It was a sunny but rather chilly morning with an icy wind blowing from the north. The moth trap was rather interesting with 8 species: 7 Muslin, 1 Pine Beauty, 1 Emperor, 4 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 1 Frosted Green, 2 Hebrew Character, 1 Ermine and 2 Northern Drab.

My favourite moth was the Frosted Green as it looked as if it had little horns on its head.

Additionally, to some nice moths, I saw my first Orange Tip butterfly and a Green Hairstreak was seen near the pond at the bird observatory.

The bird highlights today were: 2 Ring Ouzel and 14 Wheatear in the dunes, singing Grasshopper Warbler at Salting’s car park, male Common Redstart in scrub at reserve entrance, one report of a blue-headed Yellow Wagtail east of concrete bunker, 2 Lesser Whitethroats in Dunes and a Greenshank at Redwell Marsh.

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NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RAREBIRD ALERT

Norfolk Ring Ouzel male Waxham still at Waxham Sands Holiday Park at 2.22pm 52.7628,1.6416: Viewed from 52.7634,1.6444; View only from dunes, do not enter holiday park. Walk north from Horsey Gap

Norfolk Blue-headed Wagtail Holme Dunes east of concrete bunker at 1.46pm c 52.9747,0.5481

Norfolk 3.Velvet Scoters Cley NWT on sea c52.9651,1.0483

Norfolk Common Crane ad Rawhall still at Old Beetley at School Road Flash at 10.40am 52.7308,0.9074 Viewed from c52.7292,0.9086

Norfolk Glaucous Gull 2w West Runton still on church roof at 8.45am 52.9388,1.2392

Norfolk Wood Sand Cley NWT briefly at south end of Pope’s Pool at 8.45am then flew off c52.9579,1.0688

Norfolk Iceland Gull juv north past Waxham again 8.05am c52.7795,1.6188