Brief monitoring session at Deepdale Farm today before the weather closed in making it to wet to continue resulted in just 9 birds, of which four were Goldcrest. @btobirds.bsky.social @deepdalecamping.co.uk

A slight detour on route home from Reading on Monday to Dunwich Heath to take a look at the Turkestan Shrike, in what was a very pleasant bright warm day. Dartford's also seen, a Clouded Yellow and several Common Darters.

Last seven days in Cornwall helping out at Nanjizel Valley - a few busy days and finished off with Barred and Yellow-browed Warbler lamsdell.blogspot.com

Two ends, a very warn Speckled Wood and a fairly fresh Small Copper, Wells Wood 22/09 @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Monitoring Morston farm today resulted in 35 birds. Very few summer migrants left - 6 Blackcap & 4 Chiffchaff, but autumn migrants represented by 5 Meadow Pipits. Further 3 Stonechat colour -ringed. @btobirds.bsky.social ‪ @morstonpond.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

North Point Pools, Wells, Willow Emerald, and Wall Brown. Walls are having a very good second brood this year with many around in the late summer heat.

Red-veined Darter can still be found on Cley beach, up to 7 yesterday

Red-veined Darter Cley Beach 10/9/25 @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Monitoring the Morston Farm resulted in 40 birds, few summer migrants, but local movements? 5 Blackcap 11 Chiffchaff 1 Whitethroat plus 9 Dunnocks 3 Robin @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @morstonpond.bsky.social

Monitoring at Sculthorpe Moor today was another quiet day, just 18 birds, with migrants: 4 Blackcap 3 Chiffchaff 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Sedge Warbler plus a single Cetti's Warbler. @hawkandowl.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

Monitoring Stonechats at Dersingham Bog today, resulted in 10 new birds ringed and fitted with colour rings 19 to 28 @norfolknats.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #Stonechat

Monitoring Morston farm site today resulted in 35 birds which included: Blackcap 6 Cetti's Warbler 1 (moving bird) Chiffchaff 4 Whitethroat 10 plus Linnet 3 Stonechat 4 @btobirds.bsky.social @fwageast.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @morstonpond.bsky.social

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First nights back on Farmland using the Thermal which didn’t disappoint, 25 Skylarks ringed and 4 Grey Partridge, the first Greys ever at this site! 🔥🐦 Great to be back monitoring birds after dark. 🌙✨ @tj-focus.bsky.social @pulsarvisionukroi.bsky.social

Ingoldisthorpe monitoring today brought a quiet 31 birds with summer migrants much depleted: 3 Reed warbler 9 Blackcap 8 Chiff-chaff But the surprise of the day was a Water Rail @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

At the end of the Nightjar season we are very proud to have completed the first year in collaboration with Natural England facilitating the study of feeding areas away from the breeding site. 20 birds ringed of which 14 were pulli, 6 GPS tags fitted with 5 retrieved, which obtaining some good data.

Monitoring Morston farm today produced 27 birds which as hoped for included 15 Whitethroats, 2 Blackcap and 2 Stonechats, both colour ringed for the project. @btobirds.bsky.social @morstonpond.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Yesterday, as well as the usual CR waders, a few Mediterranean Gull, one or two Sandwich Terns, including J0070 ringed at Gdansk in 2023 @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @rspbtitchwellsnett.bsky.social

Monitoring at Sculthorpe Moor today was a very quite day with only 23 birds including: 3 Blackcap 4 Reed Warbler 1 Sedge Warbler but best of the day was a single Willow warbler @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @hawkandowl.bsky.social

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Monitoring Ingoldisthorpe today resulted in 53 birds including 14 Blackcap, 12 Chiffchaff, 5 Reed and 3 Sedge warblers, 2 Whitethroat on the migrant front, plus 2 Reed Buntings, both colour ringed. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Monitoring at Sculthorpe Moor yesterday resulted in 33 birds, including: Blackcap- 2 Bullfinch- 3 Cetti's Warbler- 1 Chiffchaff- 3 Kingfisher- 4 Reed Warbler- 1 Marsh Tit- 2 9 juvenile Kingfishers on site this month, one ringed was from Pensthorpe @hawkandowl.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

Aquatic warbler trapped and ringed this morning, good session with over 100 birds, mostly sedge warbler and reed warbler

Monitoring Deepdale Farm today on a fairly quite morning only 10 birds: Blackcap - 1 Blue Tit - 1 Coal Tit - 2 Dunnock - 1 Great Tit - 1 Robin - 2 Whitethroat - 2 @deepdalecamping.co.uk @btobirds.bsky.social

Monitoring at Ingoldisthorpe today resulted in 52 birds including Blackcap - 13 Blue Tit - 3 Chiffchaff - 8 Dunnock - 6 Kingfisher - 1 Reed Bunting - 2 Reed Warbler - 9 Robin - 1 Sedge Warbler - 2 Whitethroat - 5 Wood Pigeon - 1 @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Monitoring Dersingham Bog for Stonechat and Nightjar last night resulted in five Stonechats, including one with fairly dark underwing, all colour ringed and a juvenile Nightjar at dusk that had not been ringed in the nest this season. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Colour ring reading at Snettisham today brought a mix of Bar-tailed, the usual Black-tailed Godwits, Knot, Turnstone and Mediterranean Gull, including one of ours from Scolt Head. @btobirds.bsky.social @washwader.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social

monitoring Sculthorpe Moor as well has engaged with the families there for Discovery Day. 56 birds were encountered: 5 Blackcap 9 Chiffchaff 21 Reed Warbler 4 Sedge Warbler 1 Whitethroat plus 3 juvenile Kingfisher and 2 Marsh Tits @btobirds.bsky.social @hawkandowl.bsky.social

