Norfolk Birding News
Birding news for August 2021
Tuesday 31 August 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Little Stint, Cattle Egret
Trimingham -
Red-breasted FlycatcherSnettisham - Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Little Stints, 9 Spotted Redshanks
Titchwell - 14 Little Stints, Little Gull, Pied Flycatcher; Sabine’s Gull offshore
Cley - 2 Little Stints, Arctic Tern; 2 Long-tailed Skuas, Balearic Shearwater, Velvet Scoter flew past
Welney - Little Stint, 11 Common Cranes
Buckenham - Little Stint
Winterton - Pied Flycatcher
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Mundesley - Sabine’s Gull, Sooty Shearwater flew past
Sheringham - 9 Long-tailed Skuas, 4 Sooty Shearwaters, Velvet Scoter, Puffin all flew past
Monday 30 August 2021
Potter Heigham - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 3 Garganey
Burnham Norton - Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Little Stints
Titchwell - 14 Little Stints, Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - 8 Little Stints, 2 Turtle Doves
Cley - Little Stint; 2 Sabine’s Gull, 2+ Long-tailed Skuas, Sooty Shearwater flew past
Welney - Little Stint
Buckenham - Little Stint
Wells - Little Stint
Dickleburgh Moor - Little Stint
Hockwold - Wood Sandpiper
Warham Greens - Pied Flycatcher
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Sheringham - 6 Long-tailed Skuas, 4 Sooty Shearwaters, 4 Little Stints, Caspian Gull, 3 Little Gulls flew past
Waxham - 3 Black Terns flew past
Sunday 29 August 2021
Walsey Hills - Wood Warbler
Titchwell - 20 Little Stints, Spotted Redshank
Snettisham - 7 Little Stints, 3 Turtle Doves
Cley - 3 Little Stints; 1+ Sabine’s Gulls, 2 Long-tailed Skuas past
Buckenham - Little Stint
Welney - Little Stint
Wells - Wood Sandpiper
Hockwold Washes - Wood Sandpiper
Thetford - Spotted Redshanks at Nunnery Lakes
Cromer - 3 Caspian Gulls
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Stiffkey Fen - 50 Spoonbills
Sheringham - Long-tailed Skua past
Salthouse - Sooty Shearwater past
Saturday 28 August 2021
Stiffkey - Wryneck
Blakeney Point - Red-backed Shrike
Filby Broad - Black Tern
Dersingham Bog - Pied Flycatcher
Snettisham - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints
Wells - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Common Crane
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, 13+ Little Stints; plus Long-tailed Skua, Sooty Shearwater past
Buckenham - Little Stint
Welney - Wood Sandpiper
Cley - 3 Caspian Gulls; plus Sabine’s Gull, Sooty Shearwater past
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Hockwold Washes - White Stork of uncertain origin
Cromer - Cory’s Shearwater flew W
Holme - Sabine’s Gull flew E
Sheringham - Black Guillemot, Sabine’s Gull, 7 Long-tailed Skuas, Sooty Shearwater, Puffin all past
Winterton - 18 Velvet Scoters past
Friday 27 August 2021
Blakeney Point - Red-backed Shrike
Filby Broad - Black Tern
Snettisham - 4 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, 7 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper; plus 2 Sabine’s Gulls past
Titchwell - 2 Little Stints, Purple Sandpiper; plus Sabine’s Gull, 3 Sooty Shearwaters past
Wells - Little Stint, Common Crane
Thetford - Spotted Redshanks at Nunnery Lakes
Salthouse - 2 Whinchats
Terrington St Clement - 2 Ospreys flew SE
Sheringham - Sabine’s Gull, 2 Long-tailed Skuas, Sooty Shearwater, Little Gull all flew past
Cromer - Sabine’s Gull flew past
Thursday 26 August 2021
Filby Broad - Black Tern
Cley - Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stints, Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, Common Crane; plus 2 Cory’s Shearwaters, 2 Long-tailed Skuas, Balearic Shearwater, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, Black Tern, Black Guillemot, 3 Purple Sandpipers all past
Titchwell - 5 Little Stints
Buckenham - Little Stint
Welney - 22 Common Cranes
Sheringham - BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS, 2 Cory’s Shearwaters, 3 Long-tailed Skuas, 8 Sooty Shearwaters, Black Tern, Black Guillemot, 3 Purple Sandpipers, all past
Holme - Sabine’s Gull flew W
Cromer - Cory’s Shearwater flew E, Storm Petrel flew W
Wednesday 25 August 2021
Hickling Broad - LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, Pectoral Sandpiper
Blakeney Point - Wryneck, Red-backed Shrike, Pied Flycatcher
Salthouse - Red-backed Shrike, Whinchat
Thornham - Barred Warbler
Wells Woods - Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher
Cley - 3 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Little Gull
Snettisham - 2 Little Stints, Purple Sandpiper, 7 Spotted Redshanks, 3 Spoonbills
Titchwell - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Breydon Water - 5 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Garganey, Arctic Tern, Whinchat, 7 Spoonbills
