An overcast mild day at the obs today. Quiet bird wise, however a Spoonbill was still hanging around on the Broad Water. There were also good views of Common and Little Tern fishing in the Broad Water.

A busier day for moths with 32 species, including Sand Dart, Eyed Hawk Moth, Yellow Belle, Cinnabar, Sharp Angled Peacock, Straw Dot, White Ermine, Spectacle, Marbled Minor agg,  Mottled Rustic, Common Wainscot, Dog’s Tooth, Pebble Prominent, Small Square Spot, Light Brown Apple, Willow Beauty, Pretty Chalk Carpet, Green Carpet, Setaceous Hebrew Character, , Haworth’s Pug, Freyer’s Pug, Bordered White, Notocelia cynosbatella, Crambus lathoniellus, Scoparia ambigulalis, Isotrias rectifasciana and Cochylis atricapitana.

Speckled Wood, Wall Brown, Brown Argus, Common Blue and Green Hairstreak were all on the wing today.

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT

Norfolk Garganey Titchwell RSPB on Reedbed Pool c52.9661,0.6066

Norfolk 2.Garganey (both drks) Hickling Broad NWT still c1/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh at 12.13pm +2.Spoonbills c52.7399,1.6025

Norfolk Osprey y’day Buckenham Marshes RSPB c52.5903,1.4810

Norfolk Osprey y’day Strumpshaw Fen RSPB c52.6065,1.4558

Norfolk Hen Harrier y’day beyween Wells +Stiffkey flew over A149 at 5.55pm c52.9531,0.9344