The White-rumped Sandpiper was showing on the NWT reserve in the morning and 6 Spoonbills, 3 Whimbrel, 4 Black-tailed Godwits, a Dunlin, 2 Common Sandpipers, a Green Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 4 Redshank and 2 Snipe were also of interest. Two Pied Flycatchers were on the north side of the pines early afternoon but elusive.

In the moth traps a Pale Eggar, 2 Burnished Brass, a Latticed Heath, 3 Lime-speck Pugs, a Least Carpet, a Coronet, a Dusky Sallow, 3 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwings, a Brown-veined Wainscot, 4 Green Carpets, 6 Flounced Rustics, 11 Square-spot Rustics, 3 Centre-barred Sallows, a Dusky Thorn, 4 Common Wainscots, 13 Vine’s Rustics, 15 Archer’s Darts, 2 Common Carpets, 20 Large Yellow Underwings, 15 Smoky Wainscots, a Yellow Belle, Turnip, Dark Sword-grass, 3 White Points, 18 Flame Shoulders, a Silver Y, 5 Small Square-Spots, 22 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, a Yellow Shell, 3 Willow Beauties, 2 White-line Darts, an Orange Swift, a Mouse Moth, Frosted Orange, Dark Arches and an Angle-barred Pug.

Butterflies included 2 Small Heaths, 2 Common Blues, 2 Brown Argus (pictured, by Seamus Griffin), 12 Red Admirals, a Wall, Large and Small Whites and a Small Tortoiseshell.

Dragonflies included Migrant and Southern Hawker, Emperor, Ruddy and Common Darter and Willow Emerald Damselfly.

NORFOLK NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk WHITE-RUMPED SAND Titchwell RSPB still 2pm on Freshmarsh from Island Hide (+Little Stint still) 52.9672,0.6048
Norfolk 5.Pied Flys Wells Woods late morning c52.9734,0.8389
Norfolk Nightjar Blakeney Point flew in off sea at 12.02pm +flew south c52.9771,0.9807
Norfolk escaped Black-winged Stilt Titchwell RSPB still on Freshmarsh c52.9672,0.6048
Norfolk White-tailed Eagle flew SW over Dersingham village towards The Wash at c11.25am c52.8452,0.5023
Norfolk White-tailed Eagle drifted SW towards Sedgeford at 10.35am c52.8981,0.5499
Norfolk Pied Fly Titchwell c52.9625,0.6073
Norfolk Pied Fly (ringed) 1ml east of Cley +south of A149 still at Walsey Hills NOA c52.9546,1.0668
Norfolk Garganey Kelling still north of A149 at Kelling Water Meadow on main pool c52.9493,1.1170
Norfolk White-tailed Eagle imm flew low over Blakeney Point dunes mid morning +Pied Fly c52.9771,0.9807
Norfolk WHITE-RUMPED SAND Titchwell RSPB still 9.24am on Freshmarsh from Island Hide 52.9672,0.6048
Norfolk Little Stint Titchwell RSPB still on Freshmarsh from Island Hide 52.9672,0.6048
Norfolk White-tailed Eagle Thornham Point at 9.23am c52.9631,0.5806
Norfolk Wryneck Kelling at Kelling Water Meadows flew from path by bramble field near beach at 8.38am +may have dropped into bramble field c52.9506,1.1173
Norfolk 4.Pied Flys y’day Salthouse at Gramborough Hill in evening 52.9541,1.1044
Norfolk 5.Caspian Gulls (all juvs) y’day Cromer on beach in morning c52.9339,1.3014
Norfolk Caspian Gull Sheringham c52.9447,1.2226
Norfolk WHITE-RUMPED SAND Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh