Bird Sightings – Thursday 10 October 2013

All eyes on the sea today in very strong North/North/west winds

Salthouse – WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER just west of beach car park this afternoon + Hawfinch over, Arctic Tern & 4 Little Gulls.

Titchwell – GREEN WINGED TEAL, 4 Leach’s Petrels, Pom Skua, 140 Bonxies, 12 Arctic Skuas, 2 Sooty Sheawaters, 9 Little Gulls & 3 Lapland Buntings on beach.

Sheringham – Sabine’s Gull, 2 Leach’s Petrels, proabble Long-tailed Skua, 9 Pom Skuas, 224 Bonxies, 55 Arctic Skua, 5+ Sooty Shearwater, 20+ Manx SHearwater, Black-throated Diver, Puffin, Velvet Scoter, 2 Arctic Terns, 2 SEO’s in off & 300+ Little Gulls.

Cley – Sabine’s Gull, 3 Leach’s Petrels, Grey Phalarope, Pomarine Skua, 82 Bonxies, 15 Arctic Skua, 5 Sooty Shearwater & 2 SEO’s.

Weybourne – juv Sabine’s Gull + 4 Pom Skuas.

Holme – 2 Leach’s Petrels, R-N Grebe, 5 Pom Skuas, 188 Bonxies, 32 Arctic Skuas, 6 Sooty Shearwaters, 11 Little Gulls & 2 Arctic Terns.

Hunstanton – 4 Sooty SHearwaters, 10 Manx Shears, 26 Bonxies, 16 Arctic Skuas & SEO.

Winterton – 2 Leach’s Petrels, Long-tailed Skua, Pom Skua, 14 Bonxies, 17 Arctic Skua, 13 Sooty Shearwater & 18 Little Gulls + Lapland Bunting on north beach.

Gorleston – Leach’s Petrel, 2 Littel Stints & Littel Gull.

Cromer – Leach’s Petrel flew west past pier at 5.40pm.

Happisburgh – Pom Skua, 10 Sooty Shearwaters, 30 Little Gulls & 2 Purple Sandpipers.

Yarmouth – 7 Shorelarks flew in off sea + Yellow-browed Warbler in cemetery.

Costessey – Osprey at GP’s this am.

Ringland – Osprey opposite the swann Inn at c2pm.

Great Massingham – 3 Great Skuas flew over.

Welney – 2 Cranes.