Spring migration is relatively quiet, although sightings of ring ouzel and firecrest are possible amongst the more common arrivals. Breeding birds include lapwings, common snipe, pied avocets, common redshanks and marsh harriers on the grazing marshes, ringed plovers and little terns on the beach, and black-headed, herring and lesser black-backed gulls on the salt marsh. The small grey heron colony has been joined by little egrets, and, from 2010, by Eurasian spoonbills. Retrieved 13 April 2017. In 2020, a pair of cattle egrets successfully bred at the site, the first time the species had successfully bred in Norfolk. The pines may occasionally have nesting siskins or common crossbills, and parrot crossbills bred in 1984 and 1985.
spring migration is relatively quiet although sightings of ring ouzel and firecrest are possible amongst the more common arrivals breeding birds include lapwings common snipe pied avocets common redshanks and marsh harriers on the grazing marshes ringed plovers and little terns on the beach and black-headed herring and lesser black-backed gulls on the salt marsh the small grey heron colony has been joined by little egrets and from 2010 by eurasian spoonbills retrieved 13 april 2017 in 2020 a pair of cattle egrets successfully bred at the site the first time the species had successfully bred in norfolk the pines may occasionally have nesting siskins or common crossbills and parrot crossbills bred in 1984 and 1985