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  1. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Been doing a bit of birding in Suffolk recently: Friday - Big finch flocks at a frozen over Livermere, mostly Siskin but a few Lesser Redpolls mixed in there. Also Mallards on ice is always good fun. No interesting Gulls or Waders. Also a brief stop off at Mickelmere to dip on the White-fronted...
  2. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Fairly disastrous day out at Snape Warren and North Warren today. Firstly Snape Warren was completely dead, not even a sniff of a Dartford Warbler, the estuary was slightly better with tons of Common Gulls, about 4 or 5 Avocet, a Kingfisher and a Barn Owl. Also I flushed a probable Jack Snipe...
  3. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Sorry if this is a bit late but I went for them today and had 2 (female) LT Ducks from Stutton Mill, very distant, choppy water, frequently diving etc, around buoy 11. Also a leucistic Redshank, a Rock Pipit and a Red-legged Partridge floating in the middle of the river (flushed their due to...
  4. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    School was cancelled today, so I took the train and bus up to Rendlesham where from 9.40 to 12.40 the Waxwings showed really well, albeit it in poor light. Once the whole flock had settled down in one of the trees, I counted 34, two other birders counted 37, so there are more there being seen...
  5. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Good question, Lammergier heights doesn't archive his sightings and in a brief look through the archived sightings in Bins I couldn't find it either. So looking at some old posts of mine from a year back I said it was reported on the 24th and the 26th of December, so thats the earliest I can...
  6. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    A very chilly Lackford this morning had 1 drake Goosander and a Common Snipe but no sign of the Jack or any Finches. The Puttockshill/Livermere area has no sign of any owls so far, unlike last year, although there were several people looking. Also the farmer was enquiring why there was a car up...
  7. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Actually despite all the time I put in to Micklemere (not regular, but I check it frequently in spring around evening time) i've never actually had one there, despite down the road around Livermere area being owl heaven. Golden Plover should be good knowing that there's been an American GP...
  8. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Had my first local Barn Owl today since May (ish and thats rather shocking when I think about it) from the train on my way back from school, just east of Thurston station, quartering some rough ground. Not rare, but brightened up a dull day.
  9. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Good views of the Pallas's Warbler today in the Sycamores behind Landguard Bird Obs this afternoon, showing with a Firecrest, distantly but everyone managed to connect except those that turned up at duskish. It was quite a nice twitch actually, (for a warbler) not many people, plenty of space...
  10. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    It's well worth a trip, seeing as you've posted a shot, here's a link to a fairly rubbish video I took...http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bxuyYrqbsLE Also found two Snow Buntings, bizzarely in the middle of East Scrape. Cheers Steve
  11. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Orford Ness I'd been planning to do a recce of Orford Ness for a while now, and with nothing rare enough to distract me, this weekend seemed as good a time as any. Whilst the birds wern't great, a few Gannets passed on the sea, a Spoonbill on the Lagoon and a few Wheatears and a Blackap in the...
  12. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    After an uneventful walk around Lackford this morning (30ish Siskins, 3 Bullfinch and a Kingfisher the only highlights), I was really quite pleased to have an Osprey drift over my head at Livermere lake (2.30pm), probably the bird then reported at Lackford on rba at 4pm. I'm on a roll with...
  13. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    I was at Landguard relatively early for me today (about 7.30). The bushes were alive with birds, lots of Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, a few Blackcaps and a Whitethroat. Nice as they were, there was nothing rare amongst them to with hold me from getting to the beach to see the Dotterel that's...
  14. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi Stuart, James and Gi, Definately some food for thought there, So... Weather - The day after northerlies or north easterlies are best, although strong easterlies can produce in late sept/oct time. Site - Southwold is best but anywhere can produce (although the better site seem to be in the...
  15. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Bored at Bawdsey... I went sea watching today, to remind me why I never ever go! Between 11 and 12:50 I spent being blown in the wind at Bawdsey (east lane) for 2 Grey Plover and 2 Teal before deciding to leave for Thorpeness for the Icky, which I dipped and wasted another hour of my life...
  16. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi Tina, It's the other side of the river, basically if you park at the snape maltings shops, cross the bridge and walk down the footpath along the river. Take a right when you reach the woodland. Carry on down the path which then leads you out of the woods and beside some saltings. The heath is...
  17. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi all, I did a bit of birding to beat the back to school blues, yesterday, around the Snape area (the Warren and Estuary near the posh shops). Bad time of year to go looking for Dartford Warblers, I know, but you've got to go where there's a lift going! It was an enjoyable walk despite the...
  18. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Lovely showy Nightingale on the path at minsmere, Common terns fishing in front of the hides and some little terns are using the cockleshell islands the rspb prepared for them. The highlight was definately 6+ bitterns though, 2 booming, and 4 different birds in flight, including 1 female persued...
  19. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Sounds great, not much going on in the west currently... Last time I was at Lakenheath at dawn it was reeling on the riverbank, there's also one reeling at livermere although I reckon it's easier and the supporting cast is better at lakenheath.
  20. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Hope you've all seen this fantastic news...http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1192369#post1192369 thanks to Robam for posting:t: ...oh btw, Had an Arctic Tern through Lackford yesterday also a Common Sand, Ringed and Little ringed Plovers and a few dodgy Barnacle Geese.
  21. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    1 Avocet and the drake Pintail still at Mickelmere this evening.
  22. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Not bad at all, must've been some sight! After a 5 hour slog to complete my maths coursework in time for tommorow, I was desperatly in need of some birding. So, a quick evening walk around Livermere and Micklemere were in order, with 4 Common Terns, 10 Little Gulls (fantastic birds, fantastic...
  23. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    A nice morning out in the west of the county had loads of Chiffchaffs, a pair of goldeneye and a pair of Garganey at Lackford and C.5 Common Buzzards, mostly quite pale and a Stone Curlew at Cavenham Heath (and a carrion crow with a ravens tail). Cheers Steve
  24. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Dipped!!! Gutted! I didn't even have the casper or the black red. It's a long and painful (especially for my legs) story but basically I was to get the train into Ipswich and wait in the car park for my dad to drive me up to Minsmere in his lunch break. It was always going to be tight as to...
  25. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Anybody go for the Bluethroat today? i should be going tommorow hopefully, (fingers crossed ;))
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