Further delights today with yesterday's Dusky Warbler ringed at 7.15am and then seen on and off during the day between the Heligoland trap and the staff car park, south of the main bank. The first year female Red-flanked Bluetail was elusive for much of the day, but seen and photographed opposite the Richardson Hide at 2pm. Other birds of interest today included a juvenile Spoonbill east, 2 Red Kites over the grazing marsh, 3 Water Rails calling, 300 Golden Plover, 200 Lapwings and 50+ Black-tailed Godwits together with a single Ruff all south of the river Hun, a Spotted Redshank around Broadwater, with 6 Snipe, Jack Snipe and Woodcock also seen during the day. A Merlin was hunting mid morning and 200+ Goldcrests were still on the reserve with 13 Bearded Tits flying along the east bank, 5 Swallows, a Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcaps, 2 Grey Wagtails, a Rock Pipit, 7 Bramblings, 27 Redpolls, 2 Crossbills, 31 Siskins and a Siberian Chiffchaff also recorded. At Thornham a Pallas' Warbler continued to show near the harbour car park and a Redstart and 2 Twite were also seen.
Scarce Bordered Straw and Green Brindled Crescent were highlights in the moth trap.
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Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Holkham Pines north of The Lookout
c150yds NE of path to Holkham Gap
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne still late a'noon in willow
clump before car park tho elusive
Norfolk Great White Egret Breydon Water along South Wall
this a'noon
Norfolk RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL Holkham Pines still 1.30pm
200yds west of Meals House on bank behind roped-off area (+3.Y-br.Wblrs)
Norfolk EASTERN STONECHAT sp Holkham Freshmarsh still 2pm in
NW corner beyond 5-bar gate viewed from 1st dune TF.886.448
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 3.30pm 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +N. of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh in
suaeda 70yds E.of footbridge. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk N
NR23 1QF TF.965.442
Norfolk 4.Lapland Buntings Stiffkey flew over saltmarsh
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Trimingham still in clifftop wood
this a'noon
Norfolk 7.Hawfinches flew over Hellesdon early morning
Norfolk 4.Cattle Egrets y'day Welney south of Welney Bridge
at Gold Hill late a'noon
Norfolk RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL fem/1w.male Holme just NE of
north end of Beach Road still 3.15pm in pines by golf course TF.697.438
Norfolk Vagrant Emperor dragonfly c2/3ml NW of Horsey Gap
flew thru dunes
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Holme NOA still late morning by
Broadwater. 5.Tundra Bean Geese flew in off sea at 7.30am (+Jack Snipe)
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Great Yarmouth Cemetery still tho
mobile (+Pied Fly)
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Winterton North Dunes +Snow Bunting over
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Thornham Harbour still mid a'noon
in bushes at car park (+Spotted Redshank 2.Twite)
Norfolk OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT y'day Happisburgh +Pallas's
Warbler (+Hawfinch over)
Norfolk probable Siberian Lesser Whitethroat (form blythi)
Holkham Freshmarsh in NW corner at 2.18pm tho mobile
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Caister-on-Sea still by entrance road
to golf club at 2.20pm
Norfolk no further sign of Dusky Warbler Titchwell north of
Gypsy Lane in reeds east of ditch by mid a'noon but Pallas's Warbler still
2.30pm near pool (+male Hen Harrier flew west) TF.766.447
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER y'day Caister-on-Sea by entrance road
to golf club
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne still 12.55pm in willow
clump before car park tho elusive
Norfolk RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL fem/1w.male Holme still 12.09pm
in brambles by coast path 200yds east of village car park tho mobile
Norfolk 2.Y-br.Wblrs Burnham Deepdale in trees north of
church at 10am
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Holme north of Beach Road +north of
golf course in buckthorn by main path at 1.15pm TF.697.438
Norfolk 2.Twite Thornham Harbour still on jetty at 1.02pm
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Thornham Harbour still 1.30pm in
bushes at car park +showing well
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 1.23pm 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +N. of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh in
suaeda 70yds E.of footbridge. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk N
NR23 1QF TF.965.442
Norfolk Black Redstart fem/1w.male Sheringham still at east
end of promenade at Vincent Road on roof of new flats at 12.50pm
Norfolk 2.Pallas's Warblers Titchwell at Gypsy Lane this
a’noon: 1.in wood, 1.north of Gypsy Lane in willows by pool TF.766.447
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Titchwell still 1.10pm north of
Gypsy Lane in willows by pool TF.766.447
Norfolk 3.Lapland Buntings Stiffkey on saltmarsh late
morning
Norfolk OLIVE-BACKED PIPIT Brancaster Staithe by coast path
then flew towards gardens TF.788.442
Norfolk Spoonbill imm Breydon Water at east end at 11.5-am
then flew west
Norfolk 3.Cattle Egrets Burnham Overy Marshes still with
cattle at end of boardwalk at 12.08pm
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Thornham Harbour still 12.07pm in
bushes at car park
Norfolk Great White Egret Welney WWT still
