Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for April 2021
Friday 30 April 2021
Nar Valley Fisheries - Purple Heron
Cantley - Grey Phalarope
Stiffkey Fen - Temminck’s Stint
Hickling Broad - Wryneck
Salthouse-Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Bowthorpe - Black Redstart
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshanks, Spoonbill
Wells - 2 Jack Snipe, Wood Sandpiper, Short-eared Owl
Hockwold - 2 Garganey, Cattle Egret
Welney - 2 Garganey, 2 Common Cranes
Titchwell - 7 Velvet Scoters flew W, 3 Common Cranes flew W
Whitlingham CP - Little Gull
Thornham - 3 Spoonbills
Colney - 5 Common Cranes over
Beeston Common - 3 Common Cranes flew W, then tracked west to Titchwell
Holkham - Common Crane
Plus Ring Ouzels at Burnham Overy (6), Weybourne (3), Beeston Regis (3), Pigney’s Wood (3), Winterton (2), Sculthorpe Moor (2), Hunstanton (2), Holme (2), Caister-on-Sea, Sedgeford, Setchey, Holme
Thursday 29 April 2021
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Cley - Temminck’s Stint, 5 Sooonbills
Kelling WM - Iceland Gull, 4 Spoonbills
Sheringham - Black Redstart
Norwich - Osprey flew W
Hockwold - Wood Sandpiper, 5 Garganey
Dickleburgh Moor - Wood Sandpiper
Wells - 2 Jack Snipe, Spoonbill
Hickling - Spotted Redshank
Buckenham - Garganey
Welney - Garganey
West Runton - Hooded Crow flew NE
Plus Ring Ouzels at West Caister (4), Weybourne (3), Beeston Regis (3), Horsey-Winterton (3-6), Sculthorpe Moor (3), Holme (2), Roydon Common, Grimston Warren, Thornage, Aylmerton, Sedgeford, West Barsham
Wednesday 28 April 2021
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Choseley - 2 Dotterel
Hickling Broad - 9 Black Terns
Whitlingham Broad - 6 Black Terns
Dickleburgh Moor - 5 Black Terns, Wood Sandpiper
Barton Broad - Black Tern
Holme - 10 Ring Ouzels, 5 Spoonbills
Cley - Ring Ouzel, 2 Spoonbills flew E, Black Tern flew E
Wells - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Breydon Water - Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Garganey, 35 Arctic Terns flew E
Titchwell - Jack Snipe
Welney - Spotted Redshank, 10 Common Cranes
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Filby Broad - Little Gull
Thorpe Marshes - Arctic Tern
Kelling WM - Snow Bunting, 2 Spoonbills
Burnham Overy - Common Crane flew SE
Upton Marshes - Hen Harrier
Plus Ring Ouzels at Burnham Overy (3), Holkham (3), Weybourne Camp (3), Beeston Regis (2), Winterton, Waxham, Roydon Common, Hardley Staithe
Tuesday 27 April 2021
Cromer - Serin then flew W
Hockwold - Purple Heron flew N, 2 Garganey
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Choseley - 2 Dotterel
Cley - 2 Blue-headed Wagtails, 2 Great White Egrets, Spoonbill
Weybourne - Iceland Gull, 3 Ring Ouzels
Winterton - Iceland Gull, Black Redstart, 2 Ring Ouzels
Waxham - Turtle Dove, 5 Ring Ouzels
Burgh Castle - Black Redstart
Hunstanton - Black Redstart
Brancaster Staithe - Black Redstart
Burnham Overy - Velvet Scoter, 6 Ring Ouzels
Hickling - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, White-fronted Goose
Breydon Water - 3 Curlew Sandpipers
Wells - 2 Jack Snipe
Titchwell - Jack Snipe, Spoonbill
Welney - Spotted Redshank
Buckenham - Garganey
Burnham Norton - Great White Egret, Spoonbill
Holkham - Common Crane
Plus Ring Ouzels at Waxham (5), Beeston Regis (3), Sculthorpe Moor (3), Happisburgh (2), Holkham (2), Holme (2)
Monday 26 April 2021
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Waxham - Black Redstart, 20 Ring Ouzels
Winterton - Black Redstart, 6 Ring Ouzels
Beeston Regis - 3 Ring Ouzels, Osprey flew W
Breydon Water - 3 Curlew Sandpipers
Titchwell - Jack Snipe, Spoonbill
Cley - Spotted Redshank, Osprey flew over
Limpenhoe - Spotted Redshank, Ring Ouzel
Hockwold - 1+ Garganey
Potter Heigham - Garganey
Welney - Great White Egret, 9 Common Cranes flew S
Wells - Spoonbill
Plus Ring Ouzels at Burnham Overy (8), Weybourne (4), Horsey (3), Holkham
