The north-easterly wind continued and chilled all but the hardiest bird watcher to the bone. The highlights of today’s birding are: 8 Crossbill (incl. male, female and two youngsters), 2 Redpoll, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Greenshank, 18 Black-tailed Godwit and 4 Ruff on Broadwater, 7 Whimbrel flying over and 2 Ring Ouzels in the Dunes and Stonechats feeding their first broods.

The moths also didn’t like the cold wind so the  trap contained only 3 Pine Beauty, 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart and 2 Muslin.

However during sunny spells we saw 1 Speckled Wood, 2 White sp, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Copper (aberration with no orange on hindwing), 2 Green Hairstreak and 1 Orange Tip.

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NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RAREBIRD ALERT

Norfolk 2.Ring Ouzels Burnham Overy Dunes again at 2.49pm c52.9772,0.7587

Norfolk Black Tern Whitlingham Ctry Park still 2.30pm at Great Broad c52.6228,1.3366

Norfolk Bar-tailed Godwit Pensthorpe Water Fowl Park still at Wader Scrape at 9.30am c52.8209,0.8974

Norfolk Water Pipit reported Titchwell RSPB still from Parrinder Hide c52.9692,0.6068. Park at c52.9629,0.6063

Norfolk Water Pipit reported y’day Titchwell RSPB from Parrinder Hide c52.9692,0.6068. Park at c52.9629,0.6063

Norfolk Black-necked Grebe Snettisham RSPB still 1.09pm at Pit.4 from Rotary Hide c52.8538,0.4474. Park at 52.8685,0.4526. Viewed from 52.8538,0.4463

Norfolk no further sign of dark morph Eleonora’s Falcon Dersingham Bog NNR at old railway from Denver Bench by 12.56pm c52.8322,0.4848

MEGA Norfolk ELEONORA’S FALCON dark morph Dersingham Bog NNR flew east along old railway c52.8322,0.4848

Norfolk Black Tern Whitlingham Ctry Park still 12.43pm at Great Broad c52.6228,1.3366

Norfolk Black Tern Whitlingham Ctry Park at Great Broad c52.6228,1.3366

Norfolk Common Crane ad Rawhall still at Old Beetley at School Road Flash at 10.10am 52.7307,0.9086

Norfolk Black-necked Grebe Snettisham RSPB from Knot’s Landing Hide at 10.22am 52.8480,0.4483

Norfolk Lapland Bunting male Burnham Overy Dunes still south of fence 500yds east of boardwalk at 10.34am c52.9746,0.7699

Norfolk 2.Ring Ouzels (both males) Happisburgh at playing field at 10.07am c52.8227,1.5376

Norfolk no sign of Red-rumped Swallow Thetford at Nunnery Lakes over flood from Barnham Cross Common viewing screen by 7.44am (but Bar-tailed Godwit) c52.3958,0.7473