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 11.55am 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +N. of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh in
suaeda 70yds E.of footbridge. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk N
NR23 1QF TF.965.442
Norfolk RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL Holkham Pines north of track
200yds west of Meal House at 11.57am
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Brancaster Staithe by track west of Beach
Road
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Weybourne at Muckleburgh Hill +possible
Siberian Lesser Whitethroat (form blythi)
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 11.28am 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +N. of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh in
suaeda 70yds E.of footbridge. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk N
NR23 1QF TF.965.442
Norfolk Great White Egret Burgh Castle at 11.23am
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 11.15am 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +N. of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh in
suaeda 70yds E.of footbridge. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk N
NR23 1QF TF.965.442
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Titchwell north of Gypsy Lane in
willows at 11.05am TF.766.447
Norfolk EASTERN STONECHAT sp Holkham Freshmarsh still in NW
corner beyond 5-bar gate viewed from 1st dune of Holkham Pines at 10.35am
TF.886.448
Norfolk no news on Great Grey Shrike Warham Greens at Garden
Drove by parking area
Norfolk Great White Egret King's Lynn flew NW over A149 at
Sainsbury's late morning
Norfolk Great White Egret y'day SE of King's Lynn at
Hardwick Flood Lagoon in evng
Norfolk Stiffkey: Police are present +may issue fixed
penalty notices to those not following Covid regulations
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Titchwell north of Gypsy Lane in reeds
east of ditch at 10.40am TF.766.447
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 10.37am 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +N. of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh in
suaeda 70yds E.of footbridge. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk N
NR23 1QF TF.965.442
Norfolk 5.Snow Buntings Snettisham on beach at Shepherds
Port then flew south
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne still 10.20am in willow
clump before car park [heard only]
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 9.45am 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +north of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh tho
elusive. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk north NR23 1QF
TF.965.442
Norfolk Snow Bunting flew south over Heacham
Norfolk 3+RED-FLANKED BLUETAILS (all fem/1w.male) still
Holme just NE of north end of Beach Road in pines by golf course at 9.36am
TF.697.438
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Thornham Harbour in bushes at car
park at 9.43am
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
till 9.10am 2/3ml NW of Stiffkey +N.of A149 Wells Road in stubble field west of
car park at N.end of Green Way but no further sign by 9.36am. Park carefully
NR23 1QF TF.963.439
Norfolk Lapland Bunting Stiffkey flew south over east end of
Campsite Wood at 9.22am
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Snettisham RSPB at 8.30am
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Holkham Pines by crosstracks at 8.55am
Norfolk Siberian Chiffchaff Holme in village car park
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 8.56am 2/3ml NW of Stiffkey +north of A149 Wells Road +west of car park
at north end of Green Way. Park carefully NR23 1QF TF.963.439
Norfolk no sign of Red-flanked Bluetail 1ml SE of Waxham by
coast path just north of pipe dump by 8.55am (but Pied Fly 1/2ml south of
church) TG.451.254
Norfolk 2.Tundra Bean Geese till 8.15am just E.of Wells at
North Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance
then flew north. Keep to public rights of way +don't enter from railway station
TF.932.431
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER ad Holme NOA trapped +ringed at 7.15am
then flew towards reedbed near The Broad Water
Norfolk 2.Tundra Bean Geese just E.of Wells at North Point
Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance. Keep to public
rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk 1+RED-FLANKED BLUETAIL fem/1w.male Holme just NE of
north end of Beach Road in pines by golf course TF.697.438
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 8.11am 2/3ml NW of Stiffkey +north of A149 Wells Road +west of car park
at north end of Green Way in brambles by yew. Park carefully NR23 1QF
TF.963.439
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 7.53am 2/3ml NNW of Stiffkey +north of A149 Wells Road by car park at
north end of Green Way. Park carefully NR23 1QF TF.964.439
Norfolk EASTERN RUFOUS BUSH CHAT (form familiaris/ syriaca)
still 3/4ml NNW of Stiffkey +north of A149 Wells Road on saltmarsh in suaeda
70yds east of footbridge. Park carefully at north end of Green Way +walk north
NR23 1QF TF.965.442
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne in willow clump before car
park
Norfolk Black Redstart y'day Stiffkey +Great White Egret
Norfolk Great White Egret y'day just E.of Wells at North
Point Pools by track north of A149 +1/3ml E of steam railway entrance. Keep to
public rights of way +don't enter from railway station TF.932.431
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr y'day Cromer at NE corner of Warren Wood
early morning
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler y'day Trimingham still in clifftop
wood at 5.15pm