Latest Norfolk Bird News: 15th Novemmber: Green-winged Teal still at Cley NWT, 7 Lapland Buntings in the clifftop fields at West Runton, Great Grey Shrike still at Dersingham Bog though mobile, Black Redstart still at Choseley Drying Barns and 3 Shorelarks still at Holme on beach by the golf-course.

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My latest sightings: As autumn fizzled out into winter numbers of common migrants, particularly Goldcrests, remained low. Probably the best 2 days of the autumn in terms of numbers were the 30th and 31st October and I managed 5 Woodcocks, 2 Short-eared Owls, 1 Jack Snipe, 4 Shorelarks, 1 Ring Ouzel, 2 Bearded Tits, 1 Crossbill and 3 Bewick's Swans at Holme, as well as 916 Blackbirds and 11724 Starlings on the 31st. A Great Grey Shrike at Dersingham Bog and a Hen Harrier at Roydon seem to lend support to the theory we are now firmly into winter...


5 Aug 2009

5/8/09 North Wootton area

An early-morning trip with a friend produced 5 adult Yellow-legged Gulls, as well as 4 Yellow Wagtails (2 adults with 2 juveniles), a female Wheatear, 9 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers and 5 Snipe.

Later, an evening walk at Holkham was surprisingly productive. A Hobby flew west and the hedgerows bordering the public footpath held 20+ Chiffchaffs (a mixture of adults and juveniles), 3 Lesser Whitethroats, a Blackcap, a Garden Warbler and a smart Spotted Flycatcher in bushes just south of the pine-belt, just east of the Joe Jordan hide.