Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for September 2021
Thursday 30 September 2021
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, 2 Little Stints, Hen Harrier
Cley - Little Stint, Velvet Scoter flew E
Fakenham - Hawfinch
Welney - 59 Common Cranes
Winterton - Pomarine Skua, Sooty Shearwater both past
Buckenham - presumed escaped White Stork
Wednesday 29 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint
Potter Heigham - Cattle Egret
Hockwold Washes - Cattle Egret
Welney - 43 Common Cranes
Buckenham - White Stork of uncertain origin
Sheringham - 2 Scaup flew past
Holme - Velvet Scoter flew past
Tuesday 28 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Cattle Egret, 7 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2+ Little Stints,
Choseley - Honey Buzzard flew S
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stints
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper, Great White Egret
Cley - Caspian Gull
Gaywood - Hawfinch
Welney - Cattle Egret, 43 Common Cranes
Winterton - Balearic Shearwater flew past
Monday 27 September 2021
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stints, 2 Caspian Gulls, 2 Spoonbills
Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Sunday 26 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 3 Cattle Egrets, 7 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Honey Buzzard flew W
Welney - Pectoral Sandpiper
Winterton - Osprey, 1+ Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls
Happisburgh - Caspian Gull, Sabine’s Gull flew W
Holme - Spotted Redshank
Heacham - 2 Red-necked Grebes
Mundesley - Black Guillemot
Saturday 25 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 4 Spotted Redshanks, Osprey
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Caspian Gull, Hen Harrier
Welney - Pectoral Sandpiper, Cattle Egret, 4+ Common Cranes
Winterton - Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls
Burnham Overy - 17 Whooper Swans
Stiffkey Fen - 26 Spoonbills
Friday 24 September 2021
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints
Breydon Water - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Hen Harrier
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 4+ Little Stints
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Cley - White-fronted Goose
Burnham Overy - Pied Flycatcher
Welney - Cattle Egret
Stiffkey Fen - 25+ Spoonbills
Burgh Castle - White Stork of uncertain origin flew W
Winterton - 6 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Thursday 23 September 2021
Mundesley - Red-rumped Swallow flew NW
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints
Weybourne Camp - Wryneck
Potter Heigham - 5 Spotted Redshanks
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Cley - Caspian Gull
Kelling WM - Whinchat
Welney - Cattle Egret, 2+ Common Cranes
Holme - Cattle Egret
Stiffkey Fen - 12 Spoonbills
Sculthorpe Moor - Great White Egret
Waxham - 24 Common Cranes, 3 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Horsey - 3 Common Cranes
Winterton - 4+ Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Weybourne - Camberwell Beauty at station
Wednesday 22 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 6 Spotted Redshanks, Osprey
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, 4 Spoonbills, Red-necked Grebe
Weybourne - Wryneck
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Caspian Gull
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper
Hickling Broad - Osprey, 44 Common Cranes
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Kelling WM - Whinchat
Stiffkey Fen - 29 Spoonbills
South Wootton - White Stork of uncertain origin flew W
Waxham - 3 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Winterton - 3 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Tuesday 21 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 5 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Rose-coloured Starling, Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Hen Harrier, Red-necked Grebe
Weybourne - Wryneck, Osprey flew E
Blakeney Point - Wryneck
Snettisham - 4 Little Stints
Cley - Little Stint, Garganey, Black-necked Grebe on sea, Black Guillemot flew past
Welney - Cattle Egret, 16 Common Cranes
Winterton - Osprey flew S
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Horsey - Puffin on sea
Waxham - 3 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Monday 20 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Wood SandpiperCley - Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Black Tern; Black-necked Grebe on sea
Blakeney Point - Wryneck, Pied Flycatcher; Osprey over harbour, then flew inland
Weybourne - Wryneck; Black Tern flew W
Sheringham - Honey Buzzard flew over
Burnham Deepdale - Honey Buzzard flew over
Langham - Quail
Snettisham - 5 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Little Stints, 4 Spotted Redshanks
Reepham - Osprey flew SE
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe - Whinchat
Salthouse - Whinchat
