The Birds of Norfolk

Saturday 31 August 2013

Horsey - juv ROSE COLOURED STARLING 1/2 mile south of nelson's head track again + 12 Whinchats.

Strumpshaw - Wryneck still + Osprey at 7.30am (later seen at Buckenham 5.15pm)

Sheringham - 2 Sooty Shearwaters flew west early am + Wryneck & Red-backed Shrike still at Beeston bump late afternoon.

Holme NWT - Wryneck still.

Yarmouth - Red-backed Shrike still in south dunes and 2 Curlew Sandpipers at Breydon + Osprey over.

Methwold - Osprey over.

Titchwell - 14 Spoonbills, 40 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints & Redstart.

Cley - 9 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints, spotshank & Whinchat.

Acle - Curlew Sandpipers flew north over A47.

Winterton - Long-tailed Skua briefly 8am + 2 Velvet Scoters.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Friday 30 August 2013

Lynford - juv TWO BARRED CROSSBILL again at arboretum.

Strumpshaw fen - Wryneck still

Holme NWT - Wryneck still + 4 Redstarts, Tree Pipit & 6 Arctic Skuas.

Welney - Osprey flew north at 12.15 & then over denver sluice.

Yarmouth - Red-backed Shrike still in south dunes.

Titchwell - 14 Spoonbills, 46 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Little Stints & 2 Spotshanks.

Cley - 12 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Little Stints, Spotshanks & Little Gull.

Winterton - Hen Harrier + 2 pied flys.

Horsey - Redstart & 5 Whinchats.

Salthouse - Pied fly & Redstart.

Buckenham - 5 Whinchats.

Cantley - Wood Sandpiper.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Thursday 29 August 2013

Horsey - juv ROSE COLOURED STARLING 1/2 mile south of nelson's head track.

Waxham - CORNCRAKE SE of shang-ri-la cottage at 1pm + 2 Pied Flys & Redstart.

Strumpshaw fen - Wryneck still present.

Gramborough hill - Wryneck still present.

Sheringham - 2 Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua, Balearic Shearwater & 5 Black Terns.

Swaffham - Honey Buzzard flew SW at 2.30pm + 7 Crossbills.

Yarmouth - Red-backed Shrike still in south dunes + 4 Spotshanks on Breydon.

Holme NWT - Wryneck in dunes.

Titchwell - 59 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Little Stints, 11 Spoonbills & Whinchat.

Cley - juv Caspian Gull, 14 Curlew Sandpipers & 2 Little Stints.

Hemsby - Pied Flycatcher.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Stiffkey fen - 8 Spoonbills.

Lynford - 30 Common Crossbills at the arboretum but no sign of the juv two-barred.

Wednesday 28 August 2013

Burnham Overy dunes - CITRINE WAGTAIL 1.40-2.15pm only & 1-2 Icterine Warblers.

Kelling - CITRINE WAGTAIL flew past beach at 8.30am, on water meadow 10.30am and then Weybourne camp in the afternoon.

Horsey - ROSE COLOURED STARLING 1/2 mile south of nelson's head track.

Lynford - juv TWO BARRED CROSSBILL again at arboretum.

Holt - 3 Rough-legged Buzzards cirlced over and headed SW ?

Wrynecks (5) - Strumpshaw fen, Stiffkey, Horsey, Gramborough hill & Winterton.

Sheringham - 7 Long-tailed Skua lingering offshore 6.20-8.35am all juvs.

Winterton - Long-tailed Skua, 6 Arctic Skuas & 3 Little Gulls past.

Yarmouth - Red-backed Shrike at the pleasure beach + 2 Spotshanks & Little Stint on breydon.

Glandford - Red-backed shrike still in scrub behind cley spy.

Salthouse - adult Caspian Gull.

Titchwell - 42 Curlew Sandpipers & 4 Little Stints.

Cley - 3 Curlew Sandpipers.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Smaller numbers of Pied Flycatchers, but still plenty of Redstarts, Whinchats & Wheatears all along the coast.

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Stiffkey - BOOTED WARBLER just west of car park at 8.40am but no further sign.

Horsey - GREENISH WARBLER & Icterine Warbler in area with no general access south of nelson's head track.

Burnham Overy dunes - Icterine Warbler & Bluethroat still.

Gramborough hill - Barred Warbler reported + Little Gull.

Winterton - Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine & 4 Arctic Skuas past.

Wrynecks (11) - Stiffkey, East Hills (wells), Strumpshaw fen, Sheringham, Horsey, Blakeney point, Weybourne camp, Yarmouth south beach, Gramborough hill, Winterton & Burnham Overy dunes.

