Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for August 2018
Friday 31 August 2018
Titchwell - Red-necked Phalarope, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank
Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls, Wood Sandpiper
Cawston Heath - possible Honey Buzzard
Winterton - Barred Warbler, Pied Flycatcher
Hopton-on-Sea - Barred Warbler
Strumpshaw Fen - Great White Egret
Welney - Great White Egret, Garganey
Burnham Overy - 2 Great White Egrets, Pied Flycatcher
Great Yarmouth - Pied Flycatcher in Cemetery
Cantley BF - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank
Blakeney Point - Dartford Warbler
Thursday 30 August 2018
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret
Titchwell - Red-necked Phalarope, Curlew Sandpiper
Wiveton Down - Honey Buzzard flew E
Weybourne Camp - Icterine Warbler
Woodbastwick - Osprey at Cockshoot Broad
Buckenham - Osprey
Waxham - Pied Flycatcher
Wednesday 29 August 2018
Gorleston - Purple Heron flew E
Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls, Wood Sandpiper, Pied Flycatcher at Walsey Hills
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Rollesby Broad - 2 Black Terns
Weybourne - Black Tern offshore
Kimberley - Osprey
Strumpshaw - Great White Egret
Cantley BF - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Garganey
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Holme - Garganey
Welney - Garganey
Warham Greens - Pied Flycatcher
Blakeney Point - Dartford Warbler
Tuesday 28 August 2018
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret, Black Tern
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Great White Egret
Cley - 5 Caspian Gulls, Black Tern offshore
Cromer - 4 Caspian Gulls
Rollesby Broad - 3 Black Terns
Woodbastwick - Osprey at Cockshoot Broad
Hickling Broad - Little Stint on Rush Hill Scrape
Strumpshaw - 2 Great White Egrets
Welney - Garganey
Monday 27 August 2018
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret
Cley - Cattle Egret flew W, Caspian Gull, Wood Sandpiper
Sheringham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Rollesby Broad - 3 Black Terns
Ranworth Broad - Osprey
Woodbastwick - Osprey at Cockshoot Broad, Great White Egret
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Hickling Broad - Little Stint on Rush Hill Scrape
Strumpshaw - Great White Egret
Welney - Garganey
Hockwold Washes - Garganey
Sunday 26 August 2018
How Hill - Purple Heron
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret
Cley - Caspian Gull, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Rollesby Broad - 2 Black Terns
Ranworth Broad - Osprey
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Whinchats
Strumpshaw - Great White Egret
Welney - 2 Garganey
Holme - Short-eared Owl
Saturday 25 August 2018
How Hill - Purple Heron
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - Garganey, Great White Egret
Welney - Garganey
Cantley - Honey Buzzard flew N
Holme - Short-eared Owl
Burnham Norton - Ruddy Shelduck
Friday 24 August 2018
How Hill - Purple Heron
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret, 4 Black Terns, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Rollesby Broad - 2 Black Terns
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey, Great White Egret
Cley - Garganey
Thursday 23 August 2018
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl
Wells - Icterine Warbler at East Hills
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Rollesby Broad - 3 Black Terns
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey, Great White Egret
Narborough - Osprey flew E
Cley - Pomarine Skua, Black Tern past offshore
Titchwell - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Wednesday 22 August 2018
How Hill - Purple Heron
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank
Winterton - Icterine Warbler, 3 Pied Flycatchers
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey, Great White Egret
Welney - Garganey
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Holme (3), Great Yarmouth Cemetery (2), Salthouse
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Cromer - Greenish Warbler briefly early am by GC
How Hill - Purple Heron
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank
Winterton - Icterine Warbler, 4 Pied Flycatchers
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Cley - Black Tern flew W
Cantley BF - Garganey
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Great Yarmouth Cemetery (2), Gorleston GC (2), Holme, Trimingham
Monday 20 August 2018
Breydon Water - Cattle Egret
Rollesby Broad - Black Tern
Felmingham - 2 Dotterel briefly, then flew S
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper, Great White Egret
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret
Welney - Great White Egret, Garganey
How Hill - Great White Egret flew N
Titchwell - Garganey, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Short-eared Owl
Sunday 19 August 2018
Potter Heigham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Spotted Crake, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Garganey
Rollesby Broad - Black Tern
Cley - 2 Black Terns flew W
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Hickling Broad - Great White Egret
Titchwell - Garganey, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Short-eared Owl
Saturday 18 August 2018
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Cley - 2 Black Terns flew E, Short-eared Owl
Hickling Broad - Wood Sandpiper, Great White Egret on Rush Hill Scrape
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - Garganey, 3 Spotted Redshanks
Friday 17 August 2018
Hopton-on-Sea - Purple Heron flew in off sea
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, 4 Garganey
