A very cold, but beautiful sunny day here at the obs. It’s been quiet around the reserve, but highlights include a very loud singing Stock Dove for most of the day. On the sea, there were 2000 Scoter, 14 Eider, 2 Red-throated Diver and 2 Red-breasted Merganser. A stoat was seen hunting in the long grass in front of one of the hides this morning.

BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk Glaucous Gull juv Stiffkey still 3.10pm at Stiffkey Creek from boats c52.9589,0.9624
Norfolk Water Pipit Postwick Marshes c52.6162,1.3906
Norfolk 3.Bewick’s Swans Stowbridge in field by Stow Road c52.6410,0.3723
Norfolk dead Little Auk Holkham Bay at Holkham Gap on beach east of channel c52.9787,0.8066
Norfolk 1+Water Pipit Buckenham Marshes RSPB still c52.5918,1.4675
Norfolk 17.Snow Buntings Heacham at South Beach at 12.05pm c52.9106,0.4724
Norfolk Black-necked Grebe Brancaster still in channel opposite west end of Scolt Head Island viewed from beach east of golf course at 11.40am +Spoonbill flew east c52.9800,0.6590
Norfolk Glaucous Gull juv Stiffkey again at Stiffkey Creek from boats at 11.45am +showing well c52.9589,0.9624
Norfolk Long-tailed Duck ad.drk Snettisham RSPB still from Shore Hide at 11.36am c52.8502,0.4458
Norfolk 30+Russian White-fronted Geese Holkham Freshmarsh still at west end at 10.52am c52.9661,0.7956
Norfolk 4.Bewick’s Swans Sutton still in field at Mill Road at 10.46am 52.7611,1.5541
Norfolk Tundra Bean Goose east of Weybourne still in field north of A149 with 3,000+Pink-footed Geese c52.9426,1.1570
Norfolk Black-throated Diver juv Snettisham RSPB by car park on 1st fishing pit c52.8538,0.4461
Norfolk 3.Cattle Egrets just west of Cley +south of A149 in flooded field east of sluice c52.9518,1.0418
Norfolk Surf Scoter ad.drk Holkham Bay still on sea east of Holkham Gap from dunes at 9.20am tho distant c52.9787,0.8066
Norfolk 30.Twite Blakeney Freshmarsh still by coast path on wire by wooden gate at 8.30am +ringtail Hen Harrier 2.Short-eared Owls +5.Snow Buntings flew east c52.9606,1.0302
Norfolk FERRUGINOUS DUCK Filby Broad still on south side from boardwalk at 9.45am. Use car park at west end of Filby Bridge NR29 3AE c52.6636,1.6393
Norfolk 4.Waxwings Norwich still at George Fox Way at 9.05am 52.6294,1.2357 NR5 8BJ
Norfolk Short-eared Owl y’day Buckenham Marshes RSPB c52.5956,1.4776