Norfolk Birding News

Birding news for February 2026

Friday 13 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull reported again
Cley - Glaucous Gull flew west
Stiffkey - 2+ Glossy Ibises, Hen Harrier
Titchwell - Slav Grebe, Scaup
Brancaster - Black-necked Grebe, 25 Snow Buntings
Holme - 20 White-fronted Geese, 65 Snow Buntings
Methwold - 51 Bewick's Swans
Welney - 40+ Bewick's Swans
Ludham Airfield - 18 Bewick's Swans

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Thursday 12 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, Red-necked Grebe flew west
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper
Stiffkey - 3 Glossy Ibises
Hunstanton - Red-necked Grebe, Slav Grebe
Titchwell - Slav Grebe, Scaup, Firecrest, 156+ White-fronted Geese
Cley - Water Pipit, 8 White-fronted Geese
Burnham Market - 4 Tundra Bean Geese, White-fronted Goose
Welney/Ten Mile Bank - 100+ Bewick's Swans, 39 White-fronted Geese, 25 Cranes
Hilgay Fen - 32 Bewick's Swans
Ludham Airfield - 9+ Bewick's Swans
Potter Heigham - 3+ Bewick's Swans
Tottenhill - Scaup
Winterton - 40+ Snow Buntings
Holkham - 468 White-fronted Geese
Horsey - 110 White-fronted Geese
Snettisham - 102 White-fronted Geese
Holme - 9 White-fronted Geese
Burnham Overy Staithe - 4 White-fronted Geese
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart
Lynford - 4+ Hawfinch

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Wednesday 11 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper
Cley - Water Pipit, Little Gull
Burnham Market - 6 Tundra Bean Geese, 6 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - 40+ Snow Buntings
Holkham - 80 White-fronted Geese
Walcott - 19 White-fronted Geese flew NW
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, Slav Grebe, Scaup, 2 White-fronted Geese
Martham Broad - White-fronted Goose
Ludham Airfield - 5 Bewick's Swans
Thurne - 15 Cranes

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Tuesday 10 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Stiffkey - 3 Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - Slav Grebe, Scaup, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, 135 White-fronted Geese
Hunstanton - Red-necked Grebe
Buckenham - 14+ Tundra Bean Geese
Burnham Market - Tundra Bean Goose, c.100 White-fronted Geese
Cley - 2 Water Pipits, 3 Scaup
Great Yarmouth - 3 Scaup
Ken Hill Marshes - 153 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - 40+ Snow Buntings
Sea Palling - 3 Snow Buntings

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Monday 9 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull, 7 Purple Sandpipers, 6+ Caspian Gulls
Stiffkey - 3 Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - Red-necked Grebe, Slav Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Scaup, Hen Harrier, 75 White-fronted Geese
Holkham - Red-necked Grebe at Salt's Hole
Hunstanton - Red-necked Grebe
Welney - 3 Tundra Bean Geese, 4 White-fronted Geese, 262 Bewick's Swans, 8 Cranes
Winterton - 29 Snow Buntings
Cley - 6 White-fronted Geese, 2 Bewick's Swans
Beeston Regis - 2 White-fronted Geese flew over
Lynford - 2+ Hawfinch
Stiffkey - Crane

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Sunday 8 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull
Waxham - Iceland Gull
Stiffkey - 3 Glossy Ibis
Welney - Little Gull, 17 Tundra Bean Geese, 203 Bewick's Swans, 15 Cranes
Titchwell - Slav Grebe, Scaup, 19 White-fronted Geese
Cantley - 9 Tundra Bean Geese, 6 White-fronted Geese, Caspian Gull
Cley - Water Pipit
Winterton - 40 Snow Buntings
Hilgay Fen - 150 Bewick's Swans
Buckenham - 20 Bewick's Swans
Somerton Holmes - 12 White-fronted Geese
Lynford - 5 Hawfinch

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Saturday 7 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART, 2 Black Redstarts
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper again
Stiffkey - 3 Glossy Ibis
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull, Black Redstart, 7 Purple Sandpipers, 3 Caspian Gulls, 7 White-fronted Geese flew south
Snettisham - Black-necked Grebe
Burnham Overy Staithe - Red-necked Grebe, 1+ Tundra Bean Goose, 3+ White-fronted Geese
Titchwell - Slav Grebe, Scaup, 3 Tundra Bean Geese, 170 White-fronted Geese
Welney - Slav Grebe, 17 Tundra Bean Geese
Weybourne - 10+ Tundra Bean Geese, 200+ White-fronted Geese
Buckenham - Water Pipit, c.200 White-fronted Geese, Ruddy Shelduck, Crane
Cley - Water Pipit, 21 Scaup flew east, c.110 White-fronted Geese
Tottenhill - Scaup
Ken Hill Marshes - 153 White-fronted Geese
Ludham - 11 Bewick's Swans
Lynford - 1+ Hawfinch
Holkham - 440 White-fronted Geese
Hickling - 35 Cranes
Belton Marshes - Hen Harrier

