Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for March 2024
Sunday 31 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls all reported still
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Hen Harrier
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Brancaster - 5 Waxwings
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Hockwold - 1+ Garganey
Welney - Garganey, 2 Scaup, 8 Little Gulls, 4 Common Terns reported
Lynford - 6+ Hawfinches
Saturday 30 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, 6+ Mealy Redpolls
Blakeney - RED-BREASTED GOOSE, Hen Harrier
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Pensthorpe - 5 Waxwings
Salthouse - 20 Twite
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Hockwold - 4 Garganey
Welney - Garganey
Holkham - Hen Harrier
Foulsham - Hen Harrier flew NE
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinches
Friday 29 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 5+ Mealy Redpolls all reported still
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Hen Harrier
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Cockley Cley - 12 Waxwings
Titchwell - Hen Harrier
Weybourne - Snow Bunting flew over
Welney - Long-tailed Duck, Little Gull
Lynford - 4+ Hawfinches
Thursday 28 March 2024
Helhoughton - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 3+ Mealy Redpolls all reported still
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 10 Twite
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks
Acle - Hen Harrier
Flitcham - Hen Harrier
Thorpe St Andrew - White Stork of uncertain origin flew over
Wednesday 27 March 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Norwich - 20 Waxwings at Earlham
Salthouse - 15 Twite
Grimston Warren - Black Redstart
Hockwold - 6 Garganey
Haddiscoe - Hen Harrier
Lower Stow Bedon - White Stork of uncertain origin
Little Plumstead - White Stork of uncertain origin flew S
Tuesday 26 March 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 1+ Hen Harriers
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike, Tree Pipit
Morston - Ring Ouzel
Salthouse - 16 Twite
Grimston Warren - Black Redstart
Hockwold - 3+ Garganey
Sidestrand - Shorelark flew E
Reedham - Hen Harrier, Common Crane
Buckenham - Hen Harrier
Burnham Overy - Hen Harrier flew W
Winterton - 2 Velvet Scoters on sea
Monday 25 March 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Water Pipits; 7+ Scaup on sea
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis, 5 Common Cranes flew W
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Weybourne Camp - Black Redstart
Hockwold - 3+ Garganey
Hickling - 2 Garganey
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinches
Sidestrand - Short-eared Owl flew NW
Horsey - Hen Harrier
Surlingham - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin flew WNW
Sunday 24 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 5+ Mealy Redpolls all reported still
Stiffkey - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Glossy Ibis
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Cley - 2 Water Pipits
Holkham - Water Pipit
Strumpshaw - Sedge Warbler
Hockwold - 2+ Garganey
Titchwell - 2 Garganey
Hickling - 2 Garganey
Lynford - 7+ Hawfinches
Limpenhoe - Hen Harrier
Winterton - 5 Velvet Scoters on sea
Cantley - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin flew W
Buckenham - White Stork of uncertain origin flew W
Saturday 23 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Titchwell - 2 Waxwings, 2 Garganey
Hockwold - 6 Garganey
Breydon Water - 4 Garganey
Holme - Ruddy Shelduck
Lynford - 4+ Hawfinches
Bale - Hen Harrier
Sheringham - 15 Little Gulls flew W
Friday 22 March 2024
Helhoughton - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 5+ Mealy Redpolls
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Titchwell - 2 Waxwings, 2 Garganey, Hen Harrier
Hockwold - 1+ Garganey
Welney - 2 Garganey
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinches
Gorleston - Purple Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 3 House Martins
Thursday 21 March 2024
Helhoughton - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 3+ Mealy Redpolls
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Water Pipit, Hen Harrier
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Titchwell - 5 Waxwings, 2 Garganey, 4 Water Pipits
Wymondham - Waxwing
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks
Hockwold - 8 Garganey
Holme - 2 Garganey, Ruddy Shelduck (also at Ringstead)
Lynford - 4+ Hawfinches
Wells - Ruddy Shelduck
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Holkham - 3 Shorelarks
Salthouse - 15+ Twite
Whitlingham CP - 1+ Mealy Redpolls
Hockwold - 5 Garganey
Holme - 2 Garganey
Lynford - 3+ Hawfinches
Halvergate - Hen Harrier
Tuesday 19 March 2024
Helhoughton - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 18+ Mealy Redpolls
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 5 Pale-bellied Brents
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Cringleford - 9 Waxwings
Titchwell - 5 Waxwings
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks
Hockwold - Garganey
Lynford - 4+ Hawfinches
Blakeney Harbour - 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Hen Harrier
Monday 18 March 2024
Helhoughton - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 1+ Mealy Redpolls
