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 Sep 2009

5/9/09 Holme NOA

A couple of stints seawatching from the dunes totalling 5 hours 40 minutes (6:30-10:30am and 3:40-5:20pm) failed to produce the hoped-for Long-tailed Skua but was at least reasonably active, with 49 Great Skuas, 28 Arctic Skuas, 8 Manx Shearwaters, 20 Black Terns, 225 Gannets, 16 Arctic Terns, 14 Fulmars, 32 Teal, a Wigeon, an auk sp. and 4 Red-throated Divers. It was quiet on land but a Wheatear, a Blackcap and a Willow Warbler were in the dunes and 2+ Cetti's Warblers were on the NOA reserve. Overhead passage included 24 Meadow Pipits, 3 Pied Wagtails, 8 Swallows and a Whimbrel.