Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for August 2024
Saturday 31 August 2024
Titchwell - White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, escaped Black-winged Stilt, Glossy Ibis flew E
Hickling - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Holme - Little Stint
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Gorleston - Caspian Gull
Kelling WM - Caspian Gull
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Great Yarmouth - Hooded Crow, Sooty Shearwater flew N
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Blakeney Point (3), Wymondham
Friday 30 August 2024
Titchwell - 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Hickling - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint
Cley - Little Stint, Caspian Gull, 2 Common Cranes; Black Tern flew past
Potter Heigham - Wood Sandpiper, 7 Garganey
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Gorleston - Caspian Gull
Strumpshaw - 2+ Garganey
Plus Pied Flycatcher at Wells Woods (1)
Thursday 29 August 2024
Titchwell - White-rumped Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Caspian Gull. Pied Flycatcher, presumed escaped Black-winged Stilt
Kelling WM - Wryneck, 2 Garganey, Pied Flycatcher
Kings Lynn - Spotted Redshank
Cromer - 5 Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - 4 Caspian Gulls
Cley - 3 Black Tern flew past
Scolt Head - Black Tern flew W
Strumpshaw - 2+ Garganey
Thornham Point - released White-tailed Eagle from IOW scheme, also over Blakeney Point, Sedgeford & Dersingham
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Wells Woods (5), Walsey Hills, Burnham Overy Dunes, Holme, Beeston Common
Wednesday 28 August 2024
Holme - White-rumped Sandpiper, Garganey, 2 Pied Flycatchers
Hickling - Pectoral Sandpiper
Hemblington - 2 Honey Buzzards flew S
Sheringham Park - Honey Buzzard flew SE
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Pied Flycatcher
Titchwell - Little Stint, 6 Pied Flycatchers
Kings Lynn - Spotted Redshank
Wells - 3+ Caspian Gulls, 8 Black Terns from pelagic off harbour
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Great Yarmouth - Caspian Gull, 4+ Pied Flycatchers
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Dickleburgh Moor - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - Balearic Shearwater flew E
Sheringham - Sooty Shearwater flew W
Blakeney Point - released White-tailed Eagle from IOW scheme
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Salthouse (4), Winterton (3), Warham Greens (2), Walsey Hills (2), Beeston Common
Tuesday 27 August 2024
Holme - White-rumped Sandpiper
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Titchwell - Little Stint, Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - 5 Spotted Redshanks
Hickling - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Kings Lynn - Spotted Redshank
Waxham - Pied Flycatcher
Cromer - 3+ Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - Caspian Gull, Wood Sandpiper flew W
Walcott - Caspian Gull
Strumpshaw - 1+ Garganey
Dickleburgh Moor - Garganey
Hockwold - Garganey
Monday 26 August 2024
Snettisham - 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, Little Stint, 9 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - American Golden Plover then flew S, Curlew Sandpiper, Black Tern
Dickleburgh Moor - Temminck’s Stint reported
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Cley - Spotted Redshank
Kings Lynn - Spotted Redshank
Hickling - 2 Garganey
Kelling - Garganey
Bayfield - Osprey
Cromer - 7 Caspian Gulls
Morston - Short-eared Owl
Sunday 25 August 2024
Snettisham - 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 11+ Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, presumed escaped Black-winged Stilt
Kings Lynn - Spotted Redshank
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Cromer - 1+ Caspian Gulls
Blakeney Harbour - 3 Caspian Gulls
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Saturday 24 August 2024
Holme - White-rumped Sandpiper
Dickleburgh Moor - Temminck’s Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 10 Spotted Redshanks
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Waterworks
Ten Mile Bank - Caspian Gull
Stradsett - White Stork of unknown origin
Friday 23 August 2024
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Black Tern
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Dickleburgh Moor - Temminck’s Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Potter Heigham - 4 Garganey
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Cromer - 5+ Caspian Gulls
Overstrand - Caspian Gull
West Runton - Sooty Shearwater flew past
Sheringham - Black Tern flew past
Thursday 22 August 2024
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints
Holme - White-rumped Sandpiper
Woodbastwick - Honey Buzzard flew over
Dickleburgh Moor - Temminck’s Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt of unknown origin, Black Tern flew W
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Wells North Point - Garganey
Stiffkey Fen - Caspian Gull
Wednesday 21 August 2024
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint, 9+ Spotted Redshanks, Black Tern, Caspian Gull
Dickleburgh Moor - Temminck’s Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - 3 Curlew Sandpipers flew W, Black-winged Stilt of unknown origin
Kings Lynn - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Hickling - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Holkham - Wood Sandpiper
Kelling WM - Garganey
Tuesday 20 August 2024
Dickleburgh Moor - Temminck’s Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Snettisham - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints, 15+ Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt of unknown origin
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Gull
Hickling - Wood Sandpiper
Holkham - Wood Sandpiper
Potter Heigham - 13+ Garganey
Kelling WM - 2 Garganey, Caspian Gull, Short-eared Owl
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Sheringham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Monday 19 August 2024
Hickling - Little Stint, 2 Garganey
Cley - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Welney - 2 Garganey
Sunday 18 August 2024
Wells North Point - ‘Lesser’ Golden Plover flew NE
Cley - Glossy Ibis, 3 Wood Sandpipers
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Hickling - Little Stint, 6 Garganey
Dickleburgh Moor - Little Stint, 6 Wood Sandpipers
Holkham - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Titchwell - Spotted Redshank, Caspian Gull
Potter Heigham - 6 Garganey
Pensthorpe - Garganey
Cromer - 5+ Caspian Gulls
Winterton - Caspian Gull
Saturday 17 August 2024
Cley - 2 Little Stints, 3 Wood Sandpipers
