Norfolk Holiday May 2006 Summary
Our, nearly two-week, holiday around Sussex and Norfolk in May 2026 involved us mixing a bit of birding with visiting friends. Over the period we stayed at “The Old Pheasant” at Oakham, near Rutland Water, The Woodcutters Lodge in Lynford Arboretum in Norfolk followed by a night with friends at Bury St Edmunds and two nights with another friend at Thorrington near Halesworth. From there we went to Norfolk where we stayed a couple of nights at Wayford Bridge at the Wayford Bridge Inn. Following this, we stayed three nights in Lapwing Cottage in Docking in Norfolk and finished off with an overnight stay in Grantham.
During this period we went to the following birding sites
Rutland Water, Rutland
Weeting Heath NWT, Norfolk
Lakenheath Fen RSPB, Norfolk
Lynford Arboretum, Norfolk
Nunnery Lakes, Thetford, Norfolk
Lackford Lakes RSPB, Suffolk
Minsmere RSPB,
Hickling Broad NWT, Norfolk
Cley NWT, Norfolk
Holme Dunes NWT, Norfolk
Titchwell Marsh RSPB, Norfolk
Hunstanton Cliffs, Hunstanton, Norfolk
Blakeney Point and Morston, Norfolk
Thornham, Norfolk
Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
We saw 94 species of which 23 were year ticks and one a life tick. The following is a sumentries summarise our daily birding.
Year Ticks : May 2026 Norfolk Etc
| Species | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Cuckoo | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
| Hobby | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
| Common Tern | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
| Red Kite | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
| Garden Warbler | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
| Osprey | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
| Swift | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
| Whitethroat | 11-May-26 | Lakenheath Fens |
| Stone Curlew | 11-May-26 | Weeting Heath |
| Mistle Thrush | 11-May-26 | Weeting Heath |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 11-May-26 | Lynford Arboretum |
| Bittern | 12-May-26 | Lakenheath Fens |
| Egyptian Goose | 12-May-26 | Nunnery Lakes |
| Sedge Warbler | 14-May-26 | Nunnery Lakes |
| Lesser Whitethroat | 14-May-26 | Lackford Lakes |
| Skylark | 17-May-26 | Minsmere |
| Kittiwake | 17-May-26 | Minsmere |
| Water Rail | 18-May-26 | Hickling Broad |
| Spoonbill | 19-May-26 | Holme Dunes |
| Bearded Tit | 20-May-26 | Titchwell Marsh |
| Little Tern | 20-May-26 | Titchwell Marsh |
| Fulmar | 20-May-26 | Hunstanton Cliffs |
| Garganey | 22-May-26 | Frampton Marsh |
| Little Stint | 22-May-26 | Frampton Marsh |
LifeTicks : May 2026 Norfolk Etc
| Species | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|
| White Stork | 10-May-26 | Rutland Water |
All Bird Sightings Norfolk May 2026:
| No | Species |
|---|---|
| 1 | Avocet |
| 2 | Barnacle Goose |
| 3 | Bearded Tit |
| 4 | Bittern |
| 5 | Blackbird |
| 6 | Blackcap |
| 7 | Black-headed Gull |
| 8 | Black-tailed Godwit |
| 9 | Blue Tit |
| 10 | Brent Goose |
| 11 | Buzzard |
| 12 | Canada Goose |
| 13 | Carrion Crow |
| 14 | Cattle Egret |
| 15 | Cetti's Warbler |
| 16 | Chaffinch |
| 17 | Chiffchaff |
| 18 | Collared Dove |
| 19 | Common Tern |
| 20 | Coot |
| 21 | Cormorant |
| 22 | Cuckoo |
| 23 | Dunlin |
| 24 | Dunnock |
| 25 | Egyptian Goose |
| 26 | Fulmar |
| 27 | Gadwall |
| 28 | Garden Warbler |
| 29 | Garganey |
| 30 | Goldfinch |
| 31 | Great Crested Grebe |
| 32 | Great Spotted Woodpecker |
| 33 | Great Tit |
| 34 | Great White Egret |
| 35 | Grey Heron |
| 36 | Grey Plover |
| 37 | Greylag Goose |
| 38 | Herring Gull |
| 39 | Hobby |
| 40 | House Sparrow |
| 41 | Jackdaw |
| 42 | Jay |
| 43 | Kestrel |
| 44 | Kittiwake |
| 45 | Lapwing |
| 46 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| 47 | Lesser Whitethroat |
| 48 | Linnet |
| 49 | Little Egret |
| 50 | Little Grebe |
| 51 | Little Ringed Plover |
| 52 | Little Stint |
| 53 | Little Tern |
| 54 | Long-tailed Tit |
| 55 | Magpie |
| 56 | Mallard |
| 57 | Marsh Harrier |
| 58 | Mediterranean Gull |
| 59 | Mistle Thrush |
| 60 | Moorhen |
| 61 | Mute Swan |
| 62 | Osprey |
| 63 | Oystercatcher |
| 64 | Pheasant |
| 65 | Pied Wagtail |
| 66 | Pochard |
| 67 | Red Kite |
| 68 | Red-legged Partridge |
| 69 | Redshank |
| 70 | Reed Bunting |
| 71 | Reed Warbler |
| 72 | Ringed Plover |
| 73 | Robin |
| 74 | Rook |
| 75 | Sand Martin |
| 76 | Sedge Warbler |
| 77 | Shelduck |
| 78 | Shoveler |
| 79 | Skylark |
| 80 | Song Thrush |
| 81 | Spoonbill |
| 82 | Starling |
| 83 | Stonechat |
| 84 | Stone-curlew |
| 85 | Swallow |
| 86 | Swift |
| 87 | Teal |
| 88 | Tufted Duck |
| 89 | Water Rail |
| 90 | White Stork |
| 91 | Whitethroat |
| 92 | Willow Warbler |
| 93 | Woodpigeon |
| 94 | Wren |