A quiet day both for ringing and sightings at the obs today after a foggy start this morning. Two new Lesser Whitethroats were ringed today. Two Common Terns were on the Broad Water, and a Sandwich Tern was seen flying over the obs. The drake Garganey was still on the pool by Thornham harbour.

A busy day in the moth traps today with 1 Knot Grass, 4 Cinnabar, 5 Green Carpet, 3 Muslin, 1 Treble Lines, 5 Flame Shoulder, 5 Pine Beauty, 1 Brimstone, 2 Powdered Quaker, 1 Common Quaker, 2 Light Brown Apple Moth, 1 Least Black Arches, 1 Waved Umber, 1 Grey Pine Carpet, 1 Cochylichroa atricapitana and 1 Eudonia angustea. A quiet day for butterflies with only 2 Wall Brown seen.

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT

Norfolk Arctic Tern Denver Sluice on scrape c52.5874,0.3547

Norfolk 2.Garganey (both drks) Hickling Broad NWT still c1/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh from mound at 1.15pm c52.7399,1.6025

Norfolk Glossy Ibis 1w just west of Stiffkey still 1.57pm on flood south of A149 viewable from path opposite The Red Lion pub. Park at Greenway; don’t park along A149 c52.9510,0.9255

Norfolk Garganey drk Thornham Harbour still on pool by bend in sea wall at 1.50pm c52.9667,0.5704

Norfolk 2.White Storks west of Norwich again at Earlham flew NNW over Bevan Close at 1.43pm c52.6320,1.2348

Norfolk 2.White Storks Norwich flew south over Earlham Park at 1.23pm c52.6257,1.2341

Norfolk Little Stint Denver Sluice at Tallymore Farm c52.5874,0.3547

Norfolk Purple Heron ad flew west over Cley NWT at 10.37am 52.9577,1.0545

Norfolk Little Stint Denver Sluice c52.5874,0.3547

Norfolk 2.White Storks (1.blue-ringed, 1.unringed) just SE of Ludham Bridge till 9.35am on pools from path by River Ant towards St.Benet’s Abbey then flew north c52.6980,1.5144

Norfolk Garganey drk Buckenham Marshes RSPB again on main pool near hide viewed from track at 6.40am c52.5918,1.4675

Norfolk 2.White Storks (1.blue-ringed, 1.unringed) just SE of Ludham Bridge still on pools from path by River Ant towards St.Benet’s Abbey at 8.05am c52.6980,1.5144

Norfolk Turtle Dove Wymondham flew over Abbey Station into Cavick House grounds at 7.22am c52.5696,1.1212