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...


3 Sep 2009

3/9/09 Holme NOA

I managed to grab 1.75 hours from the dunes late afternoon (4:15-6:00pm) today and recorded 144 Manx Shearwaters (139 west, 5 east), 2 Black Terns (1 adult west, 1 juvenile east), 27 Fulmars (26 west, 1 east), 29 Gannets (27 west, 2 east), 10 Arctic Terns west, 179 Common Terns west, 43 'commic' terns west, 10 Teal west, 12 Sandwich Terns (1o west, 2 east), 10 Arctic Skuas (8 west, 2 east), 5 Shoveler west, 19 Common Scoters west and a single Great-crested Grebe on the sea. At least 3 Whimbrels and a Greenshank flew overhead calling.
Posted by Connor D. Rand at 10:37 PM