Sunday 25 April 2021
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Snettisham - Black Brant, 2 Ring Ouzels, Garganey
Cley - Temminck’s Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Great White EgretSalthouse - Black Redstart
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Titchwell - Jack Snipe, Ring Ouzel, Spoonbill
Wells - Jack Snipe, Spoonbill
Hockwold - 2 Garganey, Cattle Egret
Buckenham - 16 Little Gulls, Ring Ouzel
Billingford Lakes - Little Gull
Welney - 2 Common Cranes
Sculthorpe Moor - Great White Egret
Hickling Broad - White-fronted Goose, 3 Spoonbills
Blakeney Point - Short-eared Owl
Plus Ring Ouzels at Weybourne (5), Holme (4), Winterton (3), Holkham Park (2), Beeston Regis (2), Heacham, Waxham, Snetterton, Wells
Saturday 24 April 2021
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Snettisham-Heacham - Black Kite
Cley/Salthouse - Temminck’s Stint, Common Crane flew W
Cantley - Grey Phalarope
Brancaster - Wryneck
Weybourne - Wryneck, 3 Ring Ouzels, Black Redstart
Upper Sheringham - Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - Black Brant
Breydon Water - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank
Norwich - Osprey
Reedham - Osprey
Titchwell - Jack Snipe
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Hockwold - 2 Garganey
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Hickling Broad - 38 Little Gulls
Holkham - Common Crane
Berney Marshes - 2 Great White Egrets
Horstead - White Stork of uncertain origin
Ludham Bridge - White Stork of uncertain origin
Plus Ring Ouzels at Waxham (18), Hunstanton (2), West Backham (2), Winterton (2), Beeston Regis (2), High Kelling (2), Morston, Walsey Hills, Thornham, Holme (2), Happisburgh, Caistor St Edmund, Hardley Staithe, Grime’s Graves
Friday 23 April 2021
Thetford - DUSKY WARBLER still at Nunnery Lakes
Cantley - Grey Phalarope
Hickling - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Snettisham - 2 Little Stints
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck, Little Gull
Cley - Osprey flew W, Spoonbill, Hen Harrier flew E
Blakeney Point - 2 Ospreys flew W
Cromer - Osprey flew W
Breydon Water - Osprey, Ring Ouzel, 3 Little Gulls, Spotted Redshanks, 12 Arctic Terns flew E
Wells - Jack Snipe
Strumpshaw - 4 Garganey
Hockwold - 2 Garganey
Welney - White Stork of unknown origin
Denver Sluice - Little Gull
Honing - Hawfinch
Holkham - Common Crane
Buckenham - Great White Egret
Potter Heigham - Spoonbill
Pensthorpe - 12 Bar-tailed Godwits
Plus Ring Ouzels at Muckleburgh Hill, Morston, Aylmerton, Kelling WM, Waxham, Hardley Staithe, Buxton Heath, Limpenhoe
Thursday 22 April 2021
Thetford - DUSKY WARBLER still at Nunnery Lakes
Weybourne - Glaucous Gull flew W, Ring Ouzel
Cley - Osprey flew W, Spoonbill
Breydon Water - Ring Ouzel, 10 Arctic Terns flew E
Salthouse - 4 Jack Snipe
Wells - 2 Jack Snipe
Filby Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Norwich - Black Redstart at All Saints Green
Strumpshaw - 5 Garganey
Buckenham - 2 Garganey, Great White Egret
Welney - Garganey, 2 Common Cranes
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Titchwell - 4+ Common Cranes flew over
Hickling Broad - 2 Common Cranes flew over
Burnham Overy - Spoonbill
Plus Ring Ouzels at Hindolveston (5), Morston, Snettisham CP, Hardley Staithe, Winterton, Kelling WM
Wednesday 21 April 2021
Thetford - DUSKY WARBLER still at Nunnery Lakes
Cley - Wryneck
Breydon Water - Wryneck
Hickling Broad - Wood Sandpiper
Salthouse - 2 Jack Snipe
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes, Arctic Tern
Nethergate - 7 Ring Ouzels, Redstart
Burnham Overy Dunes - 2 Ring Ouzels, Redstart
Holme - 2 Ring Ouzels
Winterton - Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl
Hockwold - 2 Garganey, 2 Arctic Terns
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Welney - 2 Garganey
Thorpe Marshes - 3 Little Gulls, 6 Arctic Terns flew E
Holkham - Common Crane
