A female Black Redstart was in the NWT car park. At Thornham a drake Garganey was showing at times, with a Little Ringed Plover also noted. On the NWT pools a Common Sandpiper was present and 3 Cuckoos were around the recording area, with a Med Gull, 5 Sand Martins, 12 Swallows, 6 Cetti’s Warblers, 20 Chiffchaffs, 3 Willow Warblers, 8 Blackcaps, 3 Lesser Whitethroats, 17 Whitethroats, 15 Sedge Warblers, 10 Reed Warblers, 9 Stonechats and 4 Yellow Wagtails recorded.

In the moth traps a Pine Beauty, 5 Flame Shoulders, a Vine’s Rustic, Treble Lines, Green Carpet, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Pale Tussock and Pale-mottled Willow were caught, with 14 Green Long-horn moths on the sycamores near the Obs.

Butterflies included Green-veined White, Brown Argus, Small Heath, Green Hairstreak, Red Admiral, Wall Brown and Speckled Wood. 3 Hairy Hawkers, 3 Large Red Damselflies and an Azure Damselfly were also recorded.

NORFOLK NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk Garganey drk Holme Dunes NWT on Jamieson’s Freshmarsh c52.9754,0.5530
Norfolk 4.Garganey Buckenham Marshes RSPB at east end c52.5918,1.4675
Norfolk 3.Temminck’s Stints Cley NWT east of East Bank on The Serpentine at 1.11pm then flew off c52.9584,1.0665
Norfolk 3.Temminck’s Stints Cley NWT east of East Bank on The Serpentine at 1.11pm c52.9584,1.0665
Norfolk Purple Heron ad Blakeney Freshmarsh still 12.28pm in ditch c200yds along Wiveton Bank c52.9606,1.0302
Norfolk Little Gull Snettisham Coastal Park at Ken Hill Marshes at south end c52.8838,0.4620
Norfolk Purple Heron ad Blakeney Freshmarsh still 10.16am in ditch c200yds along Wiveton Bank c52.9606,1.0302
Norfolk 2.White Storks (1.released +blue-ringed, 1.unringed) Choseley till 9.54am just south of drying barns in field by sharp bend then flew off c52.9452,0.6170
Norfolk 2.Garganey Welney WWT still c52.5271,0.2790
Norfolk no further sign of ad.male.Golden Oriole Titchwell RSPB in wood by 9.14am c52.9633,0.6070
Norfolk 2.White Storks (1.released +blue-ringed, 1.unringed) Choseley still just south of drying barns in field by sharp bend c52.9452,0.6170
Norfolk Garganey drk Titchwell RSPB still on Reedbed Pool c52.9747,0.5917
Norfolk Purple Heron ad Blakeney Freshmarsh still 8.30am in ditch c200yds along Wiveton Bank c52.9606,1.0302
Norfolk Golden Oriole ad.male singing Titchwell RSPB in wood c52.9633,0.6070
Norfolk Little Tern y’day Welney WWT in a’noon c52.5271,0.2790
Norfolk Kittiwake ad Denver Sluice briefly 6.30am c52.5874,0.3547
Norfolk Glossy Ibis flew west past Weybourne Camp at 7.04am c52.9495,1.1293
Norfolk Purple Heron ad Blakeney Freshmarsh still in ditch c200yds along Wiveton Bank c52.9606,1.0302
Norfolk Glossy Ibis Cley NWT flew east over single ridge at 6.50am c52.9602,1.0602
Norfolk Wood Sand y’day Cantley Marshes RSPB