A really hot day at the Observatory with a strong SW wind. On the reserve today there was 15 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 24 Redshank, 35 Lapwing and 7 Black-tailed Godwit. A Barn Owl flew west over the Broad Water in the afternoon. There was a Wheatear in the dunes in the afternoon, but very quiet otherwise.

Low numbers in the moth traps this morning with 2 P. alpinella, 2 Flame Shoulder, 4 Common Wainscot, 4 Flounced Rustic, 1 Straw Underwing, 10 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 3 Turnip, 4 Vine’s Rustic, 5 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Shore Wainscot, 8 Archer’s Dart, 1 Southern Wainscot, 1 Frosted Orange, 1 Diamondback, 1 Six-striped Rustic, 1 Brimstone, 1 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 1 Spectacle, 1 Pale Mottled Willow and 2 Lesser BB Yellow Underwing. There was a Brimstone butterfly on the Buddleia in the afternoon.

Shannon Clifford – Assistant Warden

NORFOLK BIRDS NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT

Norfolk 2.Pied Flys Cley NWT at East Bank west of sluice c52.9601,1.0647

Norfolk Pied Fly Weybourne at Weybourne Camp this morning c52.9495,1.1293. Park at 52.9485,1.1398

Norfolk Black Tern juv Filby Broad from boardwalk c52.6625,1.6363. Park at 52.6647,1.6382. Viewed from 52.6635,1.6400

Norfolk GREENISH WARBLER Salthouse still in tamarisks at start of Beach Road at 2.26pm tho elusive c52.9516,1.0953

Norfolk Little Stint juv Snettisham RSPB still +ad.Curlew Sand c52.8682,0.4418

Norfolk Pied Fly Kelling north of A149 at Kelling Water Meadow in field by pine on west side c52.9493,1.1170

Norfolk Wood Sand flew over Snettisham RSPB c52.8685,0.4526

Norfolk Curlew Sand juv Cley NWT still on Pat’s Pool from Daukes’s Hide c52.9591,1.0553. Park at 52.9544,1.0566. Viewed from 52.9580,1.0543

Norfolk Barred Warbler 1w Winterton South Dunes still mid morning on bramble slope just south of Hermanus c52.7134,1.6962. Park at 52.7179,1.6982

Norfolk Wood Sand Titchwell RSPB on freshmarsh from end of Autumn Trail at 10.19am 52.9667,0.6119

Norfolk Pied Fly Winterton South Dunes in brambles below Hermanus c52.7127,1.6964. Park at 52.7179,1.6982

Norfolk 2.Long-tailed Skuas Weybourne flew west past beach car park at 7.52am c52.9485,1.1398