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey
Holme - Wood Sandpiper, Great White Egret flew W
Weybourne/Blakeney Point - 3 Great White Egrets flew W
Titchwell - Short-eared Owl, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Thursday 16 August 2018
Hemsby - White Stork
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Cley - Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 3 Great White Egrets
Titchwell - Garganey, Short-eared Owl
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Titchwell - White Stork flew S, 2 Short-eared Owls
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Spotted Redshank
Ranworth Broad - Osprey
Buckenham - Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Sidestrand - Balearic Shearwater flew E, Caspian Gull flew W
Monday 13 August 2018
Blakeney Harbour - Pectoral Sandpiper briefly, then flew W
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Garganey
Snettisham - Great White Egret, 5 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper
Buckenham - Little Stint
Gorleston - Garganey flew N
Sunday 12 August 2018
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Wood Sandpiper
Holme - 2 Great White Egrets, Common Crane, Wood Sandpiper, Short-eared Owl
Great Cressingham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Cantley BF - Wood Sandpiper
Snettisham - 7 Curlew Sanpipers
Titchwell - Black Tern then flew inland
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Saturday 11 August 2018
Cley - White Stork, then flew inland
Potter Heigham - 2 Spotted Crake, Wood Sandpiper
Cockley Cley - Caspian Gull
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe - 2 Wood Sandpiper
Hemsby - Black Tern flew S
Welney - 2 Garganey
Friday 10 August 2018
Cley - White Stork, then flew NE, Caspian Gull
Beeston Regis - White Stork in evening
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Garganey
Breydon Water - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Thursday 9 August 2018
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Garganey
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Cley - Garganey
Strumpshaw - 3 Great White Egrets
Wednesday 8 August 2018
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Great White Egret, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Garganey
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Hickling Broad - Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper on Rush Hill Scrape
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Cantley BF - Wood Sandpiper
Great Yarmouth - Pied Flycatcher
Buckenham - 3 Garganey
Titchwell - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Tuesday 7 August 2018
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Great White Egret, 5 Wood Sandpipers, 4 Garganey
Holme - White Stork of uncertain origin, then flew E
Salthouse - Pied Flycatcher at Gramborough
Strumpshaw - 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Garganey
Cley - White-winged Black Tern flew W, Garganey
Monday 6 August 2018
Potter Heigham - 2 Spotted Crakes, 2 Wood Sandpipers, Garganey
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Spotted Redshanks
Cantley BF - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Salthouse - 2 Pied Flycatchers at Gramborough
Great Yarmouth - 2 Pied Flycatchers in Cemetery
Strumpshaw - 3 Great White Egrets
Sunday 5 August 2018
Cley - Caspian Gull
Potter Heigham - 2 Spotted Crakes, Great White Egret, 9 Wood Sandpipers, 5 Garganey
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - Great White Egret
Buckenham - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Saturday 4 August 2018
Titchwell - LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Spotted Redshanks
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank
Potter Heigham - 2 Spotted Crakes, Great White Egret, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 4 Garganey
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Burnham Norton - Wood Sandpiper
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Holme - Pied Flycatcher
Waxham - Pied Flycatcher
Happisburgh - Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - Great White Egret flew NNE
Strumpshaw - 3 Great White Egrets
Friday 3 August 2018
Titchwell - LESSER YELLOWLEGS, Caspian Gull, 2 Pied Flycatchers, 2 Great White Egrets, 5 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Cley - BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 7 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Potter Heigham - 2 Spotted Crakes, Great White Egret, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 4 Garganey
Burnham Norton - Spotted Crake
Winterton - 13+ Pied Flycatchers
Great Yarmouth - 17+ Pied Flycatchers in Cemetery
Holme - 3+ Pied Flycatchers
Snettisham - Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Black Tern
Strumpshaw - Great White Egret
Thursday 2 August 2018
Titchwell - LESSER YELLOWLEGS, Glossy Ibis, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Great White Egrets, 3 Curlew Sandpipers
Potter Heigham - Spotted Crake, Wood Sandpipers, 4 Garganey
Cley - 4 Wood Sandpipers
Winterton - 3+ Pied Flycatchers
Great Yarmouth - 2 Pied Flycatchers in Cemetery
Gramburgh Hill - Pied Flycatcher
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Holme - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 2 Great White Egrets
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Titchwell - LESSER YELLOWLEGS, Glossy Ibis, Great White Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshank
Cley - Red-necked Phalarope
Muckleburgh Hill - Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - 4 Little Stints, 3 Curlew Sandpipers
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Northrepps - 3 Great White Egrets flew over