T0ny
Okillre Member
I was invited to go on a 'Big Bird Day' by the organiser of the Norfolk & Suffolk Birding website. All the other participants live south of Great Yarmouth - I don't. I was picked up by a baffled birder who had been told that Paston was a suburb of Norwich (it isn't). We met the others in Lowestoft some thirty minutes late, blaming the swing-bridge for the delay. From then on, birding was non-stop, with a brief break for chips in the car (not a word to Bessie).
I ache - but what a great day I've had. Started off listening to Tawny Owl in pitch darkness, ended watching Cranes in low evening sunlight.
Species List :
Red-throated Diver
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
Shag
Pinkfooted Goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
Teal
Pintail
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Crane
Avocet
Golden Plover
Lapwing
Knot
Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Turnstone
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Auk
Stock Dove
Kingfisher
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Rock Pipit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Bullfinch
We covered several sites in Norfolk & Suffolk, including Lake Lothing, Breydon Water and Broadland.
Tony
PS I just spell-checked this, and it suggested replacing 'Yarmouth' with 'Vermouth'. What a damned good idea !
B
I ache - but what a great day I've had. Started off listening to Tawny Owl in pitch darkness, ended watching Cranes in low evening sunlight.
Species List :
Red-throated Diver
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
Shag
Pinkfooted Goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
Teal
Pintail
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Crane
Avocet
Golden Plover
Lapwing
Knot
Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Turnstone
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Black-headed Gull
Little Auk
Stock Dove
Kingfisher
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Rock Pipit
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Chaffinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Bullfinch
We covered several sites in Norfolk & Suffolk, including Lake Lothing, Breydon Water and Broadland.
Tony
PS I just spell-checked this, and it suggested replacing 'Yarmouth' with 'Vermouth'. What a damned good idea !
B
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