Holme Bird Observatory
for as little as 14p per day.
21st March 2025

Common Lizard – Seamus Griffin
The Glaucous Gull was at Thornham Harbour this morning. One Snow Bunting was at Gore Point. A Spoonbill flew over this morning. There is a noticeable in Chiffchaff numbers in the last few days with at least 11 today.
In the moth traps today were 8 Hebrew Character, 1 Small Quaker and 1 Mottled Grey.
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk 2.Little Gulls (both ads) Strumpshaw Fen RSPB from Tower Hide at 1.40pm +showing well 52.6076,1.4427 Viewed from 52.6073,1.4414 Park at 52.6071,1.4566
Norfolk 5.Little Gulls Hickling Broad NWT 1/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh at 1pm c52.7398,1.6008
Norfolk 2.Long-tailed Ducks (both drks) Kelling still on sea c52.9529,1.1172
Norfolk 4.Water Pipits Strumpshaw Fen RSPB from Fen Hide at 1.26pm 52.6051,1.4496 Viewed from 52.6049,1.4502
Norfolk 3.Water Pipits Strumpshaw Fen RSPB from Fen Hide at 1.10pm 52.6051,1.4497 Viewed from 52.6049,1.4501
Norfolk 7.Lesser White-fronted Geese (5.ads. 1.colour-ringed; from Swedish reintroduction scheme) ENE of Stiffkey still south of A149 at 12.33pm +ad.Glossy Ibis still 52.9521,0.953. Park at 52.9547,0.9512. Viewed from 52.9537,0.9539
Norfolk Black Redstart Thornham behind cricket pavilion at 11.46am +showng well c52.9585,0.5726
Norfolk Black Redstart fem/1w.male Hunstanton in garden c52.939,0.4863
Norfolk 2.Woodlarks flew SE over Sidestrand 6.50-9.20am c52.9092,1.3604
Norfolk Jack Snipe Cley NWT still east of East Bank at north end of The Serpentine 52.9581,1.0651
Norfolk 8.Shorelarks Holkham Bay still in roped-off area east of Holkham Gap at 10.27am c52.9759,0.8214. Park at c52.9665,0.8143
Norfolk Hawfinch Great Massingham still at churchyard at 7.40am c52.7746,0.6653
Norfolk 2.Garganey (both drks) Hickling Broad NWT still 2/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh c52.7386,1.6051. Viewed from 52.7388,1.6077
Norfolk 9.Lesser White-fronted Geese (from Swedish reintroduction scheme) Cley NWT still at Simmonds’s Scrape at 8.57am c52.9591,1.0553 Viewed from c52.9580,1.0544
Norfolk 2.Long-tailed Ducks (ad.drk +1w.drk) y’day Weybourne still on sea off Weybourne Camp in morning c52.9495,1.1293