An Osprey was seen flying over Thornham heading along the shore towards Holme. Spoonbills increased to 13 today with 3 Great White Egrets, a Golden Plover, 83 Lapwings, 11 Black-tailed Godwits, 13 Redshank and a Snipe also of note.

In the moth traps highlights were a Swallow Prominent, 4 Dingy Footmen, 2 Sharp-angled Peacocks, 2 Cloaked Minors, 12 Archer’s Darts, a Common Wainscot, 5 Large Yellow Underwings, a Small Wainscot, 2 Straw Underwings, 4 Flame Shoulders, 4 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, a White Point, a Brimstone, 3 Ferns, 4 Green Carpets, a Drinker, 4 Scarce Footmen, 6 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwings, 3 Flounced Rustics, a Garden Tiger, a Pretty Chalk Carpet, 2 Yellow Tails, a Lime-speck Pug, a Small Waved Umber, Straw Dot, 2 White-line Darts, a Vine’s Rustic, a Small Square Spot, a Rosy Minor, a Tree-lichen Beauty, a Coronet, a Canary Shouldered Thorn, a Yellow Belle, Rosy Rustic, Pinion-streaked Snout, Currant Pug and a Common Wave were caught.

A female Southern Hawker was also in the moth trap!

NORFOLK NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk Wood Sand Cley NWT still on Simmonds’ Scrape c52.9591,1.0553
Norfolk Pied Fly Winterton South Dunes in trees below Hermanus c52.7137,1.6961
Norfolk Southern Migrant Hawker dragonfly male Horsey by northernmost steps in dunes SE of seaward end of Nelson’s Head track late morning c52.7482,1.6664
Norfolk Honey Buzzard 1.25mls ESE of Fulmodeston by Hindolveston Road circled over Swanton Novers raptor watchpoint 10.20am-10.25am then flew north. View only from watchpoint 52.8322,0.9810
Norfolk 3.Garganey Potter Heigham Marshes still. Use car park at Lathams (£8.50 per day) NR29 5JE 52.7104,1.5797
Norfolk 5.Wood Sands Dickleburgh Moor NR still c52.4040,1.1952. Park off Norwich Road opposite Orchard Farm 52.4059,1.1909 IP21 4NS
Norfolk Caspian Gull juv Cromer still on beach in front of RNLI Henry Blogg Museum at 8.10am c52.9339,1.3014
Norfolk 2.Wood Sands Hickling Broad NWT 1/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh