Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for March 2021
Wednesday 31 March 2021
Titchwell - Redstart, Black Redstart, 2 Common Cranes flew over
Holme - 3 Ring Ouzels, 2 Garganey, Black Redstart
Felbrigg - Ring Ouzel
Hockwold Washes - 6 Garganey,
Hickling Broad - 4 Garganey, Spoonbill
Snettisham - Garganey
Buckenham - Garganey
Wells - Garganey
Filby Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Happisburgh - 2 Black Redstarts
Burnham Overy - Black Redstart, Cuckoo
Heacham - Black Redstart
Aylmerton - Black Redstart
Kings Lynn - Black Redstart
Burnham Norton - Cattle Egret
Welney - Cattle Egret
Breydon Water - Great White Egret
Cley - 2 Spoonbills
Thornham - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Horsey - Hen Harrier
Halvergate Marshes - Hen Harrier
Tuesday 30 March 2021
Winterton - Iceland Gull
Waxham - Ring Ouzel
Felbrigg - Ring Ouzel
Ringstead - Ring Ouzel
Cley - 4 Garganey, 2 Spoonbills
Cantley - 4 Garganey
Hickling Broad - 2 Garganey
Blackborough End - 2 Garganey
Holkham - 3 Velvet Scoters
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Potter Heigham - Water Pipit
Scolt Head - 2 Yellow Wagtails
West Runton - 2 Black Redstarts
Winterton - Black Redstart
Sheringham - Black Redstart
Overstrand - Black Redstart
Blakeney - Sedge Warbler
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Horsey - 2 Common Cranes
Burnham Norton - 2 Common Cranes
Salthouse - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight release scheme, also over Blakeney
Holkham - Common Crane, White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight release scheme, also over Wells, Burnham Overy, Titchwell, Holme
Upton Marshes - Hen Harrier
Wells - Hen Harrier
Monday 29 March 2021
Thetford - DUSKY WARBLER still at Nunnery Lakes
Winterton - Iceland Gull, 5 Black Redstarts
Kelling - Iceland Gull
Weybourne - Iceland Gull flew W, Black Redstart
Hopton-on-Sea - Iceland Gull flew over
Sheringham - 2 Ring Ouzels, 2 Black Redstarts, 4 Purple Sandpipers, Spoonbill flew W
Hockwold Washes - 2 Garganey
Northrepps - 4 Black Redstarts
Aylmerton - 2 Black Redstarts
Waxham - Black Redstart
Norwich - Black Redstart
Hickling Broad - Water Pipit
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Whitlingham CP - Caspian Gull
Welney - 3 Common Cranes
Horsey - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Ludham - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Upton Marshes - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Holkham - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight release scheme
Acle - Hen Harrier
Sunday 28 March 2021
Weybourne - 2 Iceland Gulls flew W
Sheringham - Iceland Gull flew W
Waxham - Iceland Gull flew N, Black Redstart, 5+ Great Northern Divers, Yellow Wagtail
Northrepps - 4 Black Redstarts
West Runton - Black Redstart
Norwich - Osprey flew N
Welney - 6 Cattle Egrets
Limpenhoe - Great White Egret
Horsey - White-tailed Eagle
Holkham - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight release scheme
Egmere - Hen Harrier
Roydon Common - 2 Short-eared Owls
Saturday 27 March 2021
Beeston Bump - Iceland Gull flew W
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Northrepps - 3 Black Redstarts
Winterton - 2 Black Redstarts, White-tailed Eagle flew S
West Runton - Black Redstart
Cley - 6 Wheatears, Short-eared Owl, Pale-bellied Brent
Happisburgh - Jack Snipe
Wroxham Broad - Little Gull
Welney - 6 Cattle Egrets
Potter Heigham - 2 Spoonbills
Horsey - White-tailed Eagle
Breydon Water - White-tailed Eagle
Holkham - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight release scheme
California - Short-eared Owl, Hooded Crow
Roydon Common - Hen Harrier
Friday 26 March 2021
California - Iceland Gull flew SE
Northrepps - Lapland Bunting, 2 Black Redstarts
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck, Great White Egret
Cley - 2 Wheatears, 3 Common Cranes flew E
Waxham - Wheatear, 2 Purple Sandpipers
Hopton - Wheatear
Limpenhoe - Great White Egret
Sidestrand - 3 Common Cranes flew E
Thursday 25 March 2021
Breydon Water - Iceland Gull, 7 White-fronted Geese
Weybourne - Lapland Bunting flew W, White Wagtail, Common Crane, Hen Harrier
