Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for April 2018
Monday 30 April 2018
Cley - Glaucous Gull
Titchwell - Wryneck
Wells Woods - Pied Flycatcher
Welney - 2 Garganey
Salthouse - 2 Little Gulls
Sunday 29 April 2018
Potter Heigham - BLACK-WINGED STILT, 3 Garganey
Muckleburgh Hill - Wood Warbler
Burnham Overy Dunes - Wryneck, 3 Ring Ouzel
Felbrigg Hall - 5 Ring Ouzel
Waxham - 2 Ring Ouzel
Buckenham - Ring Ouzel, 2 Garganey
Holme - Ring Ouzel, 2 Pied Flycatchers
Cley - Great White Egret, Black-throated Diver flew W
Ormesby Broad - Great White Egret
Hockwold Washes - 2 Garganey
Welney - 2 Garganey
Walcott - Iceland Gull flew N
Saturday 28 April 2018
Potter Heigham - BLACK-WINGED STILT, 3 Garganey
Snettisham CP -
Red-rumped Swallow flew N
Cley - Little Stint
Titchwell - Caspian Gull
Hockwold Washes - 2 Garganey
Brancaster - Great White Egret
Burnham Overy Dunes - 6 Ring Ouzel
Friday 27 April 2018
Hickling Broad - BLACK-WINGED STILT
Cromer -
Iceland Gull
Cley - Glaucous Gull
Cantley - Wood Sandpiper, Great White Egret flew E
West Runton - Ring Ouzel
Weybourne - Ring Ouzel
Cawston Heath - Ring Ouzel
Martham - Great White Egret flew SSE
Thursday 26 April 2018
Barton Broad - PALLID HARRIER flew towards Neatishead
Potter Heigham - BLACK-WINGED STILT
Cley - American Golden Plover, Glaucous Gull, Great White Egret, Hooded Crow flew W
Waxham - Serin flew N, 11 Ring Ouzels, Blue-headed Wagtail
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull, Glaucous Gull flew W
Titchwell - 3 Black-necked Grebes, Great Northern Diver on sea; 4 Garganey
Burnham Overy Dunes - 3 Ring Ouzels
Weybourne - 2 Ring Ouzels
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret, Hooded Crow
Buckenham - Garganey, Short-eared Owl
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Winterton - PALLID HARRIER
Potter Heigham - BLACK-WINGED STILT, 2+ Garganey
Titchwell - 3 Black-necked Grebes, Great Northern Diver on sea; 3 Garganey
Cley - Glaucous Gull, Great White Egret, Nightjar
Weybourne - 2 Ring Ouzels
Holme - Ring Ouzel
Tuesday 24 April 2018
Horsey-Winterton - PALLID HARRIER, 6 Ring Ouzels
Potter Heigham - BLACK-WINGED STILT, 9 Garganey
Berney Marshes - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - Black Kite reported, 3 Black-necked Grebes, Garganey
Blakeney Point - Dotterel
Cromer - Glaucous Gull
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Hickling Broad - 2 Garganey on Rush Hill Scrape
Burnham Overy - 3 Ring Ouzels
Weybourne - Ring Ouzel, Hooded Crow
Cley - Great White Egret
Monday 23 April 2018
Horsey-Winterton - PALLID HARRIER, 3 Ring Ouzels
Potter Heigham - BLACK-WINGED STILT, 2 Garganey
Cromer - ALPINE SWIFT
Eccles - 2 Dotterel
Cley - Black-necked Grebe, Glaucous Gull, Great White Egret; Dotterel flew W over Walsey Hills
Holme - Redstart, Whinchat, 3 Ring Ouzels
Burnham Overy - 3 Ring Ouzels
Waxham - 2 Ring Ouzels
Trimingham - 2 Ring Ouzels
Cawston Heath - Ring Ouzel
Sunday 22 April 2018
Cley - Black-necked Grebe, Glaucous Gull, Great White Egret, Ring Ouzel, Stone Curlew flew E
Barton Broad - Black Tern
Wells Woods - Wood Warbler
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Titchwell - Garganey
