Norfolk Birding News

Birding news for February 2012

Wednesday 8 February 2012

Titchwell - COUES' ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2 Spoonbill, 3 Smew, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Velvet Scoter, 4 Water Pipits. Wells - Rough-legged Buzzard, 2 Smew. Holme - Rough-legged Buzzard, Slavonian Grebe. Saddle Bow - 22 Smew. Cley - 16 Tundra Bean Geese, 2 Whooper Swans, 2 Smew, 2 Pale-bellied Brent geese, 45 Eurasian White-fronted Geese. Blakeney - Smew. Fakenham - Great Grey Shrike. Thetford - 2 Smew. Rockland Broad - 2 Smew, Bittern. Thornham - Rough-legged Buzzard. Whitlingham C.P. - Smew, Red-breasted Merganser.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Cley - 4 Twite, 4 Smew, Water Pipit. Holkham - 2 Rough-legged Buzzards, 7 Greenland White-fronted Geese, 300 Eurasion White-fronted Geese, 3 Smew. Titchwell - 2 Spoonbill, Water Pipit, 2 Smew, 4 Snow Bunting, COUES' ARCTIC REDPOLL, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, Velvet Scoter. Thornham - Rough-legged Buzzard. Saddle Bow - 7 Smew. Hardley Flood - 2 Bitterns. Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen - 8 Smew. Fakenham - Great Grey Shrike, Smew. Holme - ROSS'S GOOSE, 1000 Pink-footed Geese. Cantley - LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 80 Taiga Bean Geese. Wells - 3 Smew. Breydon Water - Bittern.

Monday 6 February 2012

Breydon Water - Smew. Hickling - Common Crane. Lynford Arboretum - 3 Common Cranes over. Thornham - 2 Short-eared Owls. Holkham - Scaup, Rough-legged Buzzard. Wells - 5 Smew, Red-necked Grebe. Titchwell - Coues' Arctic Redpoll, 4 Long-tailed Ducks, 2 Velvet Scoter. Cantley - LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 40 Taiga Bean Geese, 150 Eurasisn White-fronted Geese. Blakeney - 22 Twite. Wroxham Broad - RING-NECKED DUCK. Pentney - Long-tailed Duck, Smew, Mediterranean Gull.

Saturday 4 February 2012

Burnham Overy Staithe - Rough-legged Buzzard, Tundra Bean Goose, Pale-bellied Brent Goose. Halvergate - ROSS'S GOOSE. Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, Red-crested Pochard, 5 Greenland White-fronted Geese, BLACK BRANT, Rough-legged Buzzard. Burgh Castle - 15 Twite. Titchwell - Rough-legged Buzzard, COUES' ARCTIC REDPOLL, Mealy Redpoll. Lynford Arboretum - 17 Hawfinches. Bale - Great Grey Shrike. Pentney G.P. - Long-tailed Duck, 4 Scaup, Smew. Great Yarmouth - Velvet Scoter. Buckenham Marshes - LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with 50+ Taiga Bean Geese. Fakenham -Great Grey Shrike.

Friday 3 February 2012

Lynford Arboretum - 5 Hawfinches. Buckenham Marshes - LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 47 Taiga Bean Geese, 130 Eurasian White-fronted Geese. Cley - WESTERN SANDPIPER. Wroxham Broad - RING-NECKED DUCK. Holkham - Rough-legged Buzzard, 5 Greenland White-fronted Geese, 4 Shorelarks, 25 Snow Buntings. Burgh Castle - 5 Twite. Wells - 20+ Lapland Buntings. Fakenham - Great Grey Shrike.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Holme - Slavonian Grebe, 32 Snow Buntings, Hen Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owls. Strumpshaw Fen - Female Red-crested Pochard. Great Yarmouth - Velvet Scoter. Lynford Arboretum - 20 Hawfinches. Ormesby Broad - Great Northern Diver. Thornham - Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owl. Wroxham Broad - RING-NECKED DUCK. Titchwell - COUES' ARCTIC REDPOLL, 28 Snow Buntings, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter. Whitlingham Country Park - KNOT. Holkham - 2 Rough-legged Buzzards, 5 Greenland White-fronted Geese. Fakenham - Great Grey Shrike.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

Burnham Overy Staithe - Hen Harrier, 80 Lapland Buntings. Titchwell - COUES' ARCTIC REDPOLL, 2 White-fronted Geese, Mandarin, Velvet Scoter. Holkham - 4 Shorelarks, 40 Snow Buntings, 2 Tundra Bean Geese, Greenland White-fronted Goose, Black-throated Diver. Buckenham Marshes - NO NEWS of Lesser White-fronted Goose. Halvergate - Ross's Goose, Green Sandpiper. Strumpshaw Fen - 2 Red-crested Pochards. Norwich - 20 Waxwings. Ormesby Broad -Great Northern Diver. Lynford Arboretum - 16 Hawfinches. Walsey Hills - BLACK BRANT with c900 Dark-bellied Brents, also 3 Pale-bellied Brent Geese. Burgh Castle - 15 Twite.