Cley - Black Redstart
Glandford - Black Redstart
Limpenhoe - Great White Egret
Attleborough - 2 Common Cranes flew over
Sidestrand - Common Crane flew E
Blakeney - Common Crane flew S
Winterton - White-tailed Eagle
Kelling Heath - Large Tortoiseshell
Wednesday 24 March 2021
Winterton - Iceland Gull flew past
Weybourne - Iceland Gull, Great White Egrets, Short-eared Owl flew W
Snettisham - Osprey
Salthouse - Wheatear, Firecrest
Sidestrand - White Wagtail flew SE
Titchwell - Little Ringed Plover, 2 Water Pipits, 2 Little Gulls
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe - Black Redstart
Limpenhoe - Great White Egret, 3 Common Cranes
Wells - 2 Spoonbills
Horsey - 2 White-tailed Eagles, Tundra Bean Goose, 2 Hen Harriers, Common Crane
Cley - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin, White-fronted Goose
Tuesday 23 March 2021
Kelling - Iceland Gull flew W
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart at South Denes
Martham - Black Redstart
Welney - 4 Cattle Egrets, 2+ Common Cranes
Sheringham - Spoonbill flew W
Winterton - 2 White-tailed Eagles
Horsey - White-tailed Eagle - also at Waxham
Breydon Water - White-tailed Eagle
Cley - White-tailed Eagle - also at Blakeney, Aylmerton, Felbrigg, Felmingham
Monday 22 March 2021
Rollesby Broad - Scaup
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Hockwold Washes - Garganey
Buckenham - White Wagtail
Salthouse - Water Pipit
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Martham - Black Redstart
Wiveton - Black Redstart
Breydon Water - Spoonbill
Surlingham - Great White Egret
California - Short-eared Owl
Snettisham CP - White-tailed Eagle presumed from Isle of Wight release scheme
Horsey - White-tailed Eagle presumed from Isle of Wight release scheme
Sunday 21 March 2021
Weybourne - Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gull, Lapland Bunting, Hen Harrier
Cley - Iceland Gull, Hen Harrier, Common Crane flew NW
Cantley BF - Garganey, 2 Water Pipits
Hingham - Garganey, Short-eared Owl
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Little Gull
Northrepps - Black Redstart
Burnham Overy - 3 Spoonbills
Hickling - Hen Harrier
Saturday 20 March 2021
Wells - Black Brant, 3 Pale-bellied Brents, Hen Harrier
Cantley - 9 White-fronted Geese, Bittern
Buckenham - Great White Egret, Bar-tailed Godwit
Cley - Great White Egret, 2 Spoonbills, Hen Harrier
Burnham Norton - Spoonbill
Terrington Marsh - Hen Harrier
Friday 19 March 2021
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Breydon Water - 2 White Wagtails, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Spoonbill
Titchwell - Water Pipit
Martham - Black Redstart
Cley - 2+ Snow Buntings, Common Crane flew W
Wereham - 31 Common Cranes flew N
Thornham - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme
Thursday 18 March 2021
Caister - 2 White Wagtails
Thetford - Sand Martin
Earlham Marsh - Rock Pipit
Ormesby Little Broad - Great White Egret
Wednesday 17 March 2021
Salthouse - Iceland Gull flew W
Winterton - Iceland Gull
Rollesby Broad - Scaup
Ormesby Broad - Slavonian Grebe
Haddiscoe Island - 35 White-fronted Geese
Postwick Marshes - 14 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 1+ Cattle Egrets, Great White Egret, 2+ Common Cranes
Berney Marshes - Spoonbill
Tuesday 16 March 2021
Rollesby Broad - Scaup
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Monday 15 March 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, Hen Harrier
Rollesby Broad - Scaup
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Breydon Water - 89 White-fronted Geese
Postwick Marshes - 14 White-fronted Geese
Felbrigg - White-fronted Goose
Welney - 5 Cattle Egrets, 2 Sand Martins
Burgh Castle - Hen Harrier
Strumpshaw - 3 Common Cranes
Norwich - Common Crane flew E
Weybourne Camp - Great Northern Diver flew E
Harpley - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme
Sunday 14 March 2021
Holme - 5 Water Pipits
Titchwell - Spotted Redshank
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Postwick Marshes - 16 White-fronted Geese, escaped Lesser White-fronted Geese
Kimberley Hall - 6 White-fronted Geese, 2 Great White Egrets
Welney - Cattle Egret