Winterton - 10 Ring Ouzels
Horsey Gap - 8 Ring Ouzels
Waxham - 8 Ring Ouzels, Glaucous Gull flew SW
Weybourne - 2 Ring Ouzels, Great White Egret flew over
Beeston Bump - 2 Ring Ouzels
Cawston Heath - Ring Ouzel
Bradwell - Ring Ouzel
Thetford - Wood Sandpiper at Nunnery Lakes
Sculthorpe Moor - Hobby
Glandford - Whinchat
Kelling WM - Whinchat
Salthouse - Pied Flycatcher, Whinchat, Firecrest at Gramborough Hill
Cromer - 2 Common Cranes flew W (then seen over Cley, Stiffkey, B Overy)
Saturday 21 April 2018
Berney Marshes - Glossy Ibis
Cley - Black-necked Grebe, Glaucous Gull, 2 Garganey, Great White Egret, Blue-headed Wagtail, Short-eared Owl
Potter Heigham - 7 Garganey
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Salthouse - Great White Egret
Stiffkey - Great White Egret
Winterton - 5 Ring Ouzels
Burnham Overy Dunes - 2 Ring Ouzels
Holme - 2 Ring Ouzels, Short-eared Owl
Weybourne - Ring Ouzel
Thetford - Ring Ouzel at Nunnery Lakes
Snettisham CP - Ring Ouzel, Turtle Dove
Great Ryburgh - Whinchat
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck
Friday 20 April 2018
Berney Marshes - Glossy Ibis
Cley - Black-necked Grebe, Richard's Pipit, 2 Great White Egrets, Short-eared Owl
Welney - Black Tern, 3 Great White Egrets
Holkham - 2 Great White Egrets
Blakeney Freshmarsh - Great White Egret
Potter Heigham - 10 Garganey, Arctic Tern
Sidestrand - 14 Ring Ouzels through
Cromer - 9 Ring Ouzels
Sheringham - 6 Ring Ouzels W
Trimingham - 3 Ring Ouzels
Snettisham CP - Ring Ouzel
Thornham - Ring Ouzel
Beeston Bump - Ring Ouzel
Holme - Great Northern Diver, Short-eared Owl
Thursday 19 April 2018
Cley - Black-necked Grebe, 2 Garganey, 2 Great White Egrets, Short-eared Owl
Kelling - Wryneck
Salthouse - Great White Egret
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret
Blakeney Freshmarsh - Great White Egret, Ring Ouzel
Potter Heigham - 2 Black Terns, 6 Garganey
Winterton - 8+ Ring Ouzels
Cromer - 7 Ring Ouzels
Burnham Overy Dunes - 5 Ring Ouzels
Holme - 2 Ring Ouzels
Old Hunstanton - 2 Ring Ouzels
Cawston Heath - 2 Ring Ouzels
Snettisham CP - 2 Ring Ouzels
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe - Ring Ouzel
Titchwell - 2 Red-necked Grebes, Long-tailed Duck
Tuesday 17 April 2018
Cromer - Glaucous Gull
Cley - Glaucous Gull
Overstrand - Iceland Gull
Potter Heigham - 10 Garganey, 2 Little Gulls
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Stiffkey - Great White Egret
Titchwell - Long-tailed Duck, Puffin on sea
Weybourne - 2 Ring Ouzels
Burnham Overy Dunes - Ring Ouzel, Great White Egret
Holkham - Wood Warbler
Burnham Thorpe - Pied Flycatcher
Horsey - 2 Lapland Buntings flew S
Thorpe St Andrew - Osprey
Thetford - Dotterel reported
Monday 16 April 2018
Strumpshaw Fen - SAVI'S WARBLER
Welney - 2 Black-necked Grebes
Mundesley - Glaucous Gull, Ring Ouzel
Hickling Broad - 3 Garganey
Potter Heigham - 2 Garganey
Buckenham Marshes - 2 Garganey
Snettisham CP - Ring Ouzel, Redstart, Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler
Weybourne - 3 Ring Ouzels, Black Redstart
Great Yarmouth Cemetery - Ring Ouzel