Sheringham - juv Long-tailed Skua lingering offshore 6.45-8.25am & Red-backed Shrike still Beeston bump.

East Hills (wells) - Red-backed Shrike + Crossbill.

Glandford - Red-backed shrike still in scrub behind cley spy.

Titchwell - 4 Spoonbills, 42 Curlew Sandpipers, 4 Little Stints & 15 Spotshanks.

Cley - juv Long-tailed Skua, 5 Pomarine & 20 Arctic Skuas past + adult Caspian Gull in roost & 9 Curlew Sandpipers.

Holme - Red-backed Shrike & Little Stint.

Martham broad - Red-necked Grebe early morning.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Smaller numbers of Pied Flycatchers, Redstarts & Whinchats still all along the coast.

Monday 26 August 2013

Burnham Overy dunes - BOOTED WARBLER at west end of Holkham pines, GREENISH WARBLER reported at 9am only, Icterine Warbler & 1-2 Bluethroats.

Holme NWT - Icterine Warbler on golf course by tee 14 briefly, 6 Spoonbills & Crossbill.

Kelling WM - Barred Warbler on east side by weybourne camp briefly this morning + Black Redstart.

Hopton - Long-tailed Skua, Pomarine Skua & 7 Little Gulls past.

Salthouse - juv Long-tailed Skua flew over shingle ridge.

Wrynecks (13) - Holme(2), Blakeney point(2), Salthouse village, Horsey, Holkham(2), Gramborough hill, Thornham point, Winterton(2) & Burnham Overy dunes.

Sheringham - Red-backed Shrike still Beeston bump.

Glandford - Red-backed shrike still in scrub behind cley spy.

Mundesley - Montagu's Harrier ringtail over cliffs.

Hemsby - Wood Warbler & Crossbill over + 2 Pomarine, 5 Arctic & a Great Skuas past.

Titchwell - probable WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Osprey, 10 Spoonbills, Black Tern, 3 Little Stints, 40 Curlew Sandpipers & 17 Spotshanks.

Cley - adult Caspian Gull in to roost this evening.

Yarmouth - 2 Black Terns & 20 Arctic Skuas past.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Still lots of Pied Flycatchers, Redstarts & Whinchats all along the coast.

Sunday 25 August 2013

Happisburgh - WESTERN BONELLI'S WARBLER in hedge by cricket pitch mid morning & again in evening at west end of churchyard.

Burnham Overy dunes - GREENISH WARBLER, Bluethroat & Red-backed Shrike.

Stiffkey campsite wood - GREENISH WARBLER, Osprey over & possible Booted Warbler?

Blakeney point - 2 Icterine Warblers & Common Rosefinch + 2 Long-tailed Skuas & 4 Bonxies past. (also counts of 50 pied flys & 45 Redstarts)

Titchwell - Icterine Warbler at Thornham point, 12 Spoonbills, 5 Little Stints, 30 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sand, 15 Spotshanks, 2 T-L Gulls & Red-necked Grebe.

Cley - Icterine Warbler early morning only, Caspian Gull in to roost & 3 Curlew Sandpipers + 2 Balearic Shearwater, 10 Black Terns & Bonxie past.

Holme NWT - Barred Warbler, Wood Sand, Spotshank & Spoonbill + Balearic Shearwater, 4 Black Terns, 17 Arctic Skuas & Bonxie past.

Wrynecks (22+) - Blakeney point(10+), Yarmouth cemetery(2), Gramborough hill, wells woods, Happisburgh, Thornham point, Beeston, Winterton (2), Burnham Overy dunes(2) & Walsey hills.

Beeston - Red-backed Shrike.

Glandford - Red-backed shrike in scrub behind cley spy.

Salthouse - 2 Long-tailed Skuas flew east + 2 Balearic Shearwaters & 4 Dotterel reported flying in off sea?

Sheringham - 4 Balearic Shearwaters past early.

Snettisham - 3 Little Stint & 4 Curlew Sands.

Hemsby - Wood Warbler & Tree Pipit.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present + Osprey over.

Buckenham - Osprey.

Lynford - Osprey over & 45 Crossbills.

Ongar hill - Great White Egret.

Breydon - 5 Curlew Sands.

100's Pied Flycatchers, Redstarts & Whinchats all along the coast.

Saturday 24 August 2013

Blakeney point - BOOTED WARBLER, Icterine Warbler, 5+ Wrynecks & probable SHORT-TOED LARK.

Cley - Icterine Warbler, Red-necked Phalarope, adult Long-tailed Skua, Dotterel, 13 Balearic Shearwaters past, 16 Arctic Skuas, 20 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spoonbills & Wood Sandpiper.

