Berney - Breydon 14.07.03 (1 Viewer)

[Karl J]

Sunny, blue sky, no clouds ..... hot hot hot. Radio Broadland claimed it reached 30* ... superb day for walking from Yarmouth to Berney and back again. Walking out there was chatty 'house & home stuff' so I'll concentrate on the return leg.

At Berney train station we had an excellent place for watching as it was in the lee of a stand of trees so no wind to upset things. An absolute abundance of butterflies.




Dragonflies :

Brown Hawker
Southern Hawker
Ruddy Darter
Black-tailed Skimmer
Blue-tailed damselfly


Butterflies :

Comma
Essex Skipper
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown
Painted Lady
Peacock
Red Admiral
Small Heath
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
6 Spot Burnet
Grayling .... I think
A blue one ???

Also lots of bees about feeding on the bramble at the staion & on the many thistle flowers that abound along one stretch of the path



Birds on the meadows :
Marsh Harrier (x2 on the island between Berney & Burgh Castle)
Swallow
Lapwing
woodpigeon
Meadow Pipit
Starling
Crow
Jackdaw
Kestrel


Birds along the riverside & mudflats :
Mute Swan
Mallard
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Pied Wagtail
Egyptian Geese
Oystercatcher
Avocet
Curlew / Whimbrel .... too far away & no scope
Shelduck
Coot
Redshank
Black-tailed Godwit ..... at least 300
Grey Heron
Common Tern
Tufted Duck
Cormorant

 

[birdman]

Woo hoo... would love to have seen the Godwit.

Nice way to spend another blistering day!

 

[Karl J]

Yes the godwits were quite impressive.

They weren't all in one flock but sort of spread out all along the mudflats ( 2 - 3 miles ) as the tide was out at the time.

 

[Andrew]

An Avocet here in Summer would be top of the bill!

 

[peter hayes]

Lovely day out Carlos and a great list considering this is supposed to be the downtime for birding!

 

[phyllosc]

Birdman

Come down to the Blackwater in winter, I've got more Blackwits than you could wave a stick at!

Dave