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Stiffkey - Spotted Redshank, 33 Spoonbills
Dickleburgh Moor - Spotted Redshank
Welney - 20+ Common Cranes, 3 Great White Egrets, 3 Spoonbills
Wells - Common Crane, Spoonbill
Great Yarmouth - 2 Pied Flycatchers
Tuesday 24 August 2021
Horsey - GREENISH WARBLER, 2+ Pied Flycatchers
Blakeney Point - Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Pied Flycatcher, Wood Sandpiper flew over
Salthouse - Red-backed Shrike
Warham Greens - Montagu’s Harrier flew S
Cley - 3 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Little Gull
Hockwold - 3 Little Stints
Titchwell - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Redshanks
Buckenham - Little Stint
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Welney - Osprey, 30+ Common Cranes, 5 Spoonbills
Potter Heigham - 2 Garganey
Wells - Common Crane
Great Yarmouth - Pied Flycatcher
Monday 23 August 2021
Blakeney Point - GREENISH WARBLER, Icterine Warbler, Wryneck, Barred Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, 1+ Pied Flycatchers
Breydon Water - Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Spotted Redshanks, 6 Spoonbills
Burnham Overy - Barred Warbler, Pied Flycatcher
Warham Greens - 2 Wrynecks, Pied Flycatcher
Holkham - Wryneck, Pied Flycatcher
Winterton - Wryneck, Pied Flycatcher
Salthouse - Red-backed Shrike
Cley - 4 Little Stints, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Long-tailed Skua flew W, Black Guillemot flew W, 2 Sooty Shearwaters
Snettisham - 3 Little Stints, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spoonbills
Titchwell - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Pied Flycatcher
Buckenham - Little Stint
Welney - 31 Common Cranes, 2 Spoonbills
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Wells - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshanks, Common Crane
Stiffkey Fen - 40 Spoonbills
Sheringham - Balearic Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater flew past
Sidestrand - Balearic Shearwater flew E
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Wells Woods (2), Walsey Hills (2), Horsey, Weybourne
Sunday 22 August 2021
Burnham Overy - GREENISH WARBLER, 8+ Pied Flycatchers
Blakeney Point - Icterine Warbler, 5 Wrynecks, 4+ Pied Flycatchers
Barton Broad - Purple Heron
Snettisham/Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis
Happisburgh - Wryneck
Titchwell - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Wood Sandpipers, Purple Sandpiper, 2 Pied Flycatchers
Salthouse - Little Stint, 3 Pied Flycatchers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, 31 Common Cranes, 2 Spoonbills
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Breydon Water - 4 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Spoonbills
Wells - Spotted Redshank, Common Crane
Buckenham - Spotted Redshank
Beeston Bump - Long-tailed Skua flew W
Cley - Long-tailed Skua flew W
Sheringham - 3 Black Terns flew E, Garganey flew W
Weybourne - Little Gull, Pied Flycatcher
Plus Pied Flycatchers at Stiffkey-Morston (7), Wells Woods (5), Sea Palling (3), Wymondham
Saturday 21 August 2021
Barton Broad - Purple Heron
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper
Welney - 2 Wood Sandpipers, 31 Common Cranes, 4 Spoonbills
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank
Hopton-on-Sea - Black Tern flew S
Sculthorpe Moor - Osprey
Cromer - 5 Caspian Gulls
Salthouse - 2 Pied Flycatchers, Redstart
Cley - Pied Flycatcher, Black Tern, Long-tailed Skua past
Kelling WM - Pied Flycatcher, 2 Garganey
Holme - Pied Flycatcher
Kings Lynn - Osprey flew S
Strumpshaw - 3 Garganey
Wells - Common Crane
Friday 20 August 2021
Salthouse - Ortolan Bunting then flew W
Barton Broad - Purple Heron
Titchwell - Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Garganey, 34 Common Cranes, 3 Great White Egrets, 4 Spoonbills
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Sculthorpe Moor - Osprey
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Kelling WM - 2 Garganey
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Wells - Common Crane
Blakeney Harbour - 31 Spoonbills
Stiffkey Fen - 16 Spoonbills
Thursday 19 August 2021
Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper, Turtle Dove
Potter Heigham - Cattle Egret, 3 Great White Egrets, 7 Spoonbills
Titchwell - Little Stint, 4 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Continental Black-tailed Godwit
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, 34 Common Cranes, 4 Spoonbills
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Breydon Water - Osprey, 5 Spoonbills
Cromer - 5 Caspian Gulls
Mundesley - Balearic Shearwater flew SE
Kelling WM - 2 Garganey
Salthouse - Whinchat
Wells - Common Crane
Stiffkey Fen - 54 Spoonbills
Castle Acre - White-tailed Eagle of unknown origin flew W