Salthouse - Wryneck at Gramborough hill & 2 Twite + 7 Pomarine Skuas past at 11.35 + 8 reported at 4pm?, 3 Balearic Shearwaters, 9 Black Terns & Little Gull past on the sea.

Sheringham - Wryneck north of dead mans wood & Wryneck at Beeston bump + Long-tailed Skua, Bonxie, 6 Black Terns, 8 Little Gulls, 19 Arctic Terns & Puffin past on the sea.

Wells woods - Wryneck.

Snettisham - Little Stint, 6 Curlew Sands, 10+ Spotshank & c35,000 Knot.

Weybourne - Red-necked Phalarope flew west at 10.30am, Red-necked Grebe & Purple Sandpiper.

Gorleston - 2 Pomarine & an Arctic Skua

Caister - 6 Black Terns past.

Hemsby - Wood Warbler.

Horsey - 7 Black Terns, 2 Little Gulls, 5 Arctic Terns & 13 Arctic Skuas.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Titchwell - 4 Spoonbills, 3 Little Stints, 11 Curlew Sandpipers + Redstart on Gypsy lane (Roseate Tern reported in morning?).

Winterton - Stone Curlew.

Holme - 3 Redstarts & 3 Black Terns past.

Pied Flycatchers - Hemsby(2), Sheringham(2), Winterton(4), Salthouse(2), Waxham(4), Cley(4), Wells woods(3), Titchwell Gypsy lane(2), Scolt head(3) & Holme(5).

Whinchats - Flitcham, Salthouse(6), Cley, Hemsby(2), Winterton(5), Caister, Waxham, wells woods(3), Cley & Holme(2)

Friday 23 August 2013

Hemsby - ICTERINE WARBLER this evening along kings loke north of beach road.

Sheringham - Balearic Shearwater flew west early am.

Cley - 14 Curlew Sandpipers this evening all juvs, Spoonbill & Wood Sandpiper.

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? still present.

Cantley - Red-necked phalarope still at the beet factory + Wood Sandpiper.

Breydon - 531 Med gulls in roost!

Stiffkey fen - 8 Spoonbills + Spotshank.

Titchwell - 13 Spoonbills & 3 Little Stints.

Winterton - Whinchat.

Kelling WM  - Wood Sandpiper.

Pied Flycatchers - Wells woods, Gorleston(2), Blakeney point & Holme NWT.

Thursday 22 August 2013

Northrepps - possible ITALIAN SPARROW ? present for 7+ days, potential first for Britain?

Snettisham - adult WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER in high tide roost 7-9am.

Weybourne - 6+ TWO-BARRED CROSSBILLS in trees by station in morning then flew west.

Lynford - juv TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL again with 60 Crossbills early morning and 1.15pm only.

Cantley - Red-necked phalarope still at the beet factory + Wood Sandpiper.

Cley - Caspian Gull in evening gull roost, Wood Sandpiper & Spotshank.

Welney - Curlew Sandpiper.

Stiffkey fen - 7 Spoonbills.

Titchwell - 12 Spoonbills & 2 Little Stints.

Winterton - Whinchat & Arctic Skua.

Holme  - Wood Sandpiper.

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Lynford - juv TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL again with 10 Crossbills but no sign in afternoon.

Cantley - Red-necked phalarope still at the beet factory.

Terrington marsh - Osprey.

Breydon - Spotshank & Little gull.

Sidestrand - Pied Fly.

Holt CP - Pied Fly.

Titchwell - 2 Woodlarks flew south early morning, 11 Spoonbills, Little Stint, Spotshank & 3 Crossbills over.

Salthouse - Whinchat.

Tuesday 20 August 2013

Hickling - Great White Egret on the reserve.

Cantley - Red-necked phalarope at the beet factory.

Cley - ad Caspian Gull late evening, Yellow-legged Gull, Wood Sadn & Garganey.

Cromer - 4 Wood Sandpipers flew in off the sea this am.

Morston - 7 Spoonbills.

Titchwell - 6 Spoonbills, 12 Spotshanks & 2 RC Pochards.

Winterton - Black Tern.

Kelling water meadow - 2 Wood Sandpipers & 2 Spotshanks.

Monday 19 August 2013

Cantley - Red-necked phalarope at the beet factory + Wood Sandpiper.

Cley - ad Caspian Gull on pat's pool this evening.

Winterton - 4 Pied Flycatchers in dunes.

Hemsby - Black Tern, Pied Fly, 4 Little Gulls & 2 Arctic Skuas.

