NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

Norfolk Bird News via 'Rare Bird Alert'
Tuesday 24th January
Long-tailed Ducks x 97, Velvet Scoters x 71, Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB.
Glaucous Gull at Burrell Way, Thetford.
Siberian Chiffchaff probable with 3 Chiffchaffs in reed litter, midway along west side of East Bank, Glaucous Gulls x 2 on Simmond's Scrape, Glaucous Gull, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose at Beach Road at Cley NWT.
Siberian Chiffchaff at Walsey Hills NOA.
FERRUGINOUS DUCK still on Broadwater, Snow Buntings x 35 on beach, Black-throated Diver, Long-tailed Ducks x 2 at Holme NOA.
Waxwings x 24 in garden at Holt.
Shorelarks x 30, Snow Bunting on beach west of Holkham Gap at Holkham Bay.
Russian White-fronted Geese x 2 east of boardwalk, Water Pipits x 2 on boardwalk, Snow Buntings x 5 in dunes, Glaucous Gull reported at Burnham Overy Dunes.
Glaucous Gulls x 2 flew west past Cromer.
Russian White-fronted Geese x 150 at Holkham Freshmarsh.
Scaup x 4 on river north of bridge at Saddlebow.
Purple Sandpipers x 2 west of Funky Mackerel Cafe, Glaucous Gulls x 2 between West Runton & Sheringham.
Tundra Bean Geese x 7, Pink-footed Geese x 1,000, Russian White-fronted Goose east of windmill at Weybourne.
Waxwings x 4 at Thorpe Marriott.
Hen Harrier at Stiffkey.
Common Cranes x 2, Bittern at Potter Heigham.
Waxwings x 20+ in garden at Kelling.
Short-eared Owls x 3 at Haddiscoe Island.

MEGA NEWS
MEGA! PINE BUNTING Male, along Intake Lane, north of Dunnington, ENE of York, Yorkshire.
MEGA! BLUE ROCK THRUSH Male in garden at Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.
MEGA! LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE still on Wednesday, Wakering Stairs, Essex.