Holme - Long-tailed Skua, 2 Pomarine Skuas, 7 Black Terns, Long-tailed Duck all past
Waxham - 3 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Sunday 19 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 4 Spotted Redshanks, Garganey
Holme -
Purple Heron reported
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Hen Harrier
Cley - Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stints, Caspian Gull, Garganey
Weybourne - Wryneck, Honey Buzzard flew over
Boughton Fen - Honey Buzzard flew over
Snettisham - 2 Little Stints, Turtle Dove, Osprey flew S
Welney - 2 Cattle Egrets, 7 Great White Egrets, Spotted Redshank
Breydon Water - Osprey
Holkham - Osprey flew in off sea
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Mundesley - Ring Ouzel
Horsey - 3 Whinchats
West Runton - Pied Flycatcher
Stiffkey Fen - 30 Spoonbills
Waxham - 2 Vagrant Emperor dragonflies
Saturday 18 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Gull
Weybourne Camp - Wryneck
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Garganey
Horsey - 8 Wood Sandpipers then flew W
Welney - Cattle, Egret, Spotted Redshank
Breydon Water - Osprey
Hickling Broad - 53 Common Cranes
Stiffkey Fen - 25 Spoonbills
Kelling - Pomarine Skua offshore
Friday 17 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Sooonbills, Hen Harrier, Velvet Scoter
Welney - Wryneck, Cattle Egret
Holme - Black Redstart
East Wretham - Black Redstart
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Waxham - 48 Common Cranes
Thursday 16 September 2021
Winterton - Common Rosefinch
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper; Long-tailed Skua flew E
Welney - Cattle Egret, 12 Common Cranes
Holme - Pied Flycatcher
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Short-eared Owl
Snettisham - 2 Little Stints
Horsford - Osprey flew SW
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Waxham - 51 Common Cranes
Sheringham - Puffin flew E
Cromer - Vagrant Emperor dragonfly
Wednesday 15 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Little Stint, 4 Spoonbills
Kelling/Salthouse - Wryneck, Pied Flycatcher
Welney - Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 10 Common Cranes
Holme - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, 2 Pied Flycatchers
East Hills - 2 Pied Flycatchers
Blakeney Point - Pied Flycatcher
Stiffkey Fen - Pied Flycatcher
Cley - Little Stint, 2 Caspian Gulls, Garganey; +2 Garganey flew W, Great Northern Diver flew E
Potter Heigham - 5 Spotted Redshanks, 8 Spoonbills
Eccles-on-Sea - Purple Sandpiper
Sheringham - 3 Velvet Scoters flew W
Weybourne - Pomarine Skua flew E
Tuesday 14 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Pied Flycatcher, 2 Great White Egrets, Spoonbill
Sheringham - Yellow-browed Warbler
Blakeney Point - Pied Flycatcher, Snow Bunting
Happisburgh - Pied Flycatcher
Great Yarmouth - Cory’s Shearwater flew N
Winterton - Sooty Shearwater flew past
Monday 13 September 2021
Titchwell - 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spoonbills, Turtle Dove
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints
Burnham Overy Dunes - Pied Flycatcher
South Creake - Honey Buzzard flew NE
Thursford - Osprey flew S
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Salthouse - Common Crane
Sheringham - Caspian Gull, Purple Sandpiper; 3 Sooty Shearwaters, 2 Little Gulls past
Walcott - Sooty Shearwater flew N
Sunday 12 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Turtle Dove; Ring Ouzel flew over
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper
Dickleburgh Moor - 2 Little Stints
Snettisham - Little Stint, 7 Spotted Redshanks
Welney - Cattle Egret
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Salthouse - Common Crane
Wells - Sabine’s Gull offshore from boat
Saturday 11 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, 5 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Turtle Dove
Cley - Cattle Egret, 8 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 3+ Little Stints, 5 Spotted Redshanks, 3 Spoonbills, Turtle Dove
Wells - 2 Little Stints, 6 Spoonbills
Potter Heigham - 3 Garganey, 5 Spoonbills
Salthouse - Common Crane
Friday 10 September 2021
Snettisham - GULL-BILLED TERN, Cattle Egret, 2 Little Stints
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Little Stints, 3 SpoonbillsTitchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, 6 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Turtle Dove
Cley - Cattle Egret, 7 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Pomarine Skua flew past
Dickleburgh Moor - 2 Little Stints
Wells - Common Crane flew W
Salthouse - Common Crane
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull, Balearic Shearwater flew E
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Thursday 9 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, 4 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egrets, Spoonbill
Welney - Cattle Egret, 4 Common Cranes, Great White Egret
Cley - Cattle Egret, Common Crane
East Hills - 6 Black Terns
Gorleston - Black Redstart
Winterton - 7+ Whinchats