Yarmouth - juv Black Tern off south beach & Little Gull over Breydon.

Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper.

Titchwell - 12 Spoonbills.

Stiffkey fen - 7 Spoonbills.

Kelling water meadow - 2 Wood Sandpipers & 2 Spotshanks.

Sunday 18 August 2013

Hickling - Great White Egret on the reserve.

Cantley - Red-necked phalarope at the beet factory.

Haddiscoe - Honey Buzzard over thorpe marshes.

Buckenham - Osprey + Wood Sand.

Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls & 2 Wood Sandpipers.

Salthouse - Wood Sandpiper.

Stiffkey fen - 15 Spoonbills.

Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper.

Kelling water meadow - 2 Wood Sandpipers & 2 Spotshanks.

Saturday 17 August 2013

Titchwell - adult Caspian Gull 6.25pm, 8 Spoonbills & 15 Spotshanks.

Winterton - Pomarine Skua & 2 Arctic Skuas.

Stiffkey fen - 12 Spoonbills.

Kelling water meadow- 2 Wood Sandpipers & 2 Spotshanks.

Breydon - 8 Spotshanks.

Friday 16 August 2013

Cromer - Osprey flew west early morning (also over sheringham).

Cley - 2 Yellow-legged Gulls & Little Gull.

Titchwell - 6 Spoonbills, 8 Spotshanks & Wood Sand.

Kelling water meadow - 3 Wood Sandpipers.

Gorleston - 13 Black Terns, 3 Arctic Terns & 20 Little Gulls past.

Thursday 15 August 2013

Stiffkey fen - 7 Spoonbills.

Winterton - Pied flycatcher in south dunes.

Titchwell - 6 Spoonbills, 2 Spotshanks & fem Hen Harrier.

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Hopton-on-Sea - Pomarine Skua, Roseate Tern, 4 Black Terns, 4 Arctic Terns, 15 Little Gulls & 3 Arctic Skuas flew past this afternoon.

Horsey - Great White Egret flew over nelson's head track but no sign of Roller.

Kelling - 2 Wood Sandpipers still at water meadow + spotshank.

Titchwell - 9 Spoonbills & Spotted Redshank.

Cley - Spotted Redshank, but no sign of Phalarope.

Blofield heath - report of male Montagu's Harrier by ranworth road ?

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Horsey - adult ROLLER still around end of Nelson's head track.

Cley - juv Red-necked phalarope still on north scrape + 2 Bonxies west past coastguards.

Stiffkey fen - 13 Spoonbills.

Cantley - 2 Wood Sandpipers.

Titchwell - 12 Spoonbills, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 9 Spotshanks, Little Gull, 12 Manx Shearwaters past offshore & Hen Harrier.

Monday 12 August 2013

Horsey - adult ROLLER still around end of Nelson's head track + Black Tern towards winterton.

Cley - juv Red-necked phalarope still on north scrape.

Sunday 11 August 2013

Horsey - adult ROLLER still around end of Nelson's head track.

Cley - juv Red-necked phalarope & Garganey.

Stiffkey fen - 12 Spoonbills.

Breydon water - Spoonbill.

Snettisham - Purple Sandpiper, Curlew Sand, Little Stint & 20 Spotshanks.

Kelling water meadow - 2 Wood Sandpipers & limosa Black-tailed Godwit.

Gorleston - 2 Black Terns, 2 Arctic Terns & 8 Little Gulls past.

Thornham - Spoonbill.

Salthouse - Wood Sand & Spotshank.

Saturday 10 August 2013

Cley - juv Red-necked phalarope, 4 Wood Sandpipers, 5 Y-L Gulls, 2 Garganey & limosa Black-tailed Godwit.

Horsey - adult ROLLER still south of end of Nelson's head track.

Salthouse - Temminck's Stint early morning by beack car park + Purple Sandpiper.

Titchwell - 10 Spoonbills & Spotshank.

Kelling water meadow - Wood Sandpiper.

Strumpshaw - unconfirmed report of Bee-eater over reserve.

Friday 9 August 2013

Horsey - adult ROLLER still north of end of Nelson's head track.

Titchwell - juv Black Tern, 10 Spoonbills, 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spotted Redshanks, Little Stint & 2 Little Gulls.

Cley - 3 Caspian Gulls in roost (2ad + 2sum), 2 Spoonbill, Curlew Sand, Wood Sand, Arctic Skua & Spotshank.

Kelling water meadow - 3 Wood Sandpipers.

Breydon Water - Spotshank & Little Gull.

Winterton - 2 Crossbills in south dunes.

