On the sea today 45 Common Scoters, 2 Gannets, 6 Little Terns, 17 Sandwich Terns and a Common Tern were counted. Waders included 6 Whimbrel, 50 Lapwings, 38 Curlew, 2 Black-tailed Godwits and 6 Turnstones. An Arctic Skua was also recorded. Around the reserve a Green Woodpecker was of interest, and on the Broadwater 14 Spoonbills and 4 Cattle Egrets were of interest.

In the moth traps a Latticed Heath, 6 Scarce Footmen, 8 Drinkers, 2 Uncertains, a Dingy Footman, 4 Ruby Tigers, an Oak Eggar, 3 Cloaked Minors, 3 Garden Tigers, a Buff Tip, 6 Rustics, 4 Large Yellow Underwings, 3 Dark Arches, a Bright-line Brown-eye, 2 Brown Tail, 2 Fen Wainscots, a Common Rustic, a Silver Y, Shaded Broad-bar, Archer’s Dart, Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, Mottled Rustic, and a Humming-bird Hawk moth were counted.

Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor and Migrant Hawker dragonflies were on the wing.

Butterflies included Essex Skipper, Brown Argus, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown and Peacock.

NORFOLK NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk Bee-eater flew over West Runton at 12.40pm c52.9413,1.2492
Norfolk Glossy Ibis Breydon Water again on The Lumps (+25.Spoonbills still) c52.5901,1.6483
Norfolk 10.Spotted Redshanks Snettisham RSPB still c52.8502,0.4458
Norfolk Roseate Tern ad Cley NWT again at Arnold’s Marsh at 10.04am c52.9606,1.0651
Norfolk Curlew Sand ad Cley NWT on Simmonds’s Scrape c52.9591,1.0553
Norfolk Osprey Ranworth Broad NWT still at 7.30am