Plus Ring Ouzels at Morston, Hardley Staithe, Bowthorpe, Setchey
Tuesday 20 April 2021
Beeston Bump - Serin flew W
Cley - Wryneck, Hen Harrier
Winterton - Wryneck
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Aylmerton - Iceland Gull flew W
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Filby Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Hockwold - 3 Garganey
Strumpshaw Fen - 3 Garganey
Welney - 2 Garganey, 2+ Common Cranes
Attleborough - Osprey flew E
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Whitlingham CP - Little Gull
Ludham - 7 Common Cranes
Buckenham - 2 Great White Egrets
Muckleton - Hen Harrier
Plus Ring Ouzels at Sidestrand (4, flew E), East Rudham (2), Morston
Monday 19 April 2021
Titchwell - Bluethroat
Cley - Wryneck
Wells - Jack Snipe, Spoonbill
Weybourne - Iceland Gull flew W, Ring Ouzel
Buckenham - Black Tern, 6 Little Gulls
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Morston - Ring Ouzel
Horsey - Ring Ouzel
Martham - Black Redstart
West Runton - Black Redstart
Strumpshaw - 7 Garganey
Hockwold - 3 Garganey
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull, 3 Arctic Terns flew through
Dickleburgh Moor - Little Gull
Whitlingham CP - 3 Arctic Terns
Barton Broad - 1+ Arctic Terns
Holkham - Common Crane
Sunday 18 April 2021
Titchwell - Bluethroat
Denver Sluice - Glossy Ibis
Wells - Grey Phalarope, Jack Snipe
Weybourne - Iceland Gull, 6 Velvet Scoters flew past
Salthouse - Iceland Gull flew W, 2 Spoonbills
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Cley - Black-necked Grebe on sea
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Limpenhoe - Ring Ouzel, Cattle Egret
Morston - Ring Ouzel
Gately - Ring Ouzel
Hardley Staithe - Ring Ouzel
Metton - Black Redstart
Sculthorpe - Redstart
Strumpshaw - 7 Garganey
Hockwold - 3 Garganey
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Hickling Broad - Garganey
Martham Broad - Garganey
Thorpe Marshes - 3 Little Gulls
Warham Greens - Spotted Redshank
Breydon Water - Spotted Redshank
Welney - Cattle Egret, 3 Common Cranes
Stiffkey - 3 Spoonbills
Saturday 17 April 2021
Titchwell - Bluethroat
Wells - Grey Phalarope, Jack Snipe, 3 Spoonbills
Horsey - Iceland Gull, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl, Common Crane
Salthouse - Iceland Gull flew W
California - Iceland Gull flew N
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Limpenhoe - Ring Ouzel
Morston - Ring Ouzel
Massingham Heath - Ring Ouzel
Wymondham - Ring Ouzel
Hardley Staithe - Ring Ouzel
Winterton - Ring Ouzel
Strumpshaw - 8 Garganey
Hockwold - 3 Garganey, Great White Egret
Snettisham - 2 Garganey, Dartford Warbler, Spoonbill
Buckenham - Garganey
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Sheringham - 2 Purple Sandpipers
Friday 16 April 2021
Snettisham - BLACK KITE at Ken Hill Marsh
Wells - Grey Phalarope
Horsey - Iceland Gull, 7 Common Cranes
Cley - Iceland Gull
Blakeney Point - Shorelark
Welney - Black Redstart, Great White Egret
Limpenhoe - Ring Ouzel, Cattle Egret
Morston - Ring Ouzel
Strumpshaw - 8 Garganey
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Kelling - Common Crane, then flew W
Burnham Overy - Common Crane flew SW
Belton - Short-eared Owl
East Wretham - Ruddy Shelduck
Watton - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Thursday 15 April 2021
Wells - Grey Phalarope
Burnham Overy - Black Redstart, 2 Spoonbills
Welney - Black Redstart
Limpenhoe - Ring Ouzel, Cattle Egret
Winterton - Ring Ouzel
Brandiston - Ring Ouzel
Strumpshaw - 5 Garganey, 4 Common Cranes flew W
Snettisham - 2 Garganey
Hardley Staithe - Great White Egret
Titchwell - Spoonbill
Gunthorpe - 5 Common Cranes flew over
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull, 2 Common Cranes flew W
Salthouse - Common Crane, then flew E
Holkham - Common Crane, then flew E
Sheringham - 2 Purple Sandpipers
Wednesday 14 April 2021
Wells - Grey Phalarope, Spoonbill
Kelling/Salthouse - Iceland Gull
