bean Geese
Catfield - 6 Tundra Bean Geese
Runham - 6 Bean Geese sp.
Titchwell - Water Pipit, 6+ Long-tailed Ducks, Black-throated Diver, 2+ Slavonian Grebes
Holme - Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck
Thornham Harbour - 21+ Twite
Winterton - 16 Snow Buntings
Breydon Water - Great White Egret, 16 White-fronted Geese, Spotted Redshank
Griston - Great White Egret flew over