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Tuesday 21st July 2015

A windy day with  a small movement of Swifts early morning, followed by several other notable species during the day, which included a Green Sandpiper on the NWT reserve and an adult Med Gull west along the beach. A Herald was a nice surprise in the moth trap.

Norfolk News from Birdnet
> Norfolk Broad-billed Sandpiper Snettisham RSPB until 12.40 when it flew to The Wash TF650328
> Norfolk Adult Broad-billed Sandpiper Snettisham RSPB late mrng. TF650328
> Norfolk Adult Broad-billed Sandpiper Snettisham RSPB from South Hide this mrng. TF650328
> Norfolk 4 Spoonbill Cley NWT + 2 Little Stint on Pat's Pool, 6 Little Gull & 1s Arctic Tern on Arnold's Marsh NR25 7SA TG049441
> Norfolk Adult Spotted Crake Titchwell RSPB at 14:40 from Autumn Trail PE31 8BB TF759436
> Norfolk Adult Spotted Crake Titchwell RSPB 10.30 at the end of Autumn trail on edge of reeds PE31 8BB TF759436
> Norfolk 8 Spoonbill Stiffkey Fen at 08.00 + 50 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Common Sandpiper & Green Sandpiper NR23 1QW TF990438
> Norfolk Little Stint Titchwell RSPB + 2 Curlew Sandpiper & 7 Spotted Redshank PE31 8BB TF759436
> Norfolk Eclipse Drake Garganey Cley NWT NR25 7SA TG049441
> Norfolk 2 Eurasian White-fronted Goose Reported Snettisham RSPB late mrng. TF650328
> Norfolk 2 Drake Scaup Snettisham RSPB on Stanton's Lake TF650328
> Norfolk Turtle Dove Cromer NW/over the golf course this mrng. NR27 9HE TG219423