Cley - RED-BREASTED GOOSE (also at Blakeney), LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Pale-bellied Brent, Short-eared Owl
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Weybourne - 1+ Lapland Buntings
Hockwold - Garganey
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinches
Sheringham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Winterton - 2 Short-eared Owls, White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Titchwell - 2 Hen Harriers
Swaffham - Hen Harrier
Rockland Broad - Hen Harrier
Ormesby St Margaret - White Stork of uncertain origin flew S
Sunday 17 March 2024
Helhoughton - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Cley - RED-BREASTED GOOSE, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - 5 Waxwings
Burnham Deepdale - 5 Waxwings
Weybourne - 4 Lapland Buntings, 8 Snow Buntings, 5 Twite, Mealy Redpoll
Whitlingham CP - 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Weybourne - Black Redstart
Holme - Swallow, 2 Garganey
Hockwold - Garganey
Brancaster - Black-necked Grebe
Lynford - 2+ Hawfinches
Sheringham - 2 Purple Sandpipers
Saturday 16 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 5+ Mealy Redpolls
Stiffkey Greens - RED-BREASTED GOOSE
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Water Pipits
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks
Weybourne - 5 Lapland Buntings, 4 Snow Buntings, Twite, Black Redstart
Happisburgh - Lapland Bunting, Hen Harrier
Whitlingham CP - 4+ Mealy Redpolls
Oxnead - Swallow
Hockwold - Garganey
Cantley - Garganey
Holme - Ruddy Shelduck
Brancaster - Black-necked Grebe
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinches
Sheringham - 1+ Purple Sandpipers
Downham Market - Long-tailed Duck
Heacham - 4 Scaup on sea
Burnham Overy Dunes - Hen Harrier
Blakeney - Hen Harrier
Hickling Broad - White Stork of unknown origin
Kelling Heath - White-tailed Eagle of unknown origin flew over
Friday 15 March 2024
Helhoughton - COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Stiffkey - RED-BREASTED GOOSE
Cley - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - 6 Waxwings
Holkham - Velvet Scoter on sea
Caister - Black Redstart
Hockwold - Garganey, Hen Harrier
Lynford - 2+ Hawfinches
Wymondham - 2 Little Ringed Plovers
Dereham - Hen Harrier flew N
Thorpe Market - Hen Harrier flew S
Thursday 14 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, 1+ Mealy Redpolls
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Cley - White-tailed Eagle (Dutch ringed) flew E (also E to E Runton)
Titchwell - 6 Waxwings, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Burnham Overy Dunes - 13 Shorelarks
Weybourne - 4+ Lapland Buntings, 4 Snow Buntings, Twite
Hockwold - Garganey
Lynford - 4+ Hawfinches
Holkham - released White-tailed Eagle (from IoW scheme)
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Titchwell - 6 Waxwings
Strumpshaw - 5 Waxwings flew E
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, 18 White-fronted Geese, released White-tailed Eagle (from IoW scheme, also seen at Holt and Wells)
Weybourne - 5 Lapland Buntings, 6 Snow Buntings, Twite, Mealy Redpoll
Bawsey - Yellow Wagtail
Lynford - 7+ Hawfinches
Cley - Hen Harrier
Thetford - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin flew over
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Langham - White-tailed Eagle (Dutch-ringed)
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Colney GPs - 40 Waxwings flew N
Titchwell - 6 Waxwings, Water Pipit reported
Weybourne - 3+ Lapland Buntings, 5 Snow Buntings, 5 Twite
Heacham - Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull
Lynford - 3+ Hawfinches
Monday 11 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Little Walsingham - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - 6 Waxwings, Short-eared Owl, Hen Harrier
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks; 2+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Whitlingham CP - 3+ Mealy Redpolls
Hockwold - Garganey
Lynford - 6+ Hawfinches
Wells - Little Gull
Sunday 10 March 2024
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 1+ Hen Harriers
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis, Dutch-ringed White-tailed Eagle flew over
Glandford - Dutch-ringed White-tailed Eagle flew over
Norwich - 28+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park; 12+ Waxwings at Cringleford
Titchwell - 6 Waxwings, 1+ Water Pipit reported, Hen Harrier
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, 7+ White-fronted Geese
Weybourne - 2+ Lapland Buntings, 6+ Snow Buntings, 2 Twite
Helhoughton - 2+ Mealy Redpolls
Dickleburgh Moor - 2 Little Gulls
Bayfield - 5 White-fronted Geese
Lynford - 4+ Hawfinches
Halvergate - 2 Short-eared Owls
Hopton - 10+ Purple Sandpipers
Swafield - 2 Common Cranes flew over
Saturday 9 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, 1+ Mealy Redpolls, Hen Harrier, 2 Common Cranes flew over
Cley - RED-BREASTED GOOSE, Common Crane flew E (also tracked along coast to Trimingham)
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 1+ Hen Harriers
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike, Hawfinch flew over
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Wiveton Downs - Dutch-ringed White-tailed Eagle flew over
