Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for October 2017
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Burnham Overy -
Taiga Bean GooseSalthouse - Black Brant, Shorelark flew W
Waxham - Pallas's Warbler
Cley - Black-throated Diver, Little Auk, Red-necked Grebe flew past
Titchwell - Water Pipit; 10 Hawfinches, Shorelark & 2 Richard's Pipits flew W
Hunstanton - 15 Hawfinches flew S
Thornham Harbour - 15 Twite
Monday 30 October 2017
Overstrand - Surf Scoter flew W
Stiffkey -
Cattle EgretBurnham Overy -
Taiga Bean GooseSalthouse - Black Brant, Glaucous Gull flew W
Waxham - Pallas's Warbler, Little Auk flew S
Cley - 4+ Sabine's Gulls flew W, 3 Casoian a Gulls, Short-eared Owl, Shorelark briefly
Cromer - Caspian Gull, Little Auk flew W
Titchwell - 2 Water Pipit
Cantley - 3 Water Pipit, Ring Ouzel, 6 Hawfinches flew SW
Plus Little Auks past Great Yarmouth, Winterton (2), Mundesley, Overstrand, Sheringham
Sunday 29 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Salthouse - Black Brant
Cromer - Caspian Gull, Leach's Petrel past
Cley - Long-tailed Skua, Storm Petrel, 2 Leach's Petrels, 2 Little Auks, 2 Grey Phalarope, 5 Pomarine Skuas, 3 Black Terns past
Sheringham - 2 Leach's Petrels, 2 Little Auks, Grey Phalarope, Black Guillemot, Black-throated Diver, 5 Pomarine Skuas past
Holme - Little Auk, 10 Pomarine Skuas past
Titchwell - Water Pipit, Spotted Redshank, 4 Pomarine Skuas past
Winterton - Grey Phalarope, 2 Pomarine Skuas past
Strumpshaw Fen - Water Pipit, Jack Snipe, Ring Ouzel, 17 Hawfinches
Kelling WM - Jack Snipe
Saturday 28 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Salthouse - Black Brant
Cley - 2 Little Auks, Grey Phalarope past
Eccles - 4 Grey Phalaropes flew N
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, Little Stint, Lapland Bunting
Thornham - 3 Twite, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Hunstanton - 14 Hawfinch flew S
Friday 27 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Salthouse - Black Brant
Cley - Caspian Gull, 2 Little Stints
Cromer - Caspian Gull
North Creake - Yellow-browed Warbler
Kelling WM - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, 4 Sootted Redshanks
Winterton - Lapland Bunting
Holkham - Great White Egret, Black Redstart
Plus Leach's Petrels past Sheringham (2), Burnham Overy, Snettisham
Thursday 26 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Warham Greens - Honey Buzzard flew in off sea
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, Great White Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, 19 Hawfinches over
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Trimingham - Yellow-browed Warbler
Kelling WM - Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Little Stints, Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper
Winterton - Lapland Bunting
Holkham - Scaup, Great White Egret
Hunstanton - 46 Hawfinches flew over, Glaucous Gull
Sheringham - Sabine's Gull flew W, Black-throated Diver flew E, 16 Hawfinches over
Wednesday 25 October 2017
Cley - Black Brant, 3 Caspian Gulls
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Little Stints
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Trimingham - Yellow-browed Warbler
Kelling WM - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Little Stints, Spotted Redshank, 2 Jack Snipe
Winterton - Lapland Bunting
Holkham - Great White Egret
Holme - Great White Egret
Tuesday 24 October 2017
Cley - Black Brant
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Titchwell - Caspian Gull, Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Little Stints, Jack Snipe, Water Pipit, Ring Ouzel
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Holme - Black-throated Diver, Scaup, Ring Ouzel
Gorleston - Swift sp, prob Common
Holkham - Scaup
Winterton - Lapland Bunting, Pomarine Skua past
Monday 23 October 2017
Winterton - WHITE-BILLED DIVER reported, 2 Pomarine Skuas past, Lapland Bunting
Cley - Black Brant, 4 Little Stints
Titchwell - 2 Caspian Gulls, Yellow-browed Warbler, 4 Little Stints, 2 Water Pipits
Holkham - Scaup
Kelling WM - Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Little Stints, Lapland Bunting flew over
Norwich - Great White Egret at Whitlingham CP
Hunstanton - 38 Hawfinch flew over
Sunday 22 October 2017
Cley - Black Brant
Burnham Overy - Taiga Bean Goose
Holkham - Scaup, Great White Egret
Kelling WM - Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, 4 Little Stints, Water Pipit, Slavonian Grebe on sea
Sheringham - Leach's Petrel, 2 Pomarine Skuas reported past
Winterton - 2 Pomarine Skuas, Velvet Scoter reported past
Saturday 21 October 2017
Winterton - WHITE-BILLED DIVER flew S, plus Pomarine Skua, Black Tern
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Cley - Black Brant, 7+ Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Black Redstart
Burnham Overy - Taiga Bean Goose
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Holkham - Grey Phalarope, Scaup, 2 Great White Egrets
Kelling WM - Yellow-browed Warbler, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - Yellow-browed Warbler, 4 Little Stints
Salthouse - Yellow-browed Warbler
Hunstanton-Heacham - 6 Scaup
Thornham - 7 Twite reported
Wells - Lapland Bunting
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Friday 20 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers, Little Stint
Warham Greens - Black Brant, Yellow-browed Warbler