Breydon Water - Iceland Gull
Burnham Overy - 4+ Ring Ouzels
Grimston Warren - 2 Ring Ouzels
Brandiston - 1+ Ring Ouzel
Snettisham - Osprey flew S
Burnham Norton - Osprey flew W, Little Gull
Strumpshaw - 6 Garganey
Hockwold - 3 Garganey
Hunstanton - Spoonbill
Welney - 5 Common Cranes
Holkham - Common Crane
Kelling Heath - 10 Crossbills
Tuesday 13 April 2021
Wells - Grey Phalarope, Spoonbill, 6 Common Cranes flew inland, White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight reintroduction
Kelling/Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Happisburgh - 3 Lapland Buntings
Buxton Heath - 2+ Ring Ouzels
Hickling Broad - Ring Ouzel, 4 Water Pipits, 5+ Common Cranes
Snettisham - Ring Ouzel, 3 Garganey
Kelling WM - Ring Ouzel
West Runton - 2 Black Redstarts, 6 Common Cranes flew W
Strumpshaw - 4 Garganey
Hockwold - 2 Garganey
Ranworth - Osprey
Thorpe Marshes - Grasshopper Warbler, Little Gull
Welney - 2 Common Cranes
Titchwell - Spoonbill
Sidestrand - Short-eared Owl flew NW
Weybourne - Short-eared Owl flew N
Holkham - Common Crane flew W, White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight reintroduction
Monday 12 April 2021
Kelling - Iceland Gull
Happisburgh - 4+ Lapland Buntings
Hunstanton - 3 Ring Ouzels
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe - Ring Ouzel
Titchwell - Black Redstart, Hen Harrier
Strumpshaw - 4 Garganey
Snettisham - 2 Garganey, Spoonbill, Osprey flew N
Hickling Broad - 2 Garganey, 4 Water Pipits, Jack Snipe, 14 Common Cranes, White-fronted Goose
Belton - Osprey
Whitlingham CP - Osprey flew NW
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Aylmerton - 5 Common Cranes, Spoonbill all flew W
Blakeney - 5 Common Cranes flew W
Breydon Water - Great White Egret
Welney - Spoonbill, Common Crane
Cley - Spoonbill
Sunday 11 April 2021
Kelling - Iceland Gull
Happisburgh - 8+ Lapland Buntings
Snettisham - 2+ Ring Ouzels, Black Redstart
Holme - Ring Ouzel, Spoonbill
Titchwell - Black Redstart, 2 Spoonbills flew S
Cley - Black Redstart, 2 Spoonbills
Strumpshaw - 6 Garganey
Hockwold - 7 Garganey
Hickling Broad - 2 Garganey, 2 Water Pipits
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Filby Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Sheringham - 2 Purple Sandpipers
Horsey-Winterton - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight reintroduction
Breydon Water - 2 Spoonbills
Wells - Spoonbill
Saturday 10 April 2021
Happisburgh - 11 Lapland Buntings
Beeston Bump - Ring Ouzel
Hunstanton - Ring Ouzel
Holme - Ring Ouzel
Strumpshaw - 8 Garganey
Hockwold - 8 Garganey
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Winterton - Purple Sandpiper
Horsey-Winterton - White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight reintroduction
Cley - 2 Spoonbills
Friday 9 April 2021
Thetford - DUSKY WARBLER still at Nunnery Lakes
Cley - Grey Phalarope, Iceland Gull, 4 Spoonbills, White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin flew ESE
Blakeney Point - 3 Shorelarks
Happisburgh - 11 Lapland Buntings
Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Hempton - Cuckoo
West Runton - 3 Ring Ouzels
Holme - 2 Ring Ouzels, Redstart
Caistor St Edmund - 2 Ring Ouzels flew NE
Norwich - Osprey flew E
Hockwold - 7 Garganey
Filby Broad - 3 Little Gulls
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Lynford - Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Wells - Spoonbill, Common Crane
Welney - Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, 3 Common Cranes, White-tailed Eagle from Isle of Wight reintroduction
Setchey - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin flew S
Wymondham - 5 White Storks of uncertain origin flew W
Thursday 8 April 2021
Cley - Grey Phalarope, Spoonbill
Blakeney Point - 3 Shorelarks
Happisburgh - 12 Lapland Buntings
Weybourne/Salthouse - Iceland Gull, 2 Spoonbills flew W
Wymondham - Swift
Titchwell - Black Redstart, Caspian Gull
