One of those days which made me glad to have moved to Norfolk. After a couple of days of steady migration locally, a phone call took me to Sheringham where a fair selection of migrants had arrived including two Ring Ouzels, 50+ Wheatears, several flava wags and odd Garden and Sedge Warblers, Lesser Whitethroats, Whinchats and lots of Whitethroats. The Hoopoe took longer to locate but showed well enough while icing on the cake were the three Common Cranes and two Red Kites which drifted west.
More butterflies are about with Holly Blue, Orange Tip and Speckled Wood seen in the last few days while moths on 28th/20th included two Streamers (our second and third locally) and a Herald.
29th April
Cley was pretty good on my day there with two distant Wood Sands, several Common Sands, Whinchat, two Blue-headed Wags with a few Yellows, more Wheatears and stacks of singing Sedge Warblers. No sign of any groppers though and moths in the trap were quite poor. Flowering Alexanders were attracting a variety of insect life including plenty of St Marks flies and some distinctive wasps (see below) and bees I’ve yet to identify
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