A blustery day with a strong south-westerly making birding difficult on the reserve, highlights included 5 Tundra Bean Geese on the grazing marsh during the morning, and on the sea 500+ Common Scoter, 2 Red-throated Divers, 4 Gannets, Great Crested Grebe and a Guillemot. A flock of 320 Golden Plover was on the grazing marsh south of the Hun, and 250+ Lapwings were also noted. A Hobby and a Peregrine were seen.
The Dusky Warbler was very elusive but a sighting was reported again near the Heligoland trap mid morning. Three Cetti's Warblers,a Chiffchaff, a Blackcap and a flyover Rock Pipit were also of interest.
A Red-flanked Bluetail was still present near the Golf Course, and a Little Bunting flew west over the NWT reserve.
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Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne still 2.45pm in willow clump
just south of beach car park TG.109.435
Norfolk RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL fem/1w.male Holme still 3.45pm
in brambles at east end of golf course
Norfolk Ring-necked Duck drk still 3.15pm Holkham Park Lake
at south end
Norfolk 2.OLIVE-BACKED PIPITS Stiffkey 400yds east of
Stiffkey Fen on North Coast Path at 1.05pm then flew to marsh
Norfolk Hawfinch Lynford Arboretum still in paddock this
morning
Norfolk 9.Common Cranes Potter Heigham Marshes
Norfolk Rough-legged Buzzard Burnham Overy still 3.03pm over
dunes viewed from track to Gun Hill
Norfolk LESSER YELLOWLEGS still Welney WWT in flight with
Greenshanks viewed from Main Observatory then lost to view
Norfolk RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL fem/1w.male Holme still 2.57pm
in brambles at east end of golf course
Norfolk EASTERN STONECHAT sp (probably Stejneger's
Stonechat) Holkham Freshmarsh still in NW corner by 5-bar gate viewed from hill
at west end of Holkham Pines TF.869.451
Norfolk Ring-necked Duck drk still c2.20pm Holkham Park Lake
Norfolk Lapland Bunting flew east over Weybourne Camp
9.10am-10.45am (+Great White Egret east +Great Northern Diver offshore)
Norfolk Arctic Tern Cley flew east along shore +6.Snow Buntings
Norfolk Great White Egret Titchwell RSPB still
Norfolk Long-tailed Duck Titchwell RSPB still
Norfolk Great White Egret Wells in cattle field by Coast
Road at 11.47am
Norfolk large pipit sp Thornham on saltmarsh c400yds NE of
harbour at 11.49am with Meadow Pipits
Norfolk 5.Tundra Bean Geese Holme NOA still on grazing marsh
tho mobile
Norfolk 13+Cattle Egrets Holkham Freshmarsh still
Norfolk Ring-necked Duck drk still 11.34am Holkham Park Lake
flew to north end of lake with Tufted Ducks
Norfolk 4.Hawfinches Holkham Park in yew in garden right of
entrance at 10.50am
Norfolk Rough-legged Buzzard Burnham Overy Staithe again
over saltmarsh at 11.05am
Norfolk 12+Cattle Egrets Holkham Freshmarsh still 10.32am
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne still 10.12am in willow
clump just south of beach car park TG.109.435
Norfolk RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL fem/1w.male Holme still in
bushes south of golf course at 9.50am
Norfolk Little Bunting Holme NWT flew west over golf course
at 8th tee at 9.18am
Norfolk Hawfinch Great Yarmouth still at Tar Works Road in
allotments NE of Lobec Fabrications
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne still in willow clump before
beach car park at 8.32am TG.109.435
Norfolk Ring-necked Duck drk still Holkham Park Lake at
8.25am
Norfolk Great White Egret y'day Hingham at Seamere Fen at
3pm. View from Deopham Water Mill