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Recent content by richardm

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    New Spot the differences

    plus different light patterns on left and distant screens ?
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    Norfolk mammals

    Another one, same place exactly, today. The field between the road and the airfield here is bounding with bunnies, presumably the target prey ... maybe this spot really has got the makings of a possible stakeout
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    Norfolk mammals

    Not encountered any for a while, but saw two more road casualty Polecats this weekend, one on A140 five miles south of Norwich, one on A148 at Spout Hills, Holt. Maybe they are commonly spotted dead but not much reported?
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    Help to identify please?

    Not RLB. There is a famously pale Common Buzzard seen often west of Wells so I think it could be that bird
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    Norfolk mammals

    Don't know about always, but back in spring there were bunnies just along the A140 verge beside the airport and in the rough paddock just outside the fence. I've not been there early or late in recent months though...
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    Norfolk mammals

    Been a few more dead Polecat sightings lately, including three or four at various sites along the A.140, A.148 and B.1149 between Norwich and the north coast. The latest (freshly squashed today and pictured here) was at Fakenham between the ring road and Morrisons.
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    Norfolk mammals

    Re Saturday's dead Polecat in post #261, time of death was between when I drove by at 5.30pm and when I returned at 6.30pm. Apart from a blood drop on the nose and being dead, the animal was in good condition, having received no subsequent squashage and felt still warm. So it was out hunting in...
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    Norfolk mammals

    Another road casualty Polecat, this time on the A.140 between the airport and distributor roundabout. A small (young?) female, by the looks of it ...
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    Norfolk mammals

    Spotted this big male Polecat dead on the A148 at Bodham today. They are definitely hereabouts - two recent live sightings between Cley and Holt, another at Weybourne, road kills Snoring and more recently Edgefield.
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    Norfolk birding

    Three Caspian Gulls at Cley tonight, two adults and a sub-adult on Simmond's Scrape, plus at least 8 Yellow-legged Gulls of various ages. Also still two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers, 4 Green Sandpipers, and 3 Knot amongst the many Black-tailed Godwits and Ruffs. Noctule Bats were also seen this...
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    Norfolk birding

    The Glossy Ibis came in to join the gulls on Pat's Pool at 7.50pm, landing near a second-winter Russian Common Gull. Also about 10 Yellow-legged Gulls this evening, but just two Caspian Gulls (a juvenile and an adult). Also a couple of Green Sandpipers present, 30 Ruff and a couple of Water Rails.
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    Norfolk birding

    The Glossy Ibis still at Cley, roosting tonight on Pat's Pool. Also quite good numbers of gulls, including three juvenile/first-w Caspian Gulls on Simmond's Scrape, 8+ Yellow-legged Gulls and f-w Med Gull. Fewer waders, with two Common Sandpipers about the best, but other highlights included...
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    Norfolk birding

    The Glossy Ibis still at Cley today (see www.cleybirds.com ) and Bittern. Also three juv/1st-w Caspian Gulls on Simmond's Scape this evening, along with half-a-dozen Yellow-legged Gulls, while other birds included one Garganey, 11 Green Sandpipers, 6 Greenshanks, 2 Whimbrels and a Spotted...
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    Norfolk birding

    :-) Just the two Caspian Gulls tonight (only one juvenile and the usual near-adult-type) but Sunday is often the worst gull day of the week... Also about a dozen Y-l Gulls, one hybrid gull, two Med Gulls (ad and juv), 6 Green Sandpipers, Greenshank etc. at Cley this evening. Oddly, several...
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    Norfolk birding

    Of course, you'll need to be a paid-up member of NWT to be in the hides in the evening - the day visitor permit is for 10am-5pm only. If the gulls are on Pats Pool they are viewable from the Reserve Centre car-park, but distantly (and in failing light). Tonight there were five Caspian Gulls...
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