Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for August 2025
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Ringstead - Dotterel
Cley - 4 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Spotted Redshank, released White-tailed Eagle flew over
Snettisham - Little Stint, Turtle Dove
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank
Hemsby - 3 Garganey flew S
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Plus Pied Flycatcher at Winterton
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Ringstead - 4 Dotterel
Wells North Point - 2 Temminck’s Stints, Garganey
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Pied Flycatcher
Titchwell - 6 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, 3 Garganey
Snettisham - Little Stint, Turtle Dove
Cantley BF - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Sheringham/Cromer - Balearic Shearwater flew E, 2+ Caspian Gulls
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Holme, Weybourne Camp
Monday 25 August 2025
Salthouse - Greenish Warbler reported
Winterton - Barred Warbler, Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, 4+ Turtle Doves
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Pied Flycatchers
Titchwell - 5+ Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Baltic Gull, 18 Caspian Gulls
Filby Broad - Black Tern
Sheringham - Caspian Gull
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Kelling, Weybourne Camp, Blakeney Point
Sunday 24 August 2025
Salthouse - Greenish Warbler
Winterton - Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike
Snettisham - 2 Little Stints, 6 Spotted Redshanks
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint
Titchwell - 7 Little Stints
Breydon Water - Little Stint, Spotted Redshank
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Sheringham - Balearic Shearwater flew past
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Blakeney Point, Waxham
Saturday 23 August 2025
Winterton - Barred Warbler
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper
Titchwell - 7 Little Stints
Holme - Little Stint, Pied Flycatcher
Buckenham - 2+ Wood Sandpipers
Tibenham - 2 Quail
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Welney - Garganey
Friday 22 August 2025
Hickling - Honey Buzzard
Winterton - Barred Warbler
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Titchwell - 6 Little Stints
Welney - 2 Little Stints
Breydon Water - Little Stint
Cantley BF - Little Stint
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Wells North Point - Garganey
Wiggenhall St Germans - Bewicks Swan
Plus Caspian Gulls at Heigham Waterworks
Thursday 21 August 2025
Ormesby Little Broad - Black Kite
Titchwell - 6 Little Stints
Snettisham - Little Stint, Turtle Dove
Scratby - 2 Little Stints flew N
Buckenham - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Sheringham - 2 Long-tailed Skuas, 2 Balearic Shearwaters, 3 Sooty Shearwaters flew past
Cromer - Long-tailed Skua, Balearic Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater flew past
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Ormesby Little Broad - Black Kite
Titchwell - 3 Little Stints
Holme - Little Stint
Buckenham - 5 Wood Sandpipers
Welney - Garganey
Plus Caspian Gulls at Gorleston, West Runton
Sheringham - Cory’s Shearwater, 2+ Long-tailed Skuas, Pomarine Skua, 3+ Sooty Shearwaters flew past
Sea Palling - Long-tailed Skua, Sooty Shearwater flew past
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints
Buckenham - Little Stint, 5 Wood Sandpipers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Wiggenhall St Germans - Bewicks Swan
Gorleston - 2 Caspian Gulls
Monday 18 August 2025
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint
Cley - Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper
Buckenham - Little Stint, 5 Wood Sandpipers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Winterton - Pied Flycatcher
Sunday 17 August 2025
Snettisham - Roseate Tern
Hickling - Honey Buzzard flew over
Titchwell - Little Stint, Caspian Gull
Cley - Little Stint, 2 Garganey
Breydon Water - Little Stint
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, White Stork of uncertain origin
Cantley BF - Wood Sandpiper
Holme - Black Tern flew E
Plus Caspian Gulls at Heigham Waterworks
Saturday 16 August 2025
Waxham - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Black Tern flew N
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - Caspian Gull; Black Tern offshore
Buckenham - Glossy Ibis, 2 Wood Sandpipers
Holkham - Pied Flycatcher
Winterton - Black Tern flew N
Welney - White Stork of uncertain origin
Plus Caspian Gulls at Cromer (6), Weeting (3)
Friday 15 August 2025
Buckenham - 2+ Wood Sandpipers
Plus Caspian Gulls at Sheringham, Heigham Waterworks
Thursday 14 August 2025
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper
Titchwell - Wood Sandpiper
Buckenham - 2+ Wood Sandpipers
Hardley Staithe - White Stork of uncertain origin flew E
Plus Caspian Gulls at Cley (2), Cromer, Sheringham, Heigham Waterworks
Wednesday 13 August 2025
Burnham Norton - AQUATIC WARBLER
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper
Titchwell - Wood Sandpiper, 4 Caspian Gulls
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Pensthorpe - Spotted Redshanks
Welney - White Stork of uncertain origin (ringed)
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Holkham, Winterton
Tuesday 12 August 2025
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper
Thetford - Purple Heron at Nunnery Lakes
Titchwell - Roseate Tern
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Lynn Point - Wood Sandpiper
Salthouse - Caspian Gull
Holkham - Pied Flycatcher
Monday 11 August 2025
Snettisham - White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, 5 Turtle Doves
Thetford - Purple Heron at Nunnery Lakes
Trimingham - Wood Warbler
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Turtle Doves
Lynn Point - Wood Sandpiper
Titchwell - 4 Caspian Gulls
Sheringham - 2 Caspian Gulls
Walcott - Caspian Gull
Norwich - Caspian Gull at Heigham Waterworks
Holme - Pied Flycatcher
Sunday 10 August 2025
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Gull
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Hickling - Honey Buzzard flew NE
Winterton - Caspian Gull flew S
Saturday 9 August 2025
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Osprey flew E
Happisburgh - Pied Flycatcher
Welney - Garganey
Norwich - 2 Caspian Gulls at Heigham Waterworks
Friday 8 August 2025
Wells - 2+ Bee-eaters flew W over North Point (heard only)
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Welney - Garganey
Saxlingham - Caspian Gull
Sheringham - Cory’s Shearwater flew E
Thursday 7 August 2025
Swanton Novers - Honey Buzzard
Cley - Wood Sandpiper,
GarganeyTitchwell - Caspian Gull, 2 Turtle Doves
Sheringham - 3 Caspian Gulls
Wednesday 6 August 2025
Sheringham - Cory’s Shearwater flew E
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - Wood Sandpiper
Sheringham - Caspian Gull
Welney - White Stork of uncertain origin (ringed)
Holme - Black Tern flew E
Monday 4 August 2025
Hickling - Garganey
Cromer - 3 Caspian Gulls
Sunday 3 August 2025
Snettisham - Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper
Hicking - Curlew Sandpiper
Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls
Breydon Water - 2 Caspian Gulls
Holt - Honey Buzzard flew SW
West Runton - Pomarine Skua flew past
Saturday 2 August 2025
Snettisham - Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, 9 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, Caspian Gull
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Gull
Hicking - Curlew Sandpiper
Potter Heigham - Wood Sandpiper
Welney - White Stork of uncertain origin (ringed)
Sheringham - Great Shearwater, 2 Cory’s Shearwaters flew past
West Runton - Sooty Shearwater flew past
Friday 1 August 2025
Snettisham - Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint, 9 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, 2 Turtle Doves
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Holme - Black Tern, Pomarine Skua past
Plus Cory’s Shearwaters past Scolt Head, Sheringham, Winterton, Mundesley; Sooty Shearwaters past Sheringham (5), Cley, Hunstanton