A quiet day at the obs with a northerly not bringing much in the way of passerines as of yet. However, good numbers of Swallows and House Martin have been over the pines. A morning sea watch today was more productive and saw 13 Wigeon, 106 Teal, 72 Common Scoter, 2 Red-throated Diver, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Fulmar, 93 Gannet, 17 Cormorant, 5 Arctic Skua, 7 Black-headed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 32 Sandwich Tern, 1 Whimbrel and 2 Grey Plover. Two Sooty Shearwater were also reported.

It’s been quiet insect wise with the windier and cooler conditions with Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Red Admiral and Large White. In the moth traps today included 2 Chinese Character, 1 Willow Beauty, 3 Flounced Rustic, 1 Dingy Footman, 1 Canary Shouldered Thorn, 1 Snout, 1 Silver Y, 5 Square Spot Rustic, 1 Rosy Rustic, 8 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 6 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, 1 Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing, 2 Archers Dart, 1 Vines Rustic, 1 White Point, 3 Small Square Spot, 1 Common Marbled Carpet, 1 Large Wainscot, 1 Common Wainscot, 1 Frosted Orange, 1 Flame Shoulder, 1 Centre Barred Sallow and 1 Latticed Heath.

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT

Norfolk Sooty S’water flew west past Holme Dunes at 9.45am c52.9743,0.5518

Norfolk Curlew Sand Great Yarmouth on North Beach c52.6139,1.7310

Norfolk 2.Curlew Sands (ad +juv) y’day Titchwell RSPB on Freshmarsh in evng 52.9672,0.6048

Norfolk Curlew Sand Caister-on-Sea c52.6508,1.7334

Norfolk Caspian Gull 1w Walcott again on beach c52.8414,1.5017

Norfolk Sooty S’water flew past Winterton c52.7179,1.6982

Norfolk BLYTH’S REED WARBLER Holkham Pines along fence just east of Washington Hide at 11.42am +showing well c52.9711,0.8025

Norfolk Sabine’s Gull juv flew west past Scolt Head Island at 11.48am c52.9846,0.7040

Norfolk 2.Sooty S’waters flew SE past Bacton 9am-9.30am c52.8491,1.4845

Norfolk 3.Pied Flys Wells Woods at The Dell at 10.24am c52.9734,0.8389

Norfolk Cory’s S’water flew north past Winterton at 8.27am [close inshore] c52.7179,1.6982

Norfolk Caspian Gull 2w Gorleston-on-Sea on beach at 7.55am c52.5716,1.7356

Norfolk 2.Curlew Sands (both juvs) Snettisham RSPB c52.8538,0.4461

Norfolk 3.Garganey y’day Strumpshaw Fen RSPB from Tower Hide 52.6073,1.4414

Norfolk WHITE-RUMPED SAND ad Snettisham RSPB again on mud north of old jetty at 6.50am then flew south c52.8540,0.4451