It has been a stunning winters day at the Obs, with freezing temperatures first thing then blue skies and sunshine! We ambitiously opened the nets this morning but there were very few birds caught, a total of 13! The majority of the birds were retraps: 1 Dunnock, 4 Coal Tits, 2 Blue Tits, 1 Robin and 2 Goldcrest. The new birds were a single Blackbird, Blackcap and Greenfinch. 

Around the Obs the highlight was a Yellow-browed Warbler on the East Bank this morning, other interesting sightings include 2 Ravens flying over the Obs this afternoon and 2 Barn Owls. On the beach and Sea the highlights were: 23 Little Gulls, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 19 Common Scoter, 16 Red-breasted Mergansers, 5 Red-throated Divers, 3 Great Northern Divers, 7 Fulmar, 65 Cormorants, 12 Great Crested Grebes, 6000 Starling, 83 Oystercatchers, 4 Grey Plover, 18 Curlew, 8 Bar-tailed Godwit, 18 Sanderling, 4 Dunlin and 11 Redshank.

Molly Brown – Seasonal Assistant

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RAREBIRD ALERT

Norfolk 26.Snow Buntings Winterton Dunes on beach 52.7285,1.6904

Norfolk American Golden Plover juv Titchwell RSPB again on freshmarsh on east sude at 1.52pm 52.9679,0.6053: Viewed from 52.9677,0.6044. Park at c52.9629,0.6063

Norfolk 2.HUME’S WARBLERS Holkham Pines still this a’noon at Bluetail Trail +Y-br.Wblr c52.9717,0.7888 NR23 1RG

Norfolk HUME’S WARBLER Holkham Pines still at Bluetail Trail at 9.15am +Y-br.Wblr. Y’day 2.HUME’S WARBLERS c52.9717,0.7888 NR23 1RG

Norfolk 2.Long-tailed Ducks (both fem/1w.drk) Titchwell RSPB still on sea c52.9738,0.6055

Norfolk Velvet Scoter fem/juv.drk Hopton-on-Sea on sea off Beach Road c52.5362,1.7378

Norfolk 7+Twite y’day Cley NWT still by small pools east of path at north end of East Bank c52.9608,1.0675