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Holme Bird Observatory Wednesday 11th November 2020

A Spoonbill feeding in the harbour channel at Thornham this morning was a surprise find and at least one Bearded Tit was present calling in the reeds alongside Thornham Bank. A young Peregrine spent most of the day upsetting the wildfowl on the grazing marsh and was seen to snatch and fly of with a Starling at one point. 

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Norfolk Pom Skua Cley flew west past beach car park (fem.Scaup flew east. Jack Snipe east of North Scrape)
Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Cley at Church Lane at White Cottage at 2.30pm
Norfolk Serin Upton in field opposite 32.Marsh Road at 2.40pm then flew
Norfolk Caspian Gull 1w Cromer still on beach by Rocket House at 1.58pm
Norfolk Little Stint ad Snettisham RSPB still on The Wash at 2.26pm
Norfolk 9.Twite Thornham Harbour by coal barn at 2.14pm
Norfolk 6.Cattle Egrets Welney WWT still at Lady Fen +Great White Egret still
Norfolk 3.Cattle Egrets Burnham Overy in cattle field SE of A149 300yds SSW of mill at 1.15pm
Norfolk Lapland Bunting Weybourne flew east over Muckleburgh Hill this a'noon
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne still 1.12pm at Weybourne Camp on south edge in bracken hedge near runway +showing well
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne at Muckleburgh Hill still in bracken hedge this a'noon tho elusive
Norfolk DUSKY WARBLER Weybourne at Weybourne Camp on south edge in bracken hedge near runway this a'noon tho elusive
Norfolk 4.Russian White-fronted Geese Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Norfolk no sign of Dusky Warbler 1.5mls SW of Bintree at Bintree Woods on west side 1/3ml north of Green Lane TF.998.221
Norfolk Spoonbill 1w Breydon Water still from South Wall
Norfolk Short-eared Owl between Acle +Billockby from metal barn at 11.35am
Norfolk no sign of any Glossy Ibises Acle Straight in flooded field from Tunstall Dyke footpath TG.425.093
Norfolk 11.Cattle Egrets Burnham Overy Marshes in field west of Marsh House Farm at 10.45am tho mobile +Great White Egret. 5.Ravens Burnham Overy Dunes
Norfolk Pallas's Warbler Holkham NNR still at Meals House at 11.25am
Norfolk Water Pipit y'day Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Norfolk Spoonbill Thornham Harbour in channel