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Welney - 5 Glossy Ibis, Quail, 2 Wood Sandpipers, 30 Common Cranes, 4 Spoonbills
Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis
Potter Heigham - Cattle Egret, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 4 Garganey
Snettisham - Black Tern, 9 Spotted Redshanks, Turtle Dove
Titchwell - 4 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Spoonbills
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - Caspian Gull, Balearic Shearwater flew E
Kelling WM - 2 Garganey
Poringland - Black Redstart
Hickling - 28 Common Cranes, 8 Spoonbills
Wells - Common Crane
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis, 3 Wood Sandpipers
Snettisham - Black Tern
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spotted Redshanks
Cromer - Caspian Gull, Sooty Shearwater past
Welney - 31 Common Cranes, Great White Egret, 6 Spoonbills
Wells - Common Crane
Stiffkey Fen - 44 Spoonbills
Monday 16 August 2021
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Roseate Tern, 2 Black Terns, Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - Sabine’s Gull, Little Gull, Spoonbill
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Black Tern, Spoonbill
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, 9 Common Cranes, 3 Spoonbills
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Breydon Water - 2 Little Gulls, 12 Sooonbills
Holme - Black Tern flew W
Buckenham - Garganey
Wells - Common Crane, Spoonbill
Snetterton - 3 Common Cranes flew SW
Sheringham - Long-tailed Skua, 3 Sooty Shearwaters, Caspian Gull all flew past
Sunday 15 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Common Crane
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Roseate Tern, 3 Black Terns, 3 Little Stints
Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 5 Spoonbills
Upton Fen - Honey Buzzard flew SW
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, 29 Common Cranes, Great White Egret, 2 Spoonbills
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey
Cromer - 3 Caspian Gulls
Kelling WM - Caspian Gull, 2 Garganey
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Pulham Market - Turtle Dove
Stiffkey Fen - 51 Spoonbills
Gayton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Saturday 14 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Common Crane
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 11 Spotted Redshanks
Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis, 4 Wood Sandpipers
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Welney - 4 Wood Sandpipers, Garganey, 9 Common Cranes, 2 Spoonbills
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Garganey
Cromer - 5 Caspian Gulls
Dickleburgh Moor - Turtle Dove
Stiffkey Fen - 50 Spoonbills, Spotted Redshank
Friday 13 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Curlew Sandpiper, Black Tern
Welney - 5 Glossy Ibis, 7 Common Cranes, 2 Spoonbills
Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers
Cley - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, Little Gull, Common Crane
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey
Kelling WM - Garganey
Cromer - 3 Caspian Gulls
Thursday 12 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Black Terns, 2 Little Gulls, Turtle Dove
Ken Hill Marshes - Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Spotted Redshanks
Winterton - Curlew Sandpiper
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey
Kelling WM - 2 Garganey
Cley - Garganey, Spotted Redshank, Common Crane, 2 Spoonbills
Welney - Garganey, Great White Egret, Spoonbill
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Stiffkey Fen - Common Crane, 55 Spoonbills
Wednesday 11 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Wood Sandpiper, Common Crane, Great White Egret
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
Winterton - 2 Black Terns, Curlew Sandpiper
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, Garganey, 6 Common Cranes, Spoonbill
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, 10 Spoonbills
Weybourne - 2 Pied Flycatchers
Stiffkey Fen - 52 Spoonbills
Burnham Deepdale - 48 Spoonbills
Gayton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Tuesday 10 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Wood Sandpiper, Common Crane, 2 Spoonbills, White Stork of uncertain origin flew W
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 4 Black Terns, Spoonbill, 2 Turtle Doves
Snettisham/Ken Hill - Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper, 1+ Spoonbills
Breydon Water - 3 Black Terns, 9 Spoonbills
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Welney - 4 Wood Sandpipers, 7 Common Cranes
Stiffkey Fen - Wood Sandpiper, 14 Spoonbills
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Common Crane, Garganey, Little Gull, 7 Sooonbills
Kelling WM - Garganey
Weybourne - Osprey flew W
