A brisk west northwest wind today (too windy for ringing), with some showers in the afternoon. A Spoonbill was showing well in front of the car park hide. There was a bit of Swift movement with 23 recorded. There was a Bar-tailed Godwit on Lavender Marsh.

Spoonbill

A late afternoon seawatch was pretty productive with 7 Common Scoter, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Fulmar, 10 Gannet, 9 Cormorant, 2 Black-headed Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern, 2 Little Tern, 8 Tern sp., 3 Guillemot (nice and close in!) and 30 Dunlin. On an earlier seawatch there were 3 Manx Shearwater and an Arctic Skua.

The moths were pretty quiet today with only 14 species, including 3 Bordered White, 1 Burnished Brass, 6 Cinnabar, 3 Mottled Rustic, 3 Small Square Spot, 2 Small Elephant Hawk, 1 Brown Moss Moth, 1 Heart and Club, 1 Dwarf Cream Wave, 1 Banded Hedge Grey, 4 White Ermine, 1 Privet Hawk, 1 Common Swift and 1 Shears.

There were a few Large Red and Blue Tailed Damselflies around the pond. There were two Banded Demoiselle viewable from the bridge over the river at Redwell. Very quiet for butterflies with only Small Heath and Meadow Brown.

Shannon Clifford – Assistant Warden

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT

Norfolk Pectoral Sandpiper Hickling Broad NWT still 2.53pm 1/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh from 1st.viewing platform. c52.7395,1.6016 Park at c52.7422,1.5949

Norfolk Spoonbill Welney WWT from Lyle Hide at 2.12pm 52.5349,0.2837: Viewed from 52.5333,0.2813

Norfolk Pectoral Sandpiper Hickling Broad NWT still 1/3ml ESE of visitor centre at Brendan’s Marsh at 8.15am c52.7395,1.6016. Park at c52.7422,1.5949

Norfolk no news on Pectoral Sandpiper Hickling Broad NWT. c52.7391,1.5988 Viewed from c52.7387,1.5974 Park at c52.7422,1.5949

Norfolk Marsh Warbler singing 1ml east of Cley still 10.30am west of Walsey Hills +just west of North Foreland Wood north of Skirts Path tho elusive c52.9551,1.0617

Norfolk Marsh Warbler singing 1ml east of Cley still west of Walsey Hills +just west of North Foreland Wood north of Skirts Path c52.9551,1.0617