A cooler start today, but turning very hot late afternoon reaching 30 degrees. First thing there were five Spoonbill all together on the Broad Water up towards the Obs building. The Green Sandpipers have been showing really well up and down the Broad Water recently and today there was 3 recorded.

Green Sandpiper

The moth traps were busy today with 164 of 51 species including 1 Kent Black Arches, 4 Sand Dart, 18 Brown Tail, 1 Gromwell Ermine, 7 Ermine agg., 8 Common Footman, 5 Cnephasia agg., 20 Garden Grass Moth, 5 Buff Tip, 1 Nutmeg, 6 Scarce Footman, 1 Eudonia lacustrata, 3 Marbled Minor agg., 3 Pine Marble, 1 Fan Foot, 1 Barred Straw, 1 Blackneck, 12 Uncertain agg., 6 Smoky Wainscot, 9 Mottled Rustic, 1 Dwarf Cream Wave, 2 Buff Ermine, 2 Haworth’s Pug, 1 Fleabane Pearl, 6 Dark Arches, 2 Swallowtail, 1 Hedya salicella, 1 Fen Wainscot, 4 Heart and Club, 6 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Corn Borer, 1 Silky Wainscot, 1 Clay, 1 White Satin, 1 Willow Beauty, 3 Riband Wave, 1 Mottled Beauty, 1 Flame, 1 Small Emerald, 1 Striped Wainscot, 1 Miller, 2 Pallid Grey, 1 Lyme Grass, 1 Rosy Footman, 1 Mother of Pearl, 1 Catoptria pinella, and 5 species of Hawk Moth, with 1 Privet Hawk, 1 Eyed Hawk, 1 Elephant Hawk, 1 Pine Hawk and 1 Small Elephant Hawk.

Pine Hawk Moth

There were more Gatekeeper, Ringlet and Small Skipper on the wing today along with good numbers of Large/Small Whites and Meadow Brown.

Shannon Clifford – Assistant Warden

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT

Norfolk Wood Sand Cley NWT still from Daukes’ Hide +Caspian Gull 52.9579,1.0544. Park at c52.9544,1.0567

Norfolk Quail male singing Warham Greens still 2.17pm in 1st field west of Garden Drove audible from coast path c52.9588,0.8914. Park at 52.9520,0.8920 on concrete pad 1/3ml north of A149

Norfolk Quail male singing Warham Greens in 1st field west of Garden Drove audible from coast path c52.9588,0.8914. Park at 52.9520,0.8920 on concrete pad 1/3ml north of A149

Norfolk Glossy Ibis y’day Breydon Water at South Wall at 8pm c52.6040,1.6901

Norfolk Night Heron ad Cley NWT again flew to North Foreland Wood at 6.24am c52.9543,1.0638. Park at 52.9544,1.0567