Monitoring at Ingoldisthorpe today resulted in 68 birds, with Blackcap - 8 Chiffchaff - 12 Garden Warbler - 1 Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Reed Warbler - 16 Sedge Warbler - 8 Whitethroat - 7 plus 2 Reed Bunting and 1 Yellowhammer @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Barn Owl monitoring on the Sandringham estate, despite parts of East Anglia reporting a bad year, these boxes did well from 21 boxes, we had 15 in use, with 11 with chicks, total of 31 young, with the largest brood being 4. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social

Monitoring Deepdale Farm today, not too busy with just 21 birds, but 10 Whitethroat and a single Lesser Whitethroat, plus 3 Blackcap represented the summer migrant side. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @deepdalecamping.co.uk

Thanks to some excellent work by a conservation minded farmer 2nd gen broods of Small Blue and Dingy Skipper at a NW Norfolk farm + Painted Lady & Hummingbird Hawkmoth @norfolknats.bsky.social @wildernorfolk.bsky.social ‪‪@norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social‬

An evening return to Sculthorpe Moor for swallows attracted a small group that ultimately roosted away from our area, resulted in: Reed Bunting - 1 Reed Warbler - 10 Sedge Warbler - 5 Swallow - 1 @btobirds.bsky.social @hawkandowl.bsky.social

Monitoring and supporting the Sculthorpe Moor Discovery on Wednesdays in August resulted in 32 birds including: Blackcap - 4 Cetti's Warbler - 1 Chiffchaff - 6 Reed Warbler - 4 Sedge Warbler - 2 @btobirds.bsky.social @hawkandowl.bsky.social

Monitoring with a late evening visit to Sculthrope Moor for pan African migrants - Acro Warblers and possible Hirundines resulted in- Sand Martin - 1 Swallow - 36 Sedge Warbler - 4 Reed Warbler - 15 @btobirds.bsky.social @hawkandowl.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social @wvbs2025.bsky.social

Britain has gained a new butterfly! The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.

From Orkney Bird Report 2024. I do hope others will similarly acknowledge what is going on with some of our seabirds.

Monitoring Ingoldisthorpe today, 58 birds with migration on the move with lots of juvenile warblers - Blackcap - 15 Chiffchaff - 5 Reed Warbler - 17 Sedge Warbler -4 Whitethroat - 9 @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

So far our first re-sighting of a Scolt Head ringed Mediterranean Gull pulli 2133 at Snettisham beach today, along with a few other CR birds seen, along with the usual bundle of colour ringed Black-tailed Godwits @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

A check of Syderstone Common for Southern Migrant Hawkers only produced 11 Migrant Hawkers, Common & Ruddy Darter @norfolknats.bsky.social @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

Monitoring Ingoldisthorpe todays resulted in 37 birds, which included: 1 Kingfisher 1 Cetti's Warbler - juvenile 14 Reed warbler 3 Sedge Warbler 6 Blackcap 5 Chiffchaff @norfolknats.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social

Clouded Yellow and Painted Lady, 2 of each, Ingoldisthorpe today @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social

Well done @chrislamsdell.bsky.social This Black-tailed Godwit is the oldest of the UK ringing scheme (29 years between ringing and report by Chris on 18 July). Blog about @_BTO longevity records for #waders (to 2023): wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/01/16/w... 📷 Richard Bradbury (many years ago)

Scolt Head Sandwich Terns - up date on birds ringed in June 2025 can be found lamsdell.blogspot.com/2025/07/scol... @norfolknats.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social

Belated - monitoring at Sculthorpe Moor on the 17th resulted in 63 birds, quite a few Tits about plus Barn Owl - 1 Blackcap - 3 Chiffchaff - 12 Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Marsh Tit - 3 Reed Warbler - 6 Sedge Warbler - 4 Whitethroat - 1 @btobirds.bsky.social @hawk-and-owl.bsky.social

Ever wondered where the North Norfolk breeding terns go after fledging? South? Nope, up north, so far 7 juveniles from Scolt Head seen at Beacon Ponds this month. @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social #SandwichTern

Monitoring Deepdale Farm today resulted in 42 birds, with not so many summer migrants, just - 4 Blackcap 3 Chiffchaff 1 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Whitethroat One of the juvenile Blue Tits had some feather pigment issues! @btobirds.bsky.social o @deepdalecamping.co.uk @norfolknats.bsky.social

Monitoring Sculthorpe Moor today resulted in 36 birds inc. Blackcap 1 Chiffchaff 5 Reed Warbler 3 Sedge Warbler 11 French ringed Sedge had switched to another area of the reserve, plus a new Juvenile Marsh Tit @btobirds.bsky.social @hawkandowl.bsky.social

Monitoring Ingoldisthorpe today resulted in 49 birds, 9 of which were at the site previously. 43 Warblers of 5 species with quite a few juveniles now around, as shown by these Sedge Warblers - adult left and juvenile right, then the other way around @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social

Yesterdays visit to Blakeney Point to ring Little Terns resulted in only 4 new birds receiving colour bands, and few birds seen other than eggs and freshly hatched young, leaving us wondering where were all the expected late aged chicks? @btobirds.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social