Hockwold Washes - 4 Garganey
Horsey - 2 Hooded Crows, 2 Great White Egrets
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Holme - Little Gull flew E
Hunstanton - Woodlark flew N
Hindolveston - 5 White Storks of uncertain origin flew N
Wednesday 7 April 2021
Cley - Grey Phalarope, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull flew W, Great Northern Diver flew E
Rockland Broad - Grey Phalarope
West Runton - Iceland Gull flew W
Titchwell - Glaucous Gull, Black Redstart
Cromer - Glaucous Gull flew W
Snettisham CP - Hobby flew S
Hockwold Washes - 7 Garganey
Potter Heigham - 2 Garganey
Happisburgh - 12 Lapland Buntings
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Holme - Spoonbill
Holkham - Common Crane
Tuesday 6 April 2021
Cley - Grey Phalarope, Iceland Gull, Spoonbill
Titchwell - Glaucous Gull, 2 Black Redstarts, Spoonbill
Strumpshaw - 6 Garganey
Hockwold Washes - 4 Garganey
Hickling Broad - 2 Garganey
Happisburgh - 12 Lapland Buntings
Winterton - Snow Bunting
New Buckenham - Turtle Dove
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Welney - Cattle Egret
Stiffkey - 2 Spoonbills
Martham - Hen Harrier
Monday 5 April 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, Spoonbill
Hockwold Washes - 5 Garganey, Water Pipit
Hardingham - Black Redstart
Holme - Black Redstart, Spoonbill
Happisburgh - 10 Lapland Buntings
Hindolveston - 2 Turtle Doves
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull
Whitlingham CP - Little Gull
Welney - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Sunday 4 April 2021
Cley - Iceland Gull, Spoonbill
Salthouse/Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Blakeney Point - 3 Shorelarks
Burnham Overy - Ring Ouzel, 2 Black Redstarts, 2 Spoonbills
Strumpshaw - 8 Garganey, Little Gull
Hockwold Washes - 5 Garganey
Berney Marshes - 2 Garganey, Hen Harrier
Waxham - 3 Black Redstarts
Titchwell - 3 Black Redstarts, Water Pipit
Martham - Black Redstart
Marsham - Black Redstart
Cringleford - Black Redstart, Common Crane flew N
Holkham Hall - Black Redstart
Happisburgh - 14 Lapland Buntings, Short-eared Owl
Hopton-on-Sea - Lesser Whitethroat
Congham - Osprey flew N
Thorpe Marshes - Little Gull, Common Crane flew E
Whitlingham CP - 3 Common Scoters
Muckleburgh Hill - Hawfinch flew W
Welney - 6 Cattle Egrets, Hen Harrier
Halvergate - Hen Harrier
Salthouse Heath - Hen Harrier
Sedgeford - Hen Harrier
Dersingham - Hen Harrier
Snettisham - Spoonbill
Holme - Spoonbill
Saturday 3 April 2021
Thetford - DUSKY WARBLER still at Nunnery Lakes
Kelling/Salthouse - Iceland Gull
Burnham Overy - Ring Ouzel
Strumpshaw - 8 Garganey
Titchwell - 3 Black Redstarts
Holme - 2 Black Redstarts, Spoonbill
Martham - Black Redstart
Cringleford - Black Redstart
Norwich - Black Redstart at UEA
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes, 2 Little Gulls
Ormesby Little Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Whitlingham CP - Little Gull
Lynford - Hawfinch
Weybourne - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin
Friday 2 April 2021
Thetford - Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes
Winterton - Iceland Gull
Kelling - Iceland Gull
Titchwell - 3 Black Redstarts, Water Pipit
Holme - 2 Black Redstarts
Stiffkey Fen - Black Redstart
Weybourne Camp - Black Redstart, 3 Velvet Scoters flew W
Hockwold Washes - Garganey
Buckenham - 4 Garganey
Ormesby Broad - 2 Slavonian Grebes
Lynford - Hawfinch
Cley - 5 Spoonbills
Thursday 1 April 2021
West Acre - Little Bunting, 3 Mealy Redpolls
Winterton - Iceland Gull
Kelling/Weybourne - Iceland Gull
Holme - 2 Ring Ouzels, 2 Garganey, Black Redstart
Felbrigg - 2 Ring Ouzels
Hockwold Washes - 5 Garganey, Cattle Egret
Potter Heigham - 4 Garganey
Buckenham - 2 Garganey
Filby Broad - Long-tailed Duck
Hunstanton - Black Redstart
Whitlingham CP - Little Gull
Welney - 7 Cattle Egrets
Narborough - White-tailed Eagle possibly from Isle of Wight release scheme