A bitterly cold but sunny day on the reserve. On the sea today was 17 Eider, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 3 Common Scoter, 7 Red-breasted Meganser, 1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Fulmar, 13 Cormorant, 3 Black-headed Gull, 8 Common Gull, 29 Herring Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull, 10 Kittiwake, 1 Grey Plover and 1 Glaucous Gull.

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT

Norfolk 20.Snow Buntings Holme Dunes NWT at Gore Point on beach c52.9741,0.5401

Norfolk 3.Common Cranes near Attleborough early a’noon then flew east c52.5178,1.016

Norfolk Glossy Ibis just west of Stiffkey still c2.10pm on flood south of A149 opposite The Red Lion pub. Park at Greenway; don’t park along A149 c52.9510,0.9255

Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad Burnham Overy in grass field by sea wall mid a’noon c52.9648,0.7492

Norfolk Water Pipit Cley NWT still c52.9560,1.0583

Norfolk Caspian Gull 1w Gorleston flew south over Park Road c52.5679,1.7292

Norfolk Water Pipit Titchwell RSPB still on Freshmarsh from Island Hide c52.9672,0.6048. 2.Velvet Scoters offshore c52.9738,0.6055

Norfolk 5+Shorelarks Holkham Bay still just east of roped-off area east of Holkham Gap 52.9765,0.8215

Norfolk Glossy Ibis just west of Stiffkey still on flood south of A149 opposite The Red Lion pub. Park at Greenway; don’t park along A149 c52.9510,0.9255

Norfolk Glaucous Gull juv NE of Old Hunstanton still 11.50am on seal carcass on shingle ridge c52.9617,0.5116

Norfolk Velvet Scoter flew north past Waxham at 11.25am c52.7795,1.6188

Norfolk 2.Scaup Welney WWT from Main Observatory 52.5278,0.2775

Norfolk Russian White-fronted Goose Bayfield still at Bayfield Park with Greylag Geese c52.9204,1.0468

Norfolk Glaucous Gull juv NE of Old Hunstanton again on seal carcass on shingle ridge late morning +6.Shorelarks still c52.9617,0.5116

Norfolk Slav Grebe Hunstanton Cliffs still on sea +10.Snow Buntings over c52.9498,0.4933

Norfolk Glaucous Gull juv Thornham again 10.15am at Thornham Harbour then lost to view behind dunes c52.9679,0.5711

Norfolk no further sign of juv.Glaucous Gull Thornham at Thornham Harbour c52.9679,0.5711

Norfolk no sign of juv.Glaucous Gull NE of Old Hunstanton on seal carcass on shingle ridge by 9.45am c52.9617,0.5116

Norfolk LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER ad Holkham Freshmarsh still at north end of Lady Anne’s Drive NE of The Lookout c52.9675,0.8150

Norfolk Glaucous Gull juv Thornham at Thornham Harbour c52.9679,0.5711

Norfolk 6.Shorelarks NE of Old Hunstanton still at start of shingle ridge on beach c52.9606,0.5107

Norfolk 2.Velvet Scoters y’day Weybourne on sea off Weybourne Camp c52.9495,1.1293