Epic aurora over Norwich this evening, very visible to the naked eye, across whole northern sky VirtualAstro

Cracking photo from east Norfolk last night patrick goffin Eastern Daily Press BBC Norfolk VirtualAstro

Sun spots visible through the mist

Excellent find of Pallas's Warbler by Graham Etherington today at Waxham, probably one of my favourite birds

Cracking seawatch off sheringham this a.m. 9 little auks RN grebe 3 GN divers 200+ scoter 100+ wigeon 300+ teal 10 mallard 7 Goldeneye LT duck drk 10+ merg 8+ goosander 30+ shelduck 40+ eider Tufted duck Woodcock Purple sand 1,500 Dunlin Sanderling bar-wits knot 13+ snipe

Even saw this happening on the remote western isle this summer, nature constantly under pressure from oblivious / irresponsible dog owners. What can be done as 90% of the population now seem to own dogs?

Sheringham this morning was pretty wild and windy, with a 35-40mph northerly blowing and showers, we saw 7 Little auks, puffin, Great northern diver, 2 bonxies, 3+ little gull and c100 kittiwakes.

Glaucous gull at winterton this morning, Vis mig was reasonable 6.15-8am with 141 siskin, 118 chaffinch,15 mipit, 6 reed bunting, 3 linnet, 6 pied wag, Grey wag & c270 starling. All south from bramble gap

Temminck's stint on Brendan's marsh at Hickling late morning today #norfolkbirding

Female Red-footed falcon at Hickling late afternoon #norfolkbirding

Hi Sainsbury's I just about understand you putting the price up 30-40% over the last few years, but today you have made them half the size, come on, this is a step too far. Look at the size of them, this has to be a joke!

Sickening, nightjar nest!

After a hard going few days of migrant hunting it was nice to find this Red-backed shrike late on today at winterton, bit distant and brief, but very welcome #norfolkbirds

Black-winged kite at hickling late afternoon, distant and hazy but you get the idea #norfolkbirding

An after work foray to winterton/horsey this afternoon produced the Lesser grey shrike, 3 redstarts, firecrest, mealy redpoll, green sand and a handful of song thrushes #norfolkbirding

Found this cracking Red breasted flycatcher at winterton this afternoon, initially very sluggish & napping, then became much more sprightly, even fed on the floor a few metres away oblivious to my presence. Also 5 redstarts, winterton/horsey, song thrushes, robins & goldcrests.

Epic seawatch off pendeen 8.30-12 3 sabs gulls 7 grey phal 500+Great shear 500+ Sooty 1 Cory's 5000+ Manx 2 pom skua 40 bonxies 23 arctic skua Probable LT skua Sum plum GN diver 150+ storm petrel

After Saturdays seawatching extravaganza, Sunday was quieter, with a brief seawatch, then onto kenidjack and cot valleys, saw 9 firecrest, pied fly, 2 spot fly and chiffchaffs but not the hoped for yank passerine! Finished with a phalarope twitch at gwithian.

Very confiding snow bunting in the fog at snettisham coastal park this morning #norfolkbirding

Cool to see sun spots in a misty Norwich this morning, taken with phone through telescope at 100x magnification. VirtualAstro