Blakeney Point - Black Redstart, Short-eared Owl
Holme - Black Redstart
Titchwell - 2 Little Gulls, Water Pipit
Sunday 15 April 2018
Felthorpe - 3 COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Waxham - 5 Ring Ouzels
Winterton - 3 Ring Ouzels, Black Redstart
Cawston Heath - 2 Ring Ouzels
Great Yarmouth Cemetery - 2 Ring Ouzels
Winterton - 2 Ring Ouzels
Snettisham CP - Ring Ouzel
Holme - Black Redstart, Whinchat
Cley - Little Stint
Whitlingham Country Park - 35 Little Gulls, 2 Arctic Terns
Hardley Flood - 13 Little Gulls
Sparham Pools - 10+ Little Gulls
Saturday 14 April 2018
Welney - BLACK-WINGED STILT, 2 Black-necked Grebes
Felthorpe - 1+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Cromer - Iceland Gull
Cley - Glaucous Gull, Blue-headed Wagtail, Arctic Tern
Sheringham - Glaucous Gull
Kelling WM - Siberian Chiffchaff
Berney Marshes - Garganey, Ring Ouzel, Water Pipit, 2 Great White Egrets
Potter Heigham - Garganey
West Runton - 9 Hawfinches flew W, 2 Ring Ouzels
Sidestrand - 6 Hawfinches flew NW
Felbrigg Hall - 4 Hawfinches
Breydon Water - Scaup
Holme - 4 Ring Ouzels, 3 Black Redstarts
Snettisham CP - 2 Ring Ouzels, Black Redstart
Titchwell - 2 Black Redstarts
Holkham - 2 Great White Egrets
Plus Ring Ouzels at Burnham Overy Dunes (6), Kelling (4), Gapton Marshes (3), Great Yarmouth Cemetery (3), Snettisham CP (2), Beeston Bump (2), Cawston Heath (2), Waxham, Weybourne Camp, Sheringham, Burnham Thorpe
Friday 13 April 2018
Felthorpe - 2+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Potter Heigham - 3 Garganey
Berney Marshes - 2 Garganey
Grimston Warren - 3+ Ring Ouzels
Choseley - 2+ Ring Ouzels
Horsey - 2+ Ring Ouzels, 2 Black Redstarts
Snettisham CP - 2 Ring Ouzels
Winterton - Ring Ouzel
Great Yarmouth - Ring Ouzel, 2 Hawfinches
Sheringham - Ring Ouzel, Redstart
Blakeney Point - Ring Ouzel, 2 Black Redstarts
Titchwell - Slavonian Grebe, 2 Black Redstarts, Hawfinch, Short-eared Owl
Holme - 2 Black Redstarts, Short-eared Owl
Felbrigg - 6 Hawfinches
Salthouse Heath - Hawfinch
Blackborough End - Great White Egret
Thursday 12 April 2018
Roydon Common - 7 Ring Ouzels
Titchwell - Hawfinch
Waxham - 2 Ring Ouzels, Black Redstart
Stiffkey - Great White Egret
Plus Black Redstarts at Holme (2), Heacham (2)
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Roydon Common - Woodchat Shrike briefly, 9 Ring Ouzels
Great Yarmouth - 3 Hawfinches in Cemetery
Titchwell - Hawfinch
Langham - Hawfinch
Waxham - 2 Ring Ouzels, Black Redstart
Kelling WM - Pied Flycatcher
Plus Black Redstarts at Holme (2), Wiveton, Denver
Tuesday 10 April 2018
Felthorpe - 1+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Buckenham - Garganey
Roydon Common - 5 Ring Ouzels
Waxham - Ring Ouzel
Caister - Ring Ouzel
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Sheringham - Osprey flew W, Black Redstart
Plus Black Redstarts at Holme (3), Beeston Bump
Monday 9 April 2018
Felthorpe - 3 COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Potter Heigham - 3 Garganey
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Titchwell - Hooded Crow
Roydon Common - 6 Ring Ouzels
Waxham - 2 Ring Ouzels
Cley - Water Pipit
