Holme Bird Observatory

Last night’s moth trap yielded: 4 Cloaked Minor, 3 Fern, 1 Shaded Broad Bar, 3 Common Maisoner, 5 Small Mottled Willow, 2 Straw Grass Moth, 1 Bright Straw, 1 Scarce Footman, 1 Straw Underwing, 1 Drinker, 3 Glechiidea ident., 2 Large Yellow Underwing, 2 Black-fronted Straw, 1 Small Fan-footed Wave, 1 Hook-tipped Grass Moth, 1 Bryotropha sp. 2 Noctua janthe/janthuna, 2 Common Grass Moth, 1 Buff Ermine, 1 Beet Moth, 1 Uncertain agg, 4 Sharp-angled Peacock, 1 Straw-barred Pearl, 1 Bittersweet Moth, 2 Dingy Footman, 6 Archer’s Dart, 1 Lime Speck Pug, 1 Marbled Clover, 1 Suttle-shaped Dart, 1 Nutmeg, 1 Ringed China Mark, 1 Orange Pine Tortrix, 1 Scoparia/Eudonia sp., 2 Turnip Moth, 1 Brimstone Moth.

The bird highlights were 2 Grey Heron, 4 Dunlin and 60 Redshank on Broadwater; 1 Green Woodpecker around the Obs.

I also saw 8 Gatekeeper, 1 Peacock, 3 Wall, 2 White sp. 1 Admiral, 1 Small White

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Norfolk Bird News from Rare Bird Alert

Norfolk WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER ad Snettisham RSPB still 11.15am at north end on The Wash +showing well c52.8640,0.4457. Park at c52.8685,0.4526

Norfolk no sign of Marsh Sandpiper Breydon Water at east end viewed from North Wall 8.45-10.50am c52.6148,1.7117

Norfolk 3.Glossy Ibises Titchwell RSPB on Freshmarsh at 10.20am c52.9683,0.6093 Park at c52.9628,0.6065

Norfolk Curlew Sand ad Titchwell RSPB still on Freshmarsh near main path c52.9683,0.6093 Park at c52.9628,0.6065

Norfolk WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER ad Snettisham RSPB still on The Wash at 7am but no sign at 10am c52.8603,0.4450. Park at c52.8685,0.4526

Norfolk 2.Curlew Sands (both ads) Cley NWT still on Pat’s Pool at 7.22am c52.9575,1.0556. Park at c52.9544,1.0567

Norfolk Bee-eater flew east over Geldeston at 7am c52.4724,1.5185

Norfolk 2.Glossy Ibises Cley NWT flew east past north end of East Bank at 5.49am c52.9603,1.0674 (Jack Snipe Cley NWT east of East Bank still at north end of The Serpentine viewed from