Weeks holiday around Norfolk Suffolk Essex & Surrounding area
Holme Bird Observatory
A good day today with some visible passage of migrants. Highlights were 3 Common Cranes seen coming across the Wash and drifting east towards Titchwell, a Red Kite flying east over the grazing marsh, 20 Avocets, 18 Ruff, 22 Black-tailed Godwits, an adult Med Gull east, a Short-eared Owl, 2 Sand Martins and 24 Swallows west, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 6 Chiffchaffs, a Willow Warbler singing, a male Blackcap, a Whitethroat and 2 Wheatears in the dunes on the NWT reserve, and 4 Siskins and 2 Crossbills over early morning. On the sea 7 Eiders, 3 Fulmars, 4 Gannets, and 12 Great Crested Grebes were noted. A Comma and 2 Orange Tips were around the reserve.
NORFOLK
*HOOPOE TILL 16:00 WAXHAM SANDS HOLIDAY PARK BY BLUE TOILET BLOCK THEN FLEW TOWARDS PIPE DUMP+FEM RING OUZEL
*4 WAXWING NORWICH AT JUNCTION OF ADELAIDE STREET & WEST END STREET IN SUGARY C/PK AT 17:25
*3 COMMON CRANE OVER THORNHAM HARBOUR AT 14:08
*11 RING OUZEL CLEY ON SCRIB HILL VIEWABLE NE/FROM THE HANGS THIS EVENING
*5+RING OUZEL CLEY AT THE HANGS
*6 RING OUZEL SNETTISHAM CP
*4 RING OUZEL ROYDON COMMON NWT AT MIDDAY
*BLACK-NECKED GREBE BARTON BROAD THIS MORNING
*5 HAWFINCH LYNFORD ARBORETUM THIS MORNING
*OSPREY RANWORTH BROAD NWT THIS EVENING FROM VIEWING PLATFORM
*2 GARGANEY WELNEY WWT
SERIN LOWESTOFT AT DENES OVAL SINGING THIS MORNING THEN FLEW W/OVER CLIFF TOP HOUSES+MALE RING OUZEL
3 MALE RING OUZEL LOWESTOFT AT CARLTON MARSHES SWT THEN FLEW TOWARDS OULTON BROAD
*2 BLACK REDSTART PORT OF FELIXTOWE
*RING OUZEL LANDGUARD NR OPPOSITE ICKY RIDGE
*OSPREY FERRY MEADOWS CP OVER GUNWADE LAKE & LYNCH LAKES AT 17:15
*2 MALE RING OUZEL MORBORNE HILL BEYOND LAST BUNGALOW E/OF VILLAGE THIS MORNING
*RINGTAIL HEN HARRIER BURWELL FEN AT 18:50+2 SHORT-EARED OWL & WHEATEAR
ESSEX
*SLAVONIAN GREBE ABBERTON RESERVE OFF DAM AT 11:00
*2 RING OUZEL HOLLAND HAVEN CP AT REAR OF GOLF COURSE
*MALE RING OUZEL SHOEBURYNESS IN GUNNERS PARK ON RESERVE AT 18:00
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