Holme Bird Observatory
for as little as 14p per day.
14th July 2026

Green Sandpiper
It was another cloudy and a bit chilly morning with some drizzle and a strong breeze from the north. As expected, there weren’t many moths today: 1 Bird Cherry Ermine, 2 Archer’s Dart, 2 Brown Tail, 1 Garden Grey, 1 Rosy Minor, 2 Scarce Footman, 1 Bryothropa sp., 2 Pine Hawk Moth, 2 Smokey Wainscot, 1 Dark Arches, 2 Clay, 1 Lesser Yellow Underwing, 1 P. alpinella, 1 Turnip, 1 Least Carpet, 1 Common Rustic agg.
Todays bird highlights: 6 Whimbrel, 1 Spoonbill and 1 Green Sandpiper on Broadwater. 1 Barn Owl in the Eastbank hide.
Norfolk Bird News from Rare Bird Alert
Norfolk 2.Glossy Ibises (1.ad) Salthouse Marshes still from Babcock Hide c52.9552,1.0758
Norfolk Common Crane ad Rawhall still at Old Beetley at School Road Flash at 10.20am 52.7304,0.9082: Viewed from 52.7303,0.9102
Norfolk Wood Sand Titchwell RSPB on Freshmarsh +Curlew Sand still +Little Gull c52.9683,0.6093 Park at c52.9628,0.6065
Norfolk Wood Sand Welney WWT +Spotted Redshank c52.5312,0.2813
Norfolk BLACK-WINGED KITE ad east of Lessingham again at Hempstead Marshes south of Heath Road in tree at 10.35am tho distant c52.7917,1.5767 Viewed from c52.7931,1.5763
Norfolk Shorelark Weybourne Camp by fence at east end at 10.06am c52.9491,1.1364
Norfolk Quail male singing y’day south of Burnham Market audible from Beacon Hill Road c52.9300,0.7239



