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    Norfolk birding

    Cley Glossy Ibis I parked up near Wiveton stone bridge late morning more in hope than expectation. I walked down to the crossroads and up towards Cley village green. Scanned the field with the corvids and was surprised to see the glossy ibis feeding in line with the gate. Time 1145 Went...
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    Norfolk birding

    Stiffkey and Blakeney Harbour From the aforementioned boat on the corner this afternoon Kingfisher along channel on approach Two black-throated divers west of the Point Three long-tailed ducks Three guillemots opposite the end of the Point Five red-breasted mergansers together, plus others...
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    Norfolk birding

    Never mind the different numbers being reported at any one time, twelve seems to be number of parrot crossbills around Holt Country Park and Lowes. The best day for viewing was Wednesday Wednesday 13 November numbers reported 9, 10, 6, 12, 12, 12 On Saturday twelve "crossbills" were present...
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    Norfolk birding

    Parrot crossbill numbers reported (When birds were present) Mon 11 November 11 birds Tuesday 12 November 10 Wednesday 13 November 9, 10, 6, 12, 12, 12 Thursday 14 November 4, 3 Friday 15 November 10, 1+ Saturday 16 November 1, 12 Sunday 17 November 2, 3, 6, 3, 8, 9, 12 Monday 18 November 6, 10
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    Norfolk birding

    THE female parrot crossbill on Saturday in the clear-fell was clearly larger than all of the others. Early arrivals seeing this bird in an isolated dead pine. All manner of different numbers of parrot crossbills were claimed Saturday. To my knowledge the 12 was paged against a report by an...
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    Norfolk birding

    I was told the 12 figure quoted was a misunderstanding. The female bird and perhaps one or two others. Thus one or two birds = 1/2 not 12
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    Norfolk birding

    Short-eared owl briefly along Thornham Marsh this afternoon but the hooded crow was dipped by most including me. Morning at a bracing Holkham Gap dunes with a choppy swell on the sea First look in scope and a long-tailed duck flies into view. Soon after, an initially unidentified skua close in...
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    Norfolk birding

    Albatross I heard the report of an possible distant albatross and who reported it - Ian Smith. Put my lunch away and walked across Winterton dunes to look out to sea - on the off chance. No sign. No gannets in the morning but plenty, of all age ranges, in the early afternoon. No albatross...
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    Norfolk birding

    Up with the lark I took advantage of the clock going back to head straight to Winterton to look for the shore lark. On spec... News broke of a pallas's warbler at Hermanus. Bagged my third pallas's in a fortnight: after none since 2010. Sheltered with two locals, one being the finder...
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    Norfolk birding

    Totemic Winterton birds Sunday 200m north of the totem pole. The washed out / bland lesser whitethroat potentially of the eastern blythi form, still present. Pallas's warbler to dusk Some mealy redpolls roosting too
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    Norfolk birding

    Penny I photographed the twitchers. The cattle egret did not photograph anybody! Monday 30 Sept I spent most of the afternoon at the cattle egret, put the news out, and told people where it had gone (behind a fence). Eventually the bird re-appeared. Saturday 5 Oct Confirmation on the pager...
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    Norfolk birding

    Missing comma or full stop Err Je n'egret rien
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    Norfolk birding

    Patience needed today. Red-breasted flycatcher seen first thing at Warham Green Garden Drove, not seen again until 11am. Just before that time I walked back up the track to join two birders. Three others watching further up and only 100m from the concrete pad. R B Fly had been re-located...
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    Norfolk birding

    Great Yarmouth cemetery used to be the place to go to at this time of year but many, including myself, have not been there much in recent years. Many of the bushes have been cut back. Some of the people around there are not the type of people I would like to bump into carrying my optics. The...
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    Norfolk birding

    Agree that bird was a dunlin. Race in-determined. Watchers should not be afraid to put news out (or post photographs) of unidentified birds they have found. Too large for least sandpiper (dream on!). Semi-palmated sandpiper was a possibility but photos show birds feet fit dunlin as ID...
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    Norfolk birding

    Norfolk Bird Report Crane 40 Horsey Gap Oct 14 2011 Spoonbill 21 Cley 7 August 2010
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    Norfolk birding

    38 Cranes Brograve Farm Followed up pager message and parked at the south entrance to Brograve Farm Waxham. Large flock of cranes, viewable from car, on far side of stubble field. Braved the elements in deteriorating weather and made three counts 38 each time, through the scope. Some...
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    Norfolk birding

    Strumpshaw wryneck To clear up any doubt, the wryneck has showed extremely well west of the pumphouse at RSPB Strumpshaw. Not visible from the footpath on the Rockland side. Bilvo's photos better than my record shot.
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    Norfolk birding

    Balearic shearwaters and bank holiday fall of migrants Remarkable numbers of pied flycatcher, redstarts and whinchats in recent days never mind wrynecks and a few greenish warblers. What was most unusual was the number of Balearic shearwater records. Cannot think of a better opportunity, in...
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    Norfolk birding

    Tipping point? I have seen cars parked on the verge on the inside of the bend at the top of the hill by Edgefield tip. With scopes looking (east) in the general direction of where the bird was reported Thursday 1 August afternoon. Always a whiff from the tip - never mind the hot and humid...
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    Norfolk birding

    Lynford juvenile two-barred crossbill If the wing-bars are narrow then, as others have already said, the bird is a common crossbill. At least 20 common crossbill in a mobile flock. The juvenile two-barred crossbill was picked out at 715pm Thursday 25th when one broad wing-bar could be seen...
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    Norfolk birding

    two barred crossbill If anyone deserves to find a bird only previously seen in the Cley Square for one day, back in 1969, it is John. He has spent many hours at Salthouse and Gramborough minding the dog walkers and tourists. Often with no reward - unless the van selling coffee is in the...
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    Norfolk birding

    I watched the scoter for some time on Thursday evening. The bird was looking away from me when first picked up. Facing right the scoter turned head to the right and towards the shore. The thick neck and amount of yellow made we wonder if the bird was, or could be, a black scoter rather than...
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    Norfolk birding

    Migration routes Fascinated by your observation about migrant birds following the Norwich to Yarmouth railway line. The railway takes a more direct route east-west, compared to the river Yare. Pink-feet flocks often contain carrier species. I have seen snow geese with flocks in both...
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    Norfolk birding

    I was surprised when I first saw the signs. Explained why there were no cars along the unadopted road (dog walkers vehicles included). On a later visit I was standing one Sunday morning on the railway footbridge at the end of the lane, when the enforcement man turned up in a white van. No one...
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