On the sea today 610 Common Scoter, 3 Gannets, 2 Little Terns, a Common Tern and 20 Sandwich Terns were counted. A Cuckoo, single Whimbrel and 5 Black-tailed Godwits were also noted.

In the moth traps 5 Cinnabars, 7 Treble Lines, 2 Shuttle-shaped Darts, Bordered White, Rustic Shoulder-knot, Small Waved Umber, Breckland Plume, 3 Vine’s Rustics, Yellow Belle, Lyme Grass, Brimstone, Brown Rustic, Ochreous Pug and Willow Beauty were caught.

A Four-spotted Chaser, 2 Large Red Damselflies, Brimstone butterfly, 3 Green Hairstreaks and a Brown Argus were also observed.

NORFOLK NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk 3.Little Stints Salthouse west of Iron Road on Swan Lake. Park in Salthouse village +walk west; don’t park by A149 c52.9556,1.0796
Norfolk GREAT REED WARBLER singing Pensthorpe Water Fowl Park still mid a’noon by Starmoor Pit viewed from path by wildflower meadow 52.8195,0.8947. Open 10am-5pm, £14.95 non-members NR21 0LN
Norfolk Honey Buzzard flew west over Cantley Marshes RSPB at 11.25am
Norfolk 2.Temminck’s Stints just east of Wells still 12.34pm at North Point Pools on east pool
Norfolk Little Stint Titchwell RSPB still on freshmarsh at 12.15pm +Garganey Little Gull
Norfolk Wood Sand Denver Sluice at Bank Farm
Norfolk 2.FERRUGINOUS DUCKS (1.drk) Thrigby Hall on lake
Norfolk 2.Temminck’s Stints just east of Wells at North Point Pools on east side near path
Norfolk FERRUGINOUS DUCK fem Hickling Broad NWT still 1/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh +Temminck’s Stint still 52.7390,1.6021
Norfolk GREAT REED WARBLER singing Pensthorpe Water Fowl Park still by Starmoor Pit viewed from path by wildflower meadow 52.8195,0.8947. Open 10am-5pm, £14.95 non-members NR21 0LN
Norfolk 2.BLACK-WINGED STILTS Potter Heigham Marshes still. Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) NR29 5JE
Norfolk Golden Oriole male singing y’day 3/4ml east of Catfield at Catfield Common in wood off Staithe Road 8.05-8.10pm [heard only]