It was a lovely warm and calm day so we opened the nets at 6:30.

The ringing session was successful and our highlights were 2 Firecrest, 1 male (ringed yesterday) and one female.

Other bird highlights were 1 Ring Ouzel at NWT visitor centre, 8 Shore Lark at Gore Point, 1 Slavonian Grebe and 1 Red-necked Grebe on the sea.

The moth trap contained: 3 Rusty Dot Pearl, 1 Yellow-Line Quaker, 6 Large Wainscot, 2 Narrow-winged Grey, 1 Red Green Carpet, 1 Rush Veneer, 1 November agg.

The butterflies like the warm weather and we recorded: 1 Painted Lady, 1 Large White, 2 Clouded Yellow, 1 Brimstone, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Peacock, also lots of different species of shield bug and hundreds of ladybirds.

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Norfolk Bird News from Rare Bird Alert

Norfolk Little Auk Winterton Dunes NNR at South Dunes on sea off car park at 2pm c52.7179,1.7014 . Use beach carpark NR29 4AJ. Park at 52.7179,1.6982

Norfolk Rose-coloured Starling juv Happisburgh still 1.35pm near carpark c52.8216,1.5362. Use beach carpark NR12 0PR

Norfolk 3.Shorelarks Holkham By at Holkham Gap on beach at west end of Gap 52.9763,0.7969

Norfolk Water Pipit Holme Dunes NWT on saltmarsh at 1.23pm c52.9727,0.5676

Norfolk Rose-coloured Starling juv Happisburgh still 11.37am on wires south of carpark c52.8216,1.5362. Use beach carpark NR12 0PR

Norfolk Rose-coloured Starling juv Happisburgh still on wires behind houses c52.8216,1.5362. Use beach carpark NR12 0PR

Norfolk Garganey Welney WWT still from main observatory at 10.55am c52.5273,0.2793

Norfolk Lapland Bunting Hunstanton found dead by Hunstanton sign at 10am c52.9396,0.4874

Norfolk Long-tailed Duck Brancaster in harbour at 10.47am 52.9694,0.6694

Norfolk Water Pipit Titchwell RSPB still on freshmarsh from Parrinder Hide c52.9684,0.6109 PE31 8BB

Norfolk Red-necked Grebe Holme Dunes offshore by visitors centre at 10.27am c52.9783,0.5517

Norfolk Sabine’s Gull juv Cley Marshes NWT offshore at 10.12am tho distant c52.9651,1.0483

Norfolk Hawfinch flew over Cley at 9.49am c52.9578,1.0543

Norfolk Ring Ouzel male Strumpshaw Fen RSPB flew west over Sandy Wall c52.6045,1.4529 Park at c52.6071,1.4566

Norfolk 2.Twites Blakeney Freshmarsh along path at NW end at 9.42am c52.9640,1.0220

Norfolk Hawfinch flew SE Waxham over coastal path at 9.09 52.779,1.6215

Norfolk 2.Woodlarks flew over Hunstanton c52.9457,0.4891

Norfolk Y-br.Wblr Wells Woods still at The Dell at 8.38am c52.9721,0.8436 Park at c52.9724,0.8482

Norfolk Waxwing flew south Hunstanton cliffs at 8.40am c52.9457,0.4891

Norfolk Hawfinch Norwich flew over Drayton Wood Road c52.6672,1.2509

Norfolk 4.Glossy Ibises Cley NWT still at 6.37am tho mobile c52.9570,1.0568 Viewed from c52.9562,1.0582 Park at c52.9544,1.0567

Norfolk 4.Glossy Ibises Blakeney Freshmarsh again at 8.14am c52.96,1.0327

Norfolk Black Guillemot Sheringham still on sea off the Wee Retreat at 7.45am c52.9471,1.2183