Thursday 8 August 2013

Horsey - ROLLER still present at east end of Nelson's head track.

Thetford - probable CORNCRAKE still at the Nunnery lakes.

Titchwell - 6 Spoonbills, Little Stint, Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua.

Cley - 5 Spoonbills, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull.

Breydon Water - 4 Spotted Redshanks.

Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park - 2 Crossbills.

Kelling - 3 Wood Sandpipers.

Stiffkey Fen - 14 Spoonbills.

Buckenham Marshes - 2 Spotted Redshanks.

Winterton - 2 Southern Emerald damselflies in north dunes.

Wednesday 7 August 2013

Horsey - ROLLER still south of east end of Nelson's head track.

Thetford - CORNCRAKE flushed twice from permissive footpath at Nunnery lakes 1.45pm, no further sign by late afternoon.

Winterton - Great White Egret by cow barns this evening.

King's Lynn - 4 Common Cranes + unconfirmed report of WHITE-TAILED EAGLE.

Sheringham - Pomarine Skua & Red-necked Grebe early morning.

Titchwell - 6 Spoonbills, Little Stint, 8 Spotted Redshanks, Wood Sandpiper, Little Gull & 2 Red-crested Pochard.

Breydon Water - Arctic Tern.

Belton - 3 Common Cranes.

Stiffkey Fen - 12 Spoonbills & Wood Sandpiper.

Cley - 2 Spoonbills, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Little Gull & Yellow-legged Gull.

Hopton-on-Sea - 2 Little Gulls, 6 Arctic Terns & Arctic Skua.

Tuesday 6 August 2013

Horsey - ROLLER still osuth of end of Nelson's head track + 2 Common Cranes.

Cley - Osprey, 2 Spoonbills, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper & 3 Little Gulls.

Stiffkey Fen - 12 Spoonbills, 3 Wood Sandpipers & Mediterranean Gull.

Winterton - (2 Southern Emerald damselflies)

Monday 5 August 2013

Horsey - adult ROLLER c1 mile south of end of Nelson's head track + 5 Common Cranes.

Winterton - (2 Southern Emerald damselflies, 2 Common Hawker dragonflies.)

Titchwell - 2 Spoonbills, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, 14 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Little Stints, Yellow-legged Gull, 2 Little Gulls, 352 Avocets.

Breydon Water - Arctic Tern, 2 Little Gulls.

Cley - Spoonbill, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Little Gulls, 2 Garganey, 3 Yellow-legged Gulls.

Sunday 4 August 2013

Titchwell - Spoonbill, 2 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Gull, 18 Spotted Redshanks, Garganey.

Burnham Overy Staithe - Roseate Tern, 2 Arctic Terns.

Stiffkey Fen - 9 Spoonbills, Wood Sandpipers.

Cley - 4 Spoonbills, 3 Spotted Redshanks.

Gorleston - 7 Little Gulls.

Kelling - Wood Sandpiper.

Salthouse - Whinchat.

Buckenham Marshes - 5 Wood Sandpipers.

Saturday 3 August 2013

Stiffkey Fen - 9 Spoonbills, 4 Wood Sandpipers, 2 Curlew Sandpipers.

Cley - BLACK-WINGED STILT reported at 3.10pm only, 5 Wood Sandpipers, Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Gulls, 9 Yellow-legged Gulls, 4 Spoonbills, Garganey, 6 Arctic Terns & 2 Continental Black-tailed Godwits.

Breydon - Arctic Tern, 2 Little Gulls.

Buckenham Marshes - 8 Wood Sandpipers.

Welney - 3 Common Cranes.

Hemsby - Pomarine Skua & 2 Arctic Skuas.

Martham Broad - 2 Common Cranes.

Salthouse - Wood Sandpiper.

Friday 2 August 2013

Cley - 2 Spoonbills, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Yellow-legged Gull, 3 Little Gulls.

Stiffkey Fen - 9 Spoonbills, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Wood Sandpipers.

Buckenham Marshes - 2 Wood Sandpipers.

Winterton - Black Tern.

Gorleston - Black Tern, Little Gull.

Hopton-on-Sea - 3 Arctic Terns, 2 Little Gulls, Black Tern.

Thursday 1 August 2013

Edgefield - Probable dark phase BOOTED EAGLE again c2.30pm.

Cley - Honey Buzzard pale phase juv. viewed distantly from vis. centre, 4 Spoonbils, 7 Wood Sandpipers & Mediterranean Gull.

Buckenham Marshes - 7 Wood Sandpipers.

Winterton North Dunes - 2 Southern Emerald Damselflies.