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, 20+ White-fronted Geese; 6 Velvet Scoters on sea
Weybourne - 2+ Lapland Buntings, 20 Snow Buntings, Twite
Holme - 5 Water Pipits
Hockwold - Garganey, White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Lynford - 9+ Hawfinches
Ludham - Hen Harrier
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Hempton - 3 Common Cranes flew over (also over Fakenham, Guist)
Friday 8 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, Hen Harrier
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Norwich - 35+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, 2 White-fronted Geese
Weybourne - 1+ Lapland Buntings, 2+ Snow Buntings, Twite
Salthouse - Twite
Whitlingham CP - 2 Mealy Redpolls
Lynford - 3+ Hawfinches
Welney - Long-tailed Duck
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Ringstead - Hen Harrier
Dickleburgh Moor - 7 Little Gulls
Thursday 7 March 2024
Helhoughton - RUSTIC BUNTING, COUES’S ARCTIC REDPOLL, 20 Mealy Redpolls
Blakeney - RED-BREASTED GOOSE
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER (earlier at Little Walsingham)
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Norwich - 28+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, Ruddy Shelduck, 2 White-fronted Geese
Weybourne - 1+ Lapland Buntings, 16 Snow Buntings, Mealy Redpoll
Dersingham - Mealy Redpoll
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinches
Letheringsett - Hawfinch
Roydon Common - 2 Short-eared Owls
Eccles - Hen Harrier
Wednesday 6 March 2024
Cley - RED-BREASTED GOOSE
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Norwich - 30+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, Ruddy Shelduck
Weybourne - 2+ Lapland Buntings, 16 Snow Buntings, 6 Twite
Titchwell - 2 Water Pipits, Short-eared Owl
Hockwold/Lakenheath - Garganey
Lynford - 17+ Hawfinches
Sheringham - 2 Purple Sandpipers
Snettisham - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Brancaster - Black-necked Grebe
Tuesday 5 March 2024
Stiffkey Greens - RED-BREASTED GOOSE, Hen Harrier
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, White-tailed Eagle (Dutch ringed), Short-eared Owl
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis, White Stork of uncertain origin flew E (earlier over Titchwell, later over Sheringham)
Honing - White Stork of uncertain origin flew S (presume same as Stiffkey earlier)
Norwich - 34+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, Ruddy Shelduck, 40 White-fronted Geese; 8+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Weybourne - 5+ Lapland Buntings, 15 Snow Buntings, 10 Twite, Mealy Redpoll
Hickling - Smew
Downham Market - Long-tailed Duck
Roydon Common - Short-eared Owl
Blakeney - Short-eared Owl
Titchwell - Hen Harrier
Lynford - 9+ Hawfinches
Monday 4 March 2024
Warham Greens - RED-BREASTED GOOSE, PALLID HARRIER, White-tailed Eagle (Dutch ringed)
Cley - White-tailed Eagle (Dutch ringed), then flew W
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Norwich - 28+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park; 12 Waxwings Earlham
Holkham - 10+ Shorelarks; 8+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Weybourne - 4+ Lapland Buntings, 20 Snow Buntings, 10 Twite, Mealy Redpoll
Hockwold Washes - Garganey
Downham Market - Long-tailed Duck
Titchwell - Hen Harrier
Lynford - 3+ Hawfinches
Sunday 3 March 2024
Kings Lynn - RED-BREASTED GOOSE
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 2+ Hen Harriers
Glandford - White-tailed Eagle (Dutch ringed)
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Norwich - 32+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park
Holkham - 12 Shorelarks, Snow Bunting flew E, 2+ White-fronted Geese; 20+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Weybourne - 4 Lapland Buntings, 20 Snow Buntings, 20 Twite, 2 Mealy Redpolls
Salthouse - 5+ Twite
Sculthorpe Moor - Mealy Redpoll
Titchwell - Snow Bunting, Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank; Long-tailed Duck on sea
Downham Market - Long-tailed Duck
East Wretham - Caspian Gull
Weeting - Caspian Gull
Lynford - 10 Hawfinches
Brancaster - Slavonian Grebe
Saturday 2 March 2024
Kings Lynn - RED-BREASTED GOOSE
Warham Greens - PALLID HARRIER, 3 Hen Harriers
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Norwich - 30+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park
Saxthorpe - 10 Waxwings
Holkham - 13 Shorelarks, 149 White-fronted Geese; 8+ Velvet Scoters on sea
Weybourne - 5 Lapland Buntings, 33 Snow Buntings, 10+Twite, 2 Mealy Redpolls
Breydon Water - Water Pipit
Glandford - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin flew S
Downham Market - Long-tailed Duck
Blakeney Harbour - Long-tailed Duck
Welney - 2 Scaup
Cantley - Ruddy Shelduck
Lynford - 3+ Hawfinches
Happisburgh - 2 Velvet Scoters flew N
Friday 1 March 2024
Warham Greens - RED-BREASTED GOOSE, PALLID HARRIER, 2 Hen Harriers
Weeting - Great Grey Shrike
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Norwich - 30+ Waxwings at Norwich Research Park, 7 Waxwings at 75 Friends Road, Waxwing at Marston Marsh
Kings Lynn - Waxwing
Honing - Waxwing flew E
Holkham - 9 Shorelarks
Titchwell - 4 Snow Buntings, Water Pipit
Sculthorpe Moor - Mealy Redpoll
Welney - 2 Scaup, Cattle Egret, 2 Common Cranes
Cromer - Glaucous Gull flew E
Ludham - Short-eared Owl
Lynford - 3+ Hawfinches