As it was a calm morning, I opened the nets at 5:30. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much bird movement so that we shut the nets at 09:00 having caught 3 new birds: 1 Wren, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 5 retraps: 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 2 Dunnock.

Our bird highlights for today are: 6 Sandwich Tern, 4 Whimbrel and 2 Curlew flying over the reserve, 12 Dunlin, 14 Lapwing on Broadwater.

Todays moths were: 12 Double Striped Pug, 2 Lime Speck Pug, 24 Turnip, 6 Common Grass Moth, 1 Common Pug, 8 Flounced Rustic, 2 Common Maisoner, 1 Shuttle-shaped Dart, 1 Common Rustic agg., 9 Beet Moth, 1 Delicate, 2 Large Yellow Underwing, 1 Sand Dart, 1 Aster Straw, 1 Poplar Grey, 3 Hook-tipped Grass-moth, 2 Setaceous Hebrew Character, 1 Brown Moss-moth, 1 Small Blood Vein, 1 Yellow Shell, 1 Lesser Pearl, 1 Chequered Grass-moth, 1 Garden Tiger, 1 Willow Stilt, 1 Pale Prominent.

Other insects include 2 Southern Migrant Hawker at the NWT hide, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Small Heath, 1 Peacock.

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Norfolk Bird News from Rare Bird Alert

Norfolk Glossy Ibis Welney WWT still (+2.Wood Sands) 52.532,0.2798: Viewed from 52.5314,0.2814

Norfolk Honey Buzzard West Beckham flew SW over Old Allotments at 9.40am c52.9116,1.1791

Norfolk 2.Glossy Ibises Salthouse c150yds east of Gramborough Hill in wet ditch at 10.40am c52.9537,1.1049 Park at c52.9542,1.0964

Norfolk Wood Sand juv Cley NWT still on Pat’s Pool from Bishop’s Hide c52.9563,1.0581 Viewed from c52.9561,1.0582 Park at c52.9544,1.0567

Norfolk BLACK-WINGED KITE ad Sea Palling still SW of The Marrams viewed from double metal gates at 7.40am NR12 0AL c52.7922,1.5842 Viewed from c52.7949,1.5891

Norfolk 2.Glossy Ibises flew east over Salthouse at 6.45am c52.9521,1.0865