Kelling WM - Pied Flycatcher
Horsey - Black Redstart, Cuckoo
Blackborough End - Great White Egret
Sunday 8 April 2018
Felthorpe - 3 COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Potter Heigham - 2 Garganey, Great White Egret
Titchwell - Hawfinch
Buxton - Iceland Gull, Caspian Gull
West Runton - Glaucous Gull
Roydon Common - 8 Ring Ouzels
Snettisham - Ring Ouzel, Cuckoo
Horsey - Black Redstart
Felbrigg Hall - Black Redstart
Friday 6 April 2018
Felthorpe - COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLL
Trimingham - Glaucous Gull
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Potter Heigham - 4 Garganey
Titchwell - Garganey, Hooded Crow flew W
Cley - Garganey
Choseley - Hooded Crow
Holme - Glaucous Gull, Long-tailed Duck, Hooded Crow flew SW
Barton Broad - Osprey
Winterton - Great White Egret, 2 Ring Ouzels, 2 Firecrests
Burnham Norton - Great White Egret
Waxham - Whinchat
Sparham - Arctic Tern
Plus Ring Ouzels at Cawston Heath and W past Sidestrand (9), Weybourne Camp (2), W Runton (2) & Sheringham
Thursday 5 April 2018
Felthorpe - 2+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLLS
Salthouse - Glaucous Gull
Choseley - Hooded Crow, Ring Ouzel
Titchwell - 3 Long-tailed Duck
Burnham Norton - Great White Egret, Water Pipit
Ring Ouzels at Snettisham (5), Hunstanton (6), Roydon Common (3), Holme (2), Felbrigg, Kimberley
Plus Black Redstarts at Cley, Happisburgh, Heacham, Holme, Martham, Thursford Green
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Felthorpe - 3+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLLS
Cley - Serin flew SW, Black Redstart
Mundesley - Glaucous Gull, Ring Ouzel
Trimingham - Glaucous Gull
Overstrand - Caspian Gull
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Earlham Marsh
Holkham - Hooded Crow flew W, Great White Egret
Bale - Ring Ouzel
Sidestrand - Ring Ouzel
Titchwell - Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Slavonian Grebe
Beighton Marshes - Great White Egret
Plus Black Redstarts at Wells, E Runton
Tuesday 3 April 2018
Felthorpe - 2+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLLS
Cromer - Iceland Gull
Breydon Water - 4 Garganey, Short-eared Owl, Yellow Wagtail
Sheringham - Ring Ouzel, 3 Black Redstarts
Titchwell - 6 Long-tailed Ducks, Slavonian Grebe
Burnham Norton - 3 Common Cranes flew E, then over Sheringham & E Runton
Plus Black Redstarts at Weybourne (3), Winterton (2), Hunstanton, Holme
Monday 2 April 2018
Felthorpe - 3 COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLLS
Cromer - Iceland Gull, 2 Black Redstarts
Trimingham - 2 Glaucous Gulls
Potter Heigham - Caspian Gull, Spoonbill
Hunstanton - Black Redstart
Buckenham - 4 Spoonbills
Sunday 1 April 2018
Felthorpe - 2+ COUES'S ARCTIC REDPOLLS, Glaucous Gull flew NE
Cromer - Iceland Gull, Black Redstart
Norwich - Glaucous Gull flew over showground
Trimingham - Glaucous Gull
Potter Heigham - Caspian Gull, Osprey, Spoonbill
Holkham - Osprey
Titchwell - 3 Long-tailed Ducks, Water Pipit
Holme - 3 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Velvet Scoters, Jack Snipe
Cley - Water Pipit
Stiffkey - 3 Common Cranes