Wells - Northern Bullfinch reported
Winterton - Great Grey Shrike, Yellow-browed Warbler, Black Redstart
Holkham - Grey Phalarope, Yellow-browed Warbler, Osprey, Scaup, 2 Great White Egrets
Holme - Richard's Pipit flew W
Sheringham - Lapland Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler
Cley - 4 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper
Titchwell - 3 Little Stints
Kelling WM - 3 Curlew Sandpipers
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Short-eared Owls
Thursday 19 October 2017
Holkham - Radde's Warbler, Osprey, Great White Egret, Ring Ouzel
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Cley - Black Brant, 2 Caspian Gulls, Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Little Stints, Little Gull, Black Redstart, Great White Egret flew W
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Snettisham - Richard's Pipit
Warham Greens - Richard's Pipit flew W, Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Lapland Buntings
Kelling WM - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper, Black Redstart
Titchwell - Great White Egret, 3 Little Stints, Yellow-browed Warbler
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Winterton (2+), Holme, East Hills, Stiffkey Campsite, Cromer, Salthouse, Wells Woods
Wednesday 18 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Wells - Red-breasted Flycatcher reported, Yellow-browed Warbler, Ring Ouzel, Black Brant or hybrid in harbour
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Cley - Caspian Gull, Black Redstart
Titchwell - 3 Little Stints, Yellow-browed Warbler
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holme, East Hills, Beeston Bump
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Burnham Overy - Taiga Bean Goose
Kelling WM - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Jack Snipe
Holkham - Osprey, Yellow-browed Warbler
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Yellow-browed Warbler
Cley - Tundra Bean Goose, 7 Little Stints, 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Buckenham Marshes - 2 Little Stints, 8 White-fronted Geese
Potter Heigham - 2 Little Stints
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Holme, Wells Woods, Norwich / UEA
Monday 16 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret, Great White Egret
Trimingham - Barred Warbler
Waxham - Richard's Pipit flew S
Kelling WM - Dotterel, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Happisburgh - Great Grey Shrike
Holkham - Osprey, 9 Great White Egrets flew W
Docking-Thornham - possible Grey-bellied Brant
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Yellow-browed Warbler, Ring Ouzel, Hawfinch flew W, 4 Great White Egrets flew W, 9 Common Cranes flew SW
Cley - 10 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, Great White Egret flew E
Sheringham - 3 Great White Egrets flew W, 1 flew E
Horsey - Hooded Crow
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Weybourne, Holme, East Hills
Sunday 15 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Trimingham - Barred Warbler, Hawfinch
Happisburgh - Great Grey Shrike
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, 6 Hawfinch flew W, 4 Great White Egrets flew W
Burnham Overy Staithe - Taiga Bean Goose, Greenland White-fronted Goose, 5 Great White Egrets flew W
Docking-Thornham - possible Grey-bellied Brant
Eccles - Sabine's Gull flew past
Winterton - Red-necked Grebe, Yellow-browed Warbler
Holkham - Osprey, Yellow-browed Warbler
Salthouse - Yellow-browed Warbler
Cley - 12 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper
Kelling WM - 2 Little Stints, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Dotterel flew W, 32 Little Gulls flew past
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper
Holme - Great White Egret, Pomarine Skua flew past
Welney - Great White Egret
Saturday 14 October 2017
Hemsby - WHITE-BILLED DIVER flew S
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope, 6 Curlew Sandpipers
Trimingham - Barred Warbler
Happisburgh - Great Grey Shrike
Titchwell - Dotterel briefly, Hawfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler
Burnham Overy Staithe - Taiga Bean Goose, Greenland White-fronted Goose
Eccles - Sabine's Gull flew past
Holkham - Osprey, 2+ Great White Egrets, Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Hawfinches
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Beeston Common, Winterton, Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Salthouse
Friday 13 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Hunstanton - Serin reported flew over
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Jack Snipe
Titchwell - Grey Phalarope, 2 Little Stints, Hawfinch, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers
Burnham Overy Staithe - Taiga Bean Goose, Richard's Pipit flew W
Cley - 2 Caspian Gulls
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Ring Ouzel
Holkham - Osprey, Great White Egret
Winterton - Yellow-browed Warbler; 2 Pomarine Skuas, c5,000 Little Gulls flew S
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Wells Woods, Great Yarmouth
Thursday 12 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope, 4 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Spotted Redshanks, Short-eared Owl
Titchwell - Grey Phalarope, Dotterel, 2 Little Stints, 4 Common Cranes flew W
