Puma rumour, humour. No eagle: one-handed.
Spent a large part of Saturday journeying to Norwich, on a home fixture day, for painful treatment on my head and neck – some would say it’s not succeeding, since the former is still connected to my torso. When I reached home, I was too tired even to post.
Before I left on the long drive, Gramboro’ saw a Swallow, 2 Sand Martins and 2 ad. Med Gulls all going west (to join the other 11 at Cley?), with 2 Chiffies & a Willow Warbler in the bushes at the east end.
I have learned that foxes are being dumped on our area from animal charities/welfare organizations ! Fairly compelling evidence has been forthcoming. This has led to carnage at the Blakeney Duck Pond and their installing electric fencing. Questions have, it seems, even been asked in Parliament. It was rumoured that another ‘consignment’ was on its way. Perhaps the reliably reported (e.g. seen by 2 local hunters to attempt to bring down an adult deer) Puma in the area will ‘take care of’ some of them !
Today, I started at West Runton, seeing little, apart from a smart, but flighty, male White Wagtail, a Swallow and c20 Sand Martins; I must have been too late.
Weybourne had a couple of singing Sedge Warblers; Gramboro’, nowt.
Walsey Hills eventually produced Penny, for whom I was able to ensure she made a beeline for a Bee-Fly. There were at least ten of these today; also, single Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell.
Friary and Holkham didn’t offer the hoped-for yellow things. However, just as I was leaving the latter, the pager announced the eagle at Titchwell. Within 5 minutes, I was at the parking spot at Burnham Overy and another message had announced it was now flying east. An hour later, I found it had gone very high, probably even before I’d parked. Ian had the utmost good fortune to pick it up over the WRunton patch.
