There have been a few birds seen around the reserve, on the sea and at Thornham harbour today, highlights include: 32 Crossbills, 6 Pintail, 8 Tufted Ducks, 11 Shelduck, 120 Brent Geese, 500 Pink Feet, 218 Wigeon, 85 Teal,  28 Mallard, 8 Gadwall, 8 Shoveler, 4 Cattle Egret, 6 Little Egrets, 2 Spoonbills, 7 Common Scoter, 8 Great Crested Grebes, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 280 Oystercatchers, 1 Grey Plover, 25 Curlew, 12 Bar-tailed Godwit, 185 Knot, 18 Sanderling, 15 Redshank, 1 Firecrest (image below), 3 Blackcaps (image below), 6 Bearded Tits, 45 Meadow Pipits, 48 Linnets, 24 Chaffinch, 1 Mistle Thrush, 25 Blackbirds and 6 Redwing.

Firecrest – Seamus Griffin

A female Blackcap – Seamus Griffin

We opened a few nets between rain showers and caught 8 birds: 3 Meadow Pipits, 1 Blue Tit, 2 Great Tits, 1 Goldcrest and 1 retrap Blue Tit.

In the moth trap today we had 5 Large Wainscot, 6 Rusty-dot Pearl, 1 Chestnut, 2 Beaded Chestnut, 1 Green-brindled Crescent, 1 Blastobasis lacticolella, 1 Merveille du Jour, 2 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Rush Veneer, 2 Turnip Moth and 1 Pearly Underwing.

Molly Brown – Seasonal Assistant

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS FROM RAREBIRD ALERT
Norfolk 2.Water Pipits Cley Marshes NWT c52.9579,1.0545 Park at c52.9544,1.0563
Norfolk Ruddy Shelduck fem Cley NWT still at Bull Marsh viewed from West Bank 52.9608,1.0489. Viewed from 52.9606,1.0473
Norfolk Spotted Redshank Snettisham RSPB on island on Pit.4 at 1.58pm c52.8495,0.4470
Norfolk Green-winged Teal drk Welney WWT still just east of Lyle Hide at 1.08pm c52.534,0.2823. Viewed from 52.5332,0.2814. Park at 52.5268,0.2786
Norfolk 4.Snow Buntings West Runton at west end of Seaview car park at 12.25pm c52.9411,1.2481
Norfolk 9.Glossy Ibises King’s Lynn flew upriver at 11.55am c52.7985,0.3702
Norfolk 2.Hawfinches Lynford Arboretum still 11.20am in paddock c52.5103,0.6805
Norfolk Caspian Gull 2w Norwich at Heigham Waterworks Resr from gate c52.6386,1.2676. Viewed from 52.6378,1.2667
Norfolk Grey Phal Cley NWT still 9.38am east of East Bank on Pope’s Marsh c52.9579,1.0688
Norfolk 2.Long-tailed Ducks (both juvs) Snettisham RSPB still on pit behind chalets c52.8646,0.4472
Norfolk Grey Phal Cley NWT still east of East Bank on Pope’s Marsh at 7.30am c52.9579,1.0688
Norfolk 2.Glaucous Gulls (1+juv) y’day Sheringham flew past shelter c52.9469,1.2070. Park at 52.9450,1.2067. Viewed from 52.9459,1.2069