HOLME BIRD OBSERVATORY
for as little as 14p per day.
27th September 2025

Whinchat Ben Rackstraw
Both Pied and Spotted Flycatchers were seen in the dunes with 2 or more Whinchats, 10 Stonechats, a Wheatear and a Redstart also noted around the dunes and a flock of 60+ Pink-feet flying over. Two Ravens and a Great White Egret were of note with a Greenshank over the Boradwater.
In the moth traps today a Light Emerald, 44 Large Yellow Underwings, 153 Lunar Underwings, 15 Square-spot Rustics, 2 Shuttle-shaped Darts, a Black Rustic, 3 White Points, 3 Large Wainscots, 4 Beaded Chestnuts, a Clancy’s Rustic, 4 Pale Mottled Willows, a Lesser Yellow Underwing, a Turnip, a Shore Wainscot, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Characters, a Diamond-back, Rusty-dot Pearl and an Angle Shades were caught.
Two Peacocks and 3 Speckled Woods were also noted.
NORFOLK NEWS FROM RARE BIRD ALERT
Norfolk PALLID HARRIER male Morston from Morston Quay car park at 2.10pm c52.9577,0.9864
Norfolk Caspian Gull 3w Titchwell RSPB on beach c52.9738,0.6055. Park at c52.9629,0.6063
Norfolk Ruddy Shelduck fem Cley NWT still tho mobile c52.9542,1.0562
Norfolk 2.Black-throated Divers reported Winterton on sea mid a’noon c52.7179,1.6982
Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatcher Winterton North Dunes still at Bramble Gap in alders north of pine plantation at 11am (+Wood Sand [heard only]) c52.7418,1.6735
Norfolk Red-backed Shrike ad.male Winterton North Dunes still c52.7234,1.6872. Park at 52.7179,1.6982
Norfolk LESSER GREY SHRIKE ad Winterton North Dunes still late morning 52.7287,1.6845. Viewed from 52.7286,1.685. Park at 52.7179,1.6982
Norfolk 2.Glossy Ibises Morston late morning 52.9577,0.9864
Norfolk Red-breasted Fly Titchwell RSPB again c10.45am at Tank Road tho elusive c52.9633,0.6070. Park at c52.9629,0.6063
Norfolk Glossy Ibis Morston Quay still on saltmarsh c52.9584,0.9845
Norfolk Curlew Sand Titchwell RSPB still on Freshmarsh c52.9686,0.6114. Park at c52.9629,0.6063
Norfolk Garganey Welney WWT still from Main Observatory 52.5278,0.2775. Park at 52.5268,0.2786
Norfolk 2.Black-throated Divers reported flew south past Winterton c52.7179,1.6982
Norfolk PALLID HARRIER male Cley NWT still c9.50am flew west over West Bank c52.9625,1.0461
Norfolk Red-breasted Fly Titchwell RSPB flew east over Meadow Trail at 9.48am c52.9636,0.6047