Cley - Caspian Gull, 18+ Little Stints, 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 4 Common Cranes flew W
Sheringham - Caspian Gull flew W
Salthouse - 3 Lapland Buntings
Wells Woods - 3 Yellow-browed Warblers, Pied Flycatcher, 4 Common Cranes flew W
Holkham - Yellow-browed Warbler, Osprey, Great White Egret, 4 Common Cranes flew W
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Wiveton, Melton Constable, Horsey, Winterton, Great Yarmouth
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Wells Woods - 2 Yellow-browed Warblers
Winterton - Yellow-browed Warbler
Holkham - Osprey, Great White Egret
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints
Cley - Little Stint, Glaucous Gull reported
Tuesday 10 October 2017
Wells Woods - Radde's Warbler, Olive-backed Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope
Cley - Caspian Gull
Snettisham - Black-necked Grebe
Holkham - Osprey, Great White Egret
Titchwell - 3 Little Stints
Burnham Overy Dunes - 2 Richard's Pipt flew W
Weybourne - Lapland Bunting flew E
Burnham Deepdale - Demoiselle Crane of unknown origin flew SE
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Happisburgh Common (3), Great Yarmouth (2), Waxham, Blakeney Point, Winterton
Monday 9 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Redshank, Caspian Gull
Potter Heigham - Red-necked Phalarope
Cley - Caspian Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, 18+ Little Stints
Snettisham - Black-necked Grebe
Holkham - Yellow-browed Warbler, Osprey, 3 Great White Egrets
Titchwell - Richard's Pipt flew W, 2 Little Stints, Hawfinch flew W
Buckenham - Little Stint
Burnham Overy Dunes - Lapland Bunting, Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Short-eared Owls, Brancaster
Salthouse - Lapland Bunting
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Horsey (2), Wells Woods (2), Great Yarmouth (2), Happisburgh, Breydon Water, Stiffkey Campsite, Kings Lynn, Walsey Hills
Sunday 8 October 2017
Blakeney Point - White-billed Diver flew W
Stiffkey -
Cattle EgretWinterton - Sabine's Gull past, Ring Ouzel
Sidestrand -
Black-throated Diver flew W
Heacham South Beach - Rose-coloured Starling
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope
Cley - Grey Phalarope, Caspian Gull, 18+ Little Stints
Holkham - Osprey, 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Yellow-browed Warblers
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, Ring Ouzel, Richard's Pipit reported flew W
Snettisham - 3 Little Stints, Snow Bunting
Plus Yellow-browed Warblers at Great Yarmouth (3), Titchwell Gypsy Lane (3), Hemsby (2), Stiffkey Campsite (2), Walsey Hills (2)
Saturday 7 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Heacham South Beach - Rose-coloured Starling
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Redshank
Cley - Grey Phalarope, Caspian Gull, 4 Curlew Sandpipers, 18+ Little Stints
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints
Holme - Velvet Scoter
Weybourne - 1+ Lapland Bunting
Friday 6 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Snettisham CP - Rose-coloured Starling
Heacham - Richard's Pipit, then flew N
Kelling WM - Red-necked Phalarope, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Grey Phalarope, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 20+ Little Stints
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, Short-eared Owl
Cawston Heath - Ring Ouzel
Holme - 2 Pomarine Skuas flew past
Weybourne - Lapland Bunting
Thursday 5 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Heacham South Beach - Rose-coloured Starling
Holkham - Great White Egret
Cley - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 16+ Little Stints
Titchwell - Little Stint
Buckenham Marshes - Little Stint
Kelling WM - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Happisburgh - Grey Phalarope flew N
Sheringham - 4 Pomarine Skuas, 3 Scaup flew past
Long Stratton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Wednesday 4 October 2017
Hemsby - Sooty Shearwater
Winterton - 2 Bonxies, hybrid Hooded x Carrion Crow
Buckenham Marshes - Little Stint
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper
Tuesday 3 October 2017
Hemsby - Black Guillemot, Great Northern Diver, Black Tern, Yellow-browed Warbler
Stiffkey- Cattle Egret
Weybourne- Black-throated Diver flew west
Cromer- Caspian Gull
Titchwell RSPB - Little Stint, Yellow-browed Warbler
Buckenham Marshes RSPB - Little Stint
Winterton- 6 Black Terns
Monday 2 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Winterton - Sabine's Gull flew past, Yellow-browed Warbler
Wells Woods - Yellow-browed Warbler
Sidestrand - Yellow-browed Warbler
Great Yarmouth - Yellow-browed Warbler
Cley - Caspian Gull, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 25+ Little Stints
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints, Snow Bunting, Osprey flew S
Holkham Hall - Osprey
Kelling WM - 2 Spotted Redshanks
Long Stratton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Sunday 1 October 2017
Stiffkey - Cattle Egret
Titchwell -
Yellow-browed Warbler, 4 Little StintsHolkham - Yellow-browed Warbler, Great White Egret
Cart Gap - Yellow-browed Warbler
Great Yarmouth - Yellow-browed Warbler in Cemetery
Cley - Caspian Gull, 30+ Little Stints, Osprey flew S
Hockwold Washes - 3 Little Stints, 3 Garganey
Kelling WM - Spotted Redshank
Stiffkey - 2 Whinchats
Long Stratton - White Stork of uncertain origin