Holkham - Great White Egret
Wednesday 8 September 2021
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, 5 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper
Cley - 4 Little Stints, Turtle Dove
Snettisham - 3 Little Stints
Holme - Cattle Egret, Purple Sandpiper, Garganey
Great Yarmouth - Pied Flycatcher
Horsey Mill - Pied Flycatcher
Dickleburgh Moor - Turtle Dove
Burnham Over - Camberwell Beauty butterfly
Tuesday 7 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Little Stints
Titchwell - Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Little Stints, Pied Flycatcher
Cley - Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints
Burnham Overy Dunes - Barred Warbler, Camberwell Beauty butterfly
Welney - 2+ Common Cranes
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Beeston Common, Walsey Hills, Great Yarmouth
Monday 6 September 2021
Gayton - ELEONORA’S FALCON flew N
Cley - Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper
Beeston Regis - Wryneck
Beeston Common - Wryneck
Burnham Overy Dunes - Barred Warbler
Gramborough Hill - Barred Warbler
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints
Titchwell - 7 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - 4 Caspian Gull
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Heacham - Spotted Redshank, Garganey
Breydon Water - Spotted Redshank, 7 Spoonbills
Welney - 4 Common Cranes
Wells - Common Crane
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Weybourne (2), Beeston Common, Walsey Hills, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston
Sunday 5 September 2021
Burnham Overy Dunes - Barred Warbler
Wells - Little Stint, Common Crane, 7 Spoonbills
Snettisham - 1+ Little Stint
Breydon Water - Osprey, 7 Spoonbills
Cromer - 4 Caspian Gulls
Sidestrand - 2 Caspian Gulls
Titchwell - Spotted Redshank, 5 Spoonbills
Warham - Common Crane
Holme - Garganey, 5+ Pied Flycatchers
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Wells-Stiffkey (19), Great Yarmouth (10+), Holkham (2), Walsey Hills, Caister-on-Sea
Saturday 4 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Little Stints
Burnham Overy Dunes - Barred Warbler, 3 Pied Flycatchers
Blakeney Point - Wryneck, Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - Dotterel, 8 Little Stints, 9 Spotted Redshanks, 4 Spoonbills, 10 Turtle Doves, White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Common Crane then flew back W to Wells
Titchwell - 4+ Little Stints, 2 Pied Flycatchers
Wells - Little Stint, Common Crane, then flew E to Cley, 2 Spoonbills
Welney - Little Stint, 4 Common Cranes
Holme - Garganey, Pied Flycatcher
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Sheringham - 2 Black Terns flew past
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Walsey Hills (4), Winterton (6), Weybourne (2), Holkham, Warham Greens, Overstrand, Beeston Common
Friday 3 September 2021
Blakeney Point - SYKES’S WARBLER, Wryneck, Pied Flycatcher, 24 Spoonbills
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 Little Stints
Burnham Overy Dunes - Barred Warbler
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Little Stints, Spotted Redshank, 2 Pied Flycatchers, 3 Spoonbills
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Little Stints
Welney - Little Stint
Sidestrand - 2 Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - 2 Long-tailed Skuas, 3 Sooty Shearwaters flew past
Walcott - Sooty Shearwater flew N
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Walsey Hills (4), Wells Woods (3+), Waxham (3), Holkham (2), Weybourne, Holme, Beeston Common, East Beckham
Thursday 2 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Little Stint
Trimingham -
Red-breasted FlycatcherCawston - Dotterel
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Little Stints, Purple Sandpiper, 2+ Pied Flycatchers, Long-tailed Skua flew W
Snettisham - 8 Little Stints, 10 Spotted Redshanks
Welney - Little Stint
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Winterton - Black Tern, Whinchat
Thetford - Black Tern flew S over Nunnery Lakes, Pied Flycatcher
Holme - Long-tailed Skua flew past, Pied Flycatcher
Sheringham - Caspian Gull, 2 Little Gulls, Black Guillemot, Balearic Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater all flew past
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Holkham (11), Wells Woods (5), Walsey Hills (5), Weybourne Camp (5), Blakeney
Wednesday 1 September 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Winterton -
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, 3 Pied Flycatchers
Titchwell - 12 Little Stints, Pied Flycatcher
Cley - 2 Little Stints, 5 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Caspian Gulls; 2 Long-tailed Skuas flew past
Breydon Water - Little Stint, Spotted Redshank, Whinchat, 7 Spoonbills
Buckenham - Little Stint
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Welney - 4 Common Cranes
Holkham - Common Crane
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Walsey Hills (2), Weybourne Camp (2), Trimingham, Waxham