It was a good morning for ringing with some early fog and still/very light westerlies first thing!

Foggy Sunrise at Holme

We caught 45 birds, 34 new and 11 retraps. We caught 6 Goldcrest, 4 Wren, 8 Blue Tit, 13 Reed Bunting, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Robin, 1 Cetti’s Warbler and 2 Dunnock. It was a lovely morning and good to catch so many Reed Bunting as they can be tricky to age but once you get your eye in they’re much more straightforward.

The wind quickly got up mid-morning and focussed the rest of the day birding around the Obs. There was one Whinchat off the coastal public footpath towards Thornham and 1 Woodlark went over. In amongst the mass of Meadow Pipit there were at least 2 Rock Pipit. There was a decent count of 6 Greenshank on the Broadwater along with a Kingfisher which went zipping past a few times whilst doing net rounds! Sixteen Bearded Tit also flew out the reedbed along the Broadwater and flew really high together. A Scaup flew past on a morning seawatch with some Brent Geese. The Whooper Swan was still showing well from NWT Hide 3, though periodically disappears up the channel and out of view. A Short Eared Owl was hunting in the dunes first thing this morning in the fog.

Whooper Swan – photo by Seamus Griffin

Fifteen species in the moth traps today with 1 Angle Shades, 17 Lunar Underwing, 32 Large Yellow Underwing, 7 Shore Wainscot, 4 Large Wainscot, 2 White Point, 2 Shuttle Shaped Dart, 3 Rush Veneer, 3 Black Rustic, 1 Beaded Chestnut, 3 Narrow-winged Grey, 1 Yellow-lined Quaker, 1 Rosy Rustic, 1 Turnip and 1 Square Spot Rustic. The Angle Shades was lovely and fresh!

Angle Shades

Shannon Clifford – Assistant Warden

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RAREBIRD ALERT

Norfolk 4.Glossy Ibises Salthouse west of Iron Road on Swan Pool at 1.17pm 52.9558,1.0803. Viewed from 52.9554,1.0815@. Park at 52.9534,1.0806

Norfolk 2.Hawfinches Lynford Arboretum still c52.5103,0.6805

Norfolk Ruddy Shelduck fem Cley NWT still at Bull Marsh viewed from West Bank at 12.03pm 52.9608,1.0489: Viewed from 52.9606,1.0473

Norfolk RED-FOOTED FALCON juv Great Yarmouth still in ploughed field from Bure Park at 9.55am 52.6305,1.7219: Park at 52.6308,1.7241; Viewed from 52.6304,1.7217

Norfolk Short-toed Lark Snettisham still 1pm 1/4ml north of car park on track by beach tho mobile 52.8823,0.4522: Viewed from 52.8782,0.4487. Use Snettisham Beach car park PE31 7RB

Norfolk Glossy Ibis Stiffkey again on saltmarsh by car park at 12.12pm c52.9591,0.9231

Norfolk LESSER YELLOWLEGS juv NNW of King’s Lynn still 12.07pm at South Wootton north of Edward Benefer Way/ Colman Road junction at Wootton Flood Storage Lagoon 52.776,0.4224. Viewed from 52.7752,0.4234

Norfolk Water Pipit Titchwell RSPB still on Freshmarsh from Island Hide at 11.14am 52.969,0.6056. Park at c52.9629,0.6063

Norfolk Short-toed Lark Snettisham still 11.05am 1/4ml north of car park on shingle ridge 52.8793,0.4497. Use Snettisham Beach car park PE31 7RB

Norfolk 11.Glossy Ibises 1/2ml ESE of Acle at Acle Straight just north of A47 from gate at 10.05am c52.6326,1.5722

Norfolk LESSER YELLOWLEGS juv NNW of King’s Lynn still at South Wootton north of Edward Benefer Way/ Colman Road junction at Wootton Flood Storage Lagoon 52.776,0.4224. Viewed from 52.7752,0.4234

Norfolk 3.Little Stints Snettisham RSPB on island on Pit.4 at 8.54am c52.8495,0.4470

Norfolk Short-toed Lark Snettisham still 1/4ml north of car park on shingle ridge at 8.51am 52.876,0.4475. Use Snettisham Beach car park PE31 7RB

Norfolk Caspian Gull 1w y’day Cley NWT on Pat’s Pool 52.9568,1.0577. Viewed from 52.9561,1.0582. Park at 52.9544,1.0567