Hickling - 4 Common Cranes, 8 Spoonbills
Monday 9 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, 2 Wood Sandpiper, Common Crane
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Red-necked Phalarope, 2 Black Terns
Snettisham/Ken Hill - Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Spoonbills
Titchwell - Little Stint, Black Tern flew W
Winterton - 3+ Black Terns
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Buckenham - Wood Sandpiper, Continental Black-tailed Godwit, Osprey flew SW
Cley - Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Garganey, Sooonbill
Potter Heigham - Wood Sandpiper, 4 Garganey, Great White Egret, Spoonbill
Heacham - 2 Black Redstarts
Kelling WM - 2 Garganey
Weybourne - Turtle Dove flew W
Holkham - Common Crane
Gayton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Sunday 8 August 2021
Cley - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Wood Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Gulls, Ruddy Shelduck flew W
Snettisham - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 8 Spotted Redshanks, 3 Black Terns, Arctic Tern
Titchwell - 2 Curlew Sandpipers, 3 Spoonbills
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Continental Black-tailed Godwit
Dickleburgh Moor - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Wells - Wood Sandpiper, Common Crane, Spoonbill
Holme - 6 Black Terns flew W
Breydon Water - 4 Black Terns, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 4 Spoonbills
Hickling - 13 Common Cranes, 7 Spoonbills
Gayton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Saturday 7 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Wood Sandpiper
Snettisham - Glossy Ibis
Cley - Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Gulls
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper
Holme/Thornham - Black Tern
Winterton - Black Tern flew S
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers, Continental Black-tailed Godwit
Stiffkey - Wood Sandpiper, 49 Spoonbills
Welney - Garganey, Spoonbill
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Gayton - White Stork of uncertain origin
Friday 6 August 2021
Cley - Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Garganey, 2 Little Gulls
Snettisham - Curlew Sandpiper
Holme - Turtle Dove
Strumpshaw - Garganey
Buckenham - 3 Wood Sandpipers
Titchwell - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Beighton - Wood Sandpiper
Welney - 17 Common Cranes, Spoonbill
Ashwicken - White Stork of uncertain origin
Thursday 5 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, 2 Wood Sandpipers
Burnham Overy - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER
Hunstanton - Purple Heron flew S
Cley - 3 Curlew Sandpipers, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank , 2 Garganey, 2 Little Gulls, Spoonbill
Holme - Garganey
Sidestrand - Caspian Gull
Cromer - Little Gull
Buckenham - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Stiffkey - Wood Sandpiper, 43+ Spoonbills, Common Crane
Welney - 17 Common Cranes, Spoonbill
Hickling - 17 Common Cranes
Ashwicken - White Stork of uncertain origin
Flitcham - White-tailed Eagle of uncertain origin flew S
Wednesday 4 August 2021
Wells - PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER, Common Crane
Snettisham - Glossy Ibis, Wood Sandpiper, 6 Turtle Doves
Titchwell - 2 Wood Sandpipers
Welney - Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbills
Cley - Spotted Redshank , Garganey, 2 Little Gulls, Spoonbill
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Lynford - 3 Hawfinches
Ashwicken - White Stork of uncertain origin
Tuesday 3 August 2021
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER flew S, Glossy Ibis
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Welney - 2 Wood Sandpipers, 12 Common Cranes, Spoonbill
Hickling - Wood Sandpiper
Cley - Little Gull, Continental Black-tailed Godwit, 17 Spoonbills flew E
Ashwicken - White Stork of uncertain origin
Monday 2 August 2021
Snettisham - WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Wood Sandpiper, 12 Spoonbills
Gorleston - Rose-coloured Starling
Titchwell - 2 Caspian Gulls, Wood Sandpiper
Cromer - Caspian Gull
Wells - Wood Sandpiper
Strumpshaw - 2 Garganey
Cley - Garganey, Little Gull
Ashwicken - White Stork of uncertain origin
Sunday 1 August 2021
Snettisham - Roseate Tern, Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Spotted Redshanks, 3 Wood Sandpipers, 3 Turtle Doves, 2 Spoonbills
Titchwell - Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Spoonbills, Caspian Gull
Welney - 2 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Spoonbills
Wells - 2 Wood Sandpiper, Common Crane
Dickleburgh Moor - Wood Sandpiper
Holme - Garganey, 2 Spoonbills
Cromer - 2 Caspian Gulls, Balearic Shearwater
Lynford - 5 Hawfinches
Norwich - Southern Migrant Hawker at Waterloo Park