Hickling - 2 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Garganey
Dickleburgh Moor - 5 Wood Sandpipers
Potter Heigham - 3 Garganey
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Winterton - Pied Flycatcher
Cromer - 7+ Caspian Gulls
Swanton Novers - Honey Buzzard flew N
Horsey - Southern Migrant Hawker dragonfly
Friday 16 August 2024
Cley - 2 Little Stints, 5 Wood Sandpipers
Hickling - Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 3 Garganey
Titchwell - Little Stint, presumed escaped Black-winged Stilt
Dickleburgh Moor - 5 Wood Sandpipers
Holkham - Wood Sandpiper
Potter Heigham - 3 Garganey
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Wymondham - Turtle Dove
Cromer - 7+ Caspian Gulls
Breydon Water - Caspian Gull
Thursday 15 August 2024
Cley - 2 Little Stints, 3 Wood Sandpipers
Snettisham - 4 Little Stints
Titchwell - 1+ Little Stints
Dickleburgh Moor - 4 Wood Sandpipers
Holkham - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Wednesday 14 August 2024
Potter Heigham - Night Heron
Hickling - Honey Buzzard flew over, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Garganey
Ranworth - Honey Buzzard flew over
Breydon Water - 4 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Osprey
Cley - 2 Little Stints, 4 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Caspian Gulls, Turtle Dove
Snettisham - 2 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints
Dickleburgh Moor - 5 Wood Sandpipers
Wells - 2 Caspian Gulls
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Kelling - 2 Garganey
Welney - 2 Garganey
Pensthorpe - Garganey
Tuesday 13 August 2024
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 5 Wood Sandpipers, Little Gull, 28 Cattle Egrets
Hickling - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, 5 Garganey
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints
Cantley - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey
Winterton - 2 Pied Flycatchers
Snettisham - Black Tern, 7 Spotted Redshanks
Cromer - 4 Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Monday 12 August 2024
Snettisham - 1+ White-rumped Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints, 11 Spotted Redshanks, 5 Black Terns, Caspian Gull, 3 Turtle Doves, stranded Long-finned Pilot Whale
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Wells North Point - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - Little Stint, 4 Wood Sandpipers
Hickling - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Garganey
Weybourne - Caspian Gull, Pied Flycatcher
Happisburgh - Pied Flycatcher
Sunday 11 August 2024
Snettisham - 6 White-rumped Sandpipers, 10 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Little Stints, 4+ Spotted Redshanks, stranded Long-finned Pilot Whale
Attlebridge - Honey Buzzard flew N
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis
Potter Heigham - 3 Wood Sandpiper, 5 Garganey
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Hickling - Wood Sandpiper, 6 Garganey
Cromer - 3+ Caspian Gulls
Weybourne - Caspian Gull, Great Northern Diver flew past
Saturday 10 August 2024
Snettisham - SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 6 White-rumped Sandpipers, 10 Curlew Sandpipers, 4 Little Stints, 9 Spotted Redshanks, Black Tern, Caspian Gull
Potter Heigham - Night Heron, Wood Sandpiper, 4 Garganey
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Titchwell - Little Stint
Holkham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Cromer - 11 Caspian Gulls
Hickling - 7 Garganey
Lynn Point - Short-eared Owl
Friday 9 August 2024
Snettisham - 4 White-rumped Sandpipers, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints
Titchwell - Roseate Tern flew W
Cromer - 3+ Caspian Gulls
Hickling - 2+ Garganey
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Thursday 8 August 2024
Snettisham - SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 4 White-rumped Sandpipers, 8 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Little Stints, 10 Spotted Redshanks, Black Tern
Wymondham - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 5 Caspian Gulls
Cley - Caspian Gull
Potter Heigham - 4 Garganey
Titchwell - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Wednesday 7 August 2024
Snettisham - 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpiper, 8 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Little Stints, 4+ Spotted Redshanks, Black Tern
Attlebridge - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 4 Caspian Gulls
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Denver Sluice - Ruddy Shelduck
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Snettisham - 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 6 Curlew Sandpipers, Black Tern
Cley - White-rumped Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Caspian Gulls
Titchwell - Montagus Harrier flew over, Pied Flycatcher, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Hickling - 9 Garganey, Little Stint, Spotted Redshank
Hockwold - 2 Garganey
Welney - Garganey
Stiffkey - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Attlebridge - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 3 Caspian Gulls
Monday 5 August 2024
Snettisham - 3 White-rumped Sandpipers, 1+ Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Wood Sandpipers, Black Tern, Turtle Dove
Titchwell - White-rumped Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper
Potter Heigham - Night Heron
Welney - Garganey
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Gorleston - Caspian Gull
Sunday 4 August 2024
Snettisham - 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Little Gull
Hickling - Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Potter Heigham - Garganey, Spotted Redshank
Cromer - 3 Caspian Gulls
Gorleston - 2 Caspian Gulls
Weybourne Camp - Pied Flycatcher
Thornham - Osprey
Saturday 3 August 2024
Hickling - CASPIAN TERN, Garganey, 3 Spotted Redshanks
Breydon Water - Glossy Ibis, Spotted Redshank
Snettisham - 8 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt of uncertain origin
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, Blue-headed Wagtail
Cley - Little Stint, 2 Wood Sandpipers
Pensthorpe - Garganey
Cromer - 5 Caspian Gulls
Ranworth - 2 Ospreys
Friday 2 August 2024
Cley - 2 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper
Holkham - 5 Wood Sandpipers
North Point - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, Caspian Gull
Hickling - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 4 Caspian Gulls
East Wretham - Ruddy Shelduck
Thursday 1 August 2024
Lynn Point - Pectoral Sandpiper
Holkham - 5 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Gull
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Breydon Water - Little Gull
Hickling - Garganey