Norfolk bird news August 2026

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A Melodious Warbler was on Blakeney Point 26th. An Icterine Warbler was trapped and ringed at NOA Holme 4th and another was on Blakeney Point 26th. A Barred Warbler was at  Burnham Overy Dunes 26th. Single Red-backed Shrikes were at Sea Palling 15th & 29th-30th, West Runton 25th, RSPB Titchwell 26th and NWT Cley Marshes 28th.

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Single Wrynecks were at Horsey  25th-26th, Kelling Water Meadows & Gramborough Hill 25th, Snettisham Coastal Park 27th-31st, Winterton-on-Sea 28th, West Runton 30th-31st and up to three were on Blakeney Point 25th-29th. A Common Rosefinch was at Kelling 26th and a Wood Warbler was at Warham Greens 26th. A European Bee-eater flew east over Geldeston 2nd.

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Up to two Black Storks flew over Acle & St Benet's Abbey 4th and then a single bird was seen in the Horsey, Waxham, Heigham Holmes, Winterton area until 9th. A Black Stork flew over Brancaster Staithe 9th. A Spotted Crake was at RSPB Titchwell from 27th.

 

The Black-winged Kite remained at Sea Palling throughout August. A first summer male Montagu’s Harrier was between Horsey and Winterton North Dunes 8th and a juvenile was at Scolt Head Island & Burnham Overy Dunes 30th-31st. A Red-footed Falcon was near Gressenhall 7th.

 

Single European Honey Buzzards were seen to fly over Salthouse 4th, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen 6th, Sheringham, Pretty Corner 7th, Dersingham Bog NNR  7th, West Beckham 12th, Wymondham 12th, Holkham 29th-31st and RSPB Lakenheath Fen 30th.

 

A Caspian Tern was at Breydon Water 14th and a juvenile Sabine’s Gull was there 28th. A Marsh Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper were at Breydon Water until 3rd. A Pectoral Sandpiper was also at NWT Cley Marshes 30th. A White-winged Black Tern was at RSPB Snettisham 15th and another was at Blakeney Point 26th. A White-rumped Sandpiper was at RSPB Snettisham until 10th and there were several sightings of Roseate Terns there 8th-19th.

 

A Red-necked Phalarope was at North Point Pools 24th-29th. A Cory’s Shearwater flew west at Scolt Head Island 21st and up to three Cory’s Shearwater flew past Cley & Sheringham 22nd. A drake Ferruginous Duck was on Filby Broad 30th.