On the sea today 5 Eider, 18 Common Scoter, 2 Velvet Scoter, 8 Red-breasted Mergansers, 3 Red-throated Divers, 8 Fulmars, 19 Great Crested Grebes and a Slavonian Grebe were seen. Also of interest were a Greenshank, a Woodcock, a Barn Owl, 2 Cattle Egrets and a Rock Pipit.

NORFOLK NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk PALLID HARRIER ad.fem Warham Greens again over saltmarsh off north end of Garden Drove at 12.50pm c52.9588,0.8914. Park at 52.9520,0.8920 on concrete pad 1/3ml north of A149; don’t block access
Norfolk c14.Snow Buntings Cley NWT behind pill box east of beach car park at 12.13pm 52.9651,1.0483
Norfolk 6.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still east of Holkham Gap at east end of roped-off area at 11.30am 52.9763,0.8215
Norfolk Shorelark Titchwell RSPB still in dunes by Tidal Marsh tho elusive (+Snow Bunting 10.Velvet Scoters Long-tailed Duck 2.Water Pipits +escaped ad.male.Black-winged Stilt (ringed) still) c52.9732,0.6092Norfolk no sign of Penduline Tit Titchwell RSPB between Fen Hide +Tank Road c52.9637,0.6065
Norfolk no sign of Hume’s Warbler Titchwell RSPB between Fen Hide +Tank Road c52.9637,0.6065
Norfolk Siberian Chiffchaff Titchwell RSPB still by Dragonfly Pond c52.9640,0.6045
Norfolk Caspian Gull 1w Norwich at Heigham Waterworks Resr at 10.15am c52.6393,1.2669
Norfolk Snow Bunting Cley NWT still on beach at 9.02am 52.9651,1.0483
Norfolk Hawfinch Lynford Arboretum still in paddock c52.5142,0.6847
Norfolk Hawfinch male Lynford Arboretum still at feeders 200yds south of The Shepherd’s Baa at 9.10am