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Friday 6 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART plus an additional male Black Redstart
Stiffkey - 2+ Glossy Ibis
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull, 3+ Purple Sandpipers, 7 Cranes
Burnham Overy Staithe - Red-necked Grebe
Titchwell - Slav Grebe, 212 White-fronted Geese
Cley - Water Pipit
Holkham - 1000+ White-fronted Geese
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinch

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Thursday 5 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper
Cringleford - Siberian Chiffchaff
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull, 3 Cranes
Stiffkey - 3 Glossy Ibis
Burnham Overy Staithe - Red-necked Grebe
Hilgay Fen - 50 Bewick's Swans
Winterton - 40 Snow Buntings
Weybourne - 2 Tundra Bean Geese; 143 White-fronted Geese flew east during the morning, with 350 more in the fields
Cley - Water Pipit, 55+ White-fronted Geese in the area, 2 Little Gulls
Salthouse - c.250 White-fronted Geese
Dersingham - c.140 White-fronted Geese flew east
Halvergate Marshes - 60 White-fronted Geese
Snettisham - 44 White-fronted Geese flew ENE
Thorpe St Andrew - 42 White-fronted Geese flew SE
Scarning Fen - 30+ White-fronted Geese flew over
Holkham - 30 White-fronted Geese
East Ruston - c.30 White-fronted Geese flew SE
Didlington - 29+ White-fronted Geese
Somerton Holmes - 25+ White-fronted Geese
Norwich - 16 White-fronted Geese flew SE
Great Massingham - 14 White-fronted Geese flew SE
Bowthorpe - 10 White-fronted Geese flew over
Titchwell - White-fronted Goose
Sheringham - White-fronted Goose

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Wednesday 4 February 2026

Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Bintree Mill - Black-bellied Dipper again
Stiffkey - 3 Glossy Ibis
Wells - 2 Iceland Gulls reported
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull
Holkham - 4 Tundra Bean Geese
Buckenham - 2 Tundra Bean Geese
Burnham Overy Staithe - Red-necked Grebe, 11 White-fronted Geese
Ludham - 12 Bewick's Swans
Titchwell - 2 Long-tailed Ducks, Scaup
Cley - Water Pipit
Strumpshaw Fen - Water Pipit
Winterton - 30+ Snow Buntings
Salthouse - 20+ Snow Buntings
Lynford - 1+ Hawfinch
Roydon Common - 2 Hen Harriers
Welney - 2 White-fronted Geese

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Tuesday 3 February 2026

Hickling - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Stiffkey - Glossy Ibis
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull
Ludham - 21 Bewick's Swans
Buckenham - 3+ Tundra Bean Geese
Burnham Overy Staithe - Red-necked Grebe
Lynford - 2+ Hawfinches 
Great Yarmouth - 1+ Caspian Gull

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Monday 2 February 2026

Hickling/Horsey - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Stiffkey - 2 Glossy Ibis
Cley - Water Pipit
Winterton - 60 Snow Buntings
Titchwell - Scaup; Black-necked Grebe on sea
Ludham - 21 Bewicks Swans
Buckenham - 9 Tundra Bean Geese
Burnham Overy Staithe - Red-necked Grebe
Lynford - 1+ Hawfinches 
Great Yarmouth - Caspian Gull
Hunstanton - 2 Scaup on sea

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Sunday 1 February 2026

Hickling/Horsey - BLACK-WINGED KITE
Sheringham - EASTERN BLACK REDSTART
Snettisham CP - Black-winged Stilt reported
Sea Palling - Iceland Gull, 3+ Caspian Gulls
Caister - 7 Snow Buntings
Cley - 30 Snow Buntings flew E
Titchwell - Scaup; Black-necked Grebe on sea
Ludham - 11 Bewicks Swans
Welney - 19 Tundra Bean Geese
Burnham Overy Staithe -Red-necked Grebe
Lynford - 5+ Hawfinches

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