Saturday 13 March 2021
Thetford - DUSKY WARBLER at Nunnery Lakes
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Harpley - Hooded Crow
Holkham - Water Pipit, Spoonbill, White-fronted Goose
Burnham Overy - 12 Snow Buntings
Welney - 33 White-fronted Geese
Caistor St Edmund - 6 White-fronted Geese
Sparham Pools - 3 Great White Egrets
Caister - Short-eared Owl
Friday 12 March 2021
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Postwick Marshes - 9 White-fronted Geese
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Salthouse - Hen Harrier
Thursday 11 March 2021
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Weybourne Camp - Iceland Gull flew W
Welney - 30 White-fronted Geese, 4 Cattle Egrets, 4 Great White Egrets
Snettisham - Short-eared Owl
Haddiscoe Island - Hen Harrier
Wednesday 10 March 2021
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Welney - Cattle Egret
Tuesday 9 March 2021
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Snettisham - Scaup on Ken Hill Marsh, Shag
Dickleburgh Moor - Scaup
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe - Water Pipit
Postwick Marshes - 10 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 3 Cattle Egrets, 5 Common Cranes
Heacham - 2 Great White Egrets
Monday 8 March 2021
Filby Broad - Smew
Scratby - Iceland Gull
California - Iceland Gull
Caister-on-Sea - Iceland Gull flew W
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Snettisham - Scaup on Ken Hill Marsh
Ormesby Broad - Scaup, 2 Slavonian Grebes
Wroxham Broad - Eider
Great Yarmouth - Black Redstart
Strumpshaw - 3 Water Pipits
Holme - Water Pipit
Marston Marshes - White-fronted Goose
Welney - 33 White-fronted Geese, 5 Cattle Egrets, 12 Common Cranes
Sunday 7 March 2021
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Walsey Hills - White-tailed Eagle flew over
Postwick - 10 White-fronted Geese
Caister St Edmund - 6 White-fronted Geese
Marston Marshes - White-fronted Goose
Welney - 6 Cattle Egrets, 5 Great White Egrets, 2 Common Cranes
Salthouse - Hen Harrier
Terrington St Clement - Hen Harrier
Winterton - Short-eared Owl
Old Hunstanton - Raven
Saturday 6 March 2021
Waxham - Iceland Gull
Dickleburgh Moor - Scaup
Ormesby Broad - Slavonian Grebe
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck, Hen Harrier
Great Yarmouth - 2 Snow Buntings
Postwick - 4 White-fronted Geese
Caister St Edmund - 6 White-fronted Geese
Surlingham Church Marsh - White-fronted Goose
Marston Marshes - White-fronted Goose
Welney - 33 White-fronted Geese
Winterton - 2 Bean Goose sp
Friday 5 March 2021
Dickleburgh Moor - Scaup
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Breydon Water - 76 White-fronted Geese
Blackborough - 17 White-fronted Geese
Welney - 33 White-fronted Geese, 1+ Cattle Egrets, Spoonbill
Acle Bridge - 5 Common Cranes
Croxton Heath - 11 Common Cranes flew E
Brundall - 2 Common Cranes flew over
Hardley Staithe - Short-eared Owl
Wheatfen - escaped Lesser White-fronted Goose
Thursday 4 March 2021
Filby Broad - Smew
Hickling Broad - 4 Scaup
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Winterton - 2 Bean Goose sp
Thornham - 2 Twite
Welney - 4 Cattle Egrets, 28 Common Cranes
Cley - Caspian Gull, Hen Harrier
Overstrand - Raven flew over
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Whitlingham CP - Scaup, escaped Lesser White-fronted Goose
Salthouse - Black-necked Grebe
Breydon Water - Tundra Bean Goose, 20 White-fronted Geese, Spotted Redshank, 3 Great White Egrets, Spoonbill
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Rollesby Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Holme - Water Pipit
Welney - Cattle Egret
Cley - 13 White-fronted Geese
Tuesday 2 March 2021
Whitlingham CP - Scaup
Salthouse - Black-necked Grebe
Postwick - 4+ White-fronted Geese, escaped Lesser White-fronted Goose
Welney - 4 Cattle Egrets
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Heigham Holmes - 2 Spoonbills
Monday 1 March 2021
Barton Broad - Smew
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Cantley - White-fronted Goose
Welney - 4 Cattle Egrets, 3 Great White Egrets
Norwich - Black Redstart at Eglington Mews
Acle - Hen Harrier flew over