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Norfolk birding (5 Viewers)
- Thread starter Edward woodwood
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Fabulous late afternoon and evening at Gun Hill, Burnham Overy:t: Found my first Autumn migrant, a cracking Pied Flycatcher!!!
Absolutely stunning image, the others on your block are also superb. Missing Norfolk. Can't see me getting there before next spring now!
Don't know how to comment on your blog. Incidentally great blog, keeps me in touch with an area I love.
Phil
Mark Batten
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This is great news for Cley. I do wonder however given two serious flooding events in less than eight years, whether this is a wise use of money. Time will of course tell.
harrier1234
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Brancaster 0900-1015
Very quiet morning, 8 x Whimbrel flying W, calling Spotted Redshank, large numbers of House Martins, 1 x Swift, singing Chiffchaff.
Very quiet morning, 8 x Whimbrel flying W, calling Spotted Redshank, large numbers of House Martins, 1 x Swift, singing Chiffchaff.
John Marchant
Member
Images taken by Dawn Balmer and Pete Wilson of a falcon catching insects over Thetford early afternoon on Saturday 23 Aug are tiny but, taken together, look very good for Eleonora's. The bird was watched for about 15 minutes over a 40 minute period. They are being a bit (over-?) cautious about making a claim.
Titchwell August 26th
Today's highlights
Arctic tern - 1 juv west 08:00
Curlew sandpiper - adult on fresh marsh this afternoon
Spoonbill - 12 on fresh marsh then flew east
Spotted redshank - 1 on fresh marsh
Greenshank - 2 on fresh marsh
Hobby - 1 hunting over reserve
Paul
Today's highlights
Arctic tern - 1 juv west 08:00
Curlew sandpiper - adult on fresh marsh this afternoon
Spoonbill - 12 on fresh marsh then flew east
Spotted redshank - 1 on fresh marsh
Greenshank - 2 on fresh marsh
Hobby - 1 hunting over reserve
Paul
Potentially huge news.......well done to the finders, if turns out to be genuine. Re-identified from said photos I assume? Private land?
About time I got back into the game having neglected the forum for so long. Busy summer, getting married and that! Back down the patch this afternoon and the bushes and scrub were laden with berries, and roving Tit flocks were making the most of this with the odd Chiffy thrown in. Real buzz about the place in little pockets.
At least 3 Wryneck in Norfolk today, although perhaps not the fall of migrants expected after such heavy rainfall followed by easterlies. Tomorrow could be good so I am going out to find me a Greenish. I injured myself playing football and haven't been able to walk properly for sometime until recently, so absolutely chomping at the bit to get out there!
Cheers,
Jim.
willowgrouse
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Still I think u could get a game in your team at the moment even with ur injury!
"Ur boys took one hellllll of a beatin "
Shaky
I was hoping to ignite some heated birding debate and observations Shaky but might have known you would pipe up with that. I have contacted Van Gaal and he knows full well I am available on one good leg. At one point over 30 people viewing this thread yesterday evening and no comment apart from yours! Silence speaks volumes sadly.
A decent morning at Caister. 5+ Wheatear in and around the golf course along with 2 Whinchat. North of second avenue there was a single Wheatear and Whinchat.
No doubt a Wryneck (or my hoped for Greenish) hiding out there somewhere. Nice to get chatting to a local birder who put me onto a few more good patches of cover in the area in preparation for the Autumn proper.
On another note, just read this on RBA "reported Garganey Costessey Norwich is a Little Grebe".
Was this you, Shaky?!
Cheers,
Jim.
Stephen West
CambsBirding
Pied Fly, Lynn Point, King's Lynn, late morning.
Telephoto Paul
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To rewind the conversation a few weeks to the subject of hides. The Virginian Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries have produced an comprensive report on wildlife hides (or blinds as they call them). Clearly it's not all directly transferrable (I can only live in hope of a bear watching platform in the UK) but it's pretty interesting read. (disclaimer: as a photographer, I'm rarely drawn towards spending long periods in the hides in uk nature reserves. They tend to be too high and too distant. The camera-free can have the best seats in the hides, I'll be off rolling around in the mud somewhere!)
(I always get a chuckle out of the hide at the bottom of page 39)
(I always get a chuckle out of the hide at the bottom of page 39)
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Nick Moran
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C'mon Jim – don't you tell your students never to assume anything?
For the record, the bird immediately set alarm bells ringing for Pete Wilson and Dawn Balmer (see Dawn's Twitter feed). Said photos were taken as part of the process of documenting the sighting; unfortunately they're low quality and need viewing as a full series, hence their decision not to post a subset of the pics online for trial-by-t'internet.Er, their garden! Irrelevant though as the bird was wholly untwitchable, being as it was only in view (from a housing estate in the middle of Thetford) for 15 mins over of a 40 min period. Believe me I'd have tried if I could (or at the very least, spent the rest of the afternoon 'gardening') – Dawn rang me as I live ~2km from them but my luck being what it is, I was on a stag do at York Races.
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Titchwell August 27th
Today's highlights
Bit of an arrival this morning.
Wheatear - 2 at Thornham Point
Whinchat - 1 at Thornham Point
Pied flycatcher - 1 at Thornham Point, 1 on East Bank
Spotted flycatcher - 1 at Thornham Point
Peregrine - female at Thornham Point
Spoonbill - 7 on saltmarsh
Curlew sandpiper - adult still on fresh marsh
Arctic tern - 1 on fresh marsh
Eider - 12 offshore
Paul
Today's highlights
Bit of an arrival this morning.
Wheatear - 2 at Thornham Point
Whinchat - 1 at Thornham Point
Pied flycatcher - 1 at Thornham Point, 1 on East Bank
Spotted flycatcher - 1 at Thornham Point
Peregrine - female at Thornham Point
Spoonbill - 7 on saltmarsh
Curlew sandpiper - adult still on fresh marsh
Arctic tern - 1 on fresh marsh
Eider - 12 offshore
Paul
C'mon Jim – don't you tell your students never to assume anything?
Er, their garden! Irrelevant though as the bird was wholly untwitchable, being as it was only in view (from a housing estate in the middle of Thetford) for 15 mins over of a 40 min period. Believe me I'd have tried if I could (or at the very least, spent the rest of the afternoon 'gardening') – Dawn rang me as I live ~2km from them but my luck being what it is, I was on a stag do at York Races.
I get to this stage in the summer holidays Nick and wonder if I've forgotten how to teach....too much time on my hands.
Thanks for painting a picture of events. What a moment that must have been. As the Urban Birder says, look up!
Cheers,
Jim.
Titchwell August 28th
Today's highlights
Great white egret - 1 feeding on reedbed pool although it is elusive at times
Curlew sandpiper - 3 juvs on fresh marsh
Spoonbill - 4 on fresh marsh
Whinchat - 4 on East Trail
Pied flycatcher - 1 along main path
Spotted flycatcher - 1 in picnic area
Paul
Today's highlights
Great white egret - 1 feeding on reedbed pool although it is elusive at times
Curlew sandpiper - 3 juvs on fresh marsh
Spoonbill - 4 on fresh marsh
Whinchat - 4 on East Trail
Pied flycatcher - 1 along main path
Spotted flycatcher - 1 in picnic area
Paul
Telephoto Paul
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Asking as somebody hasn't been since last September, whats the state of recovery from the big winter storm? A lot of written in the immediate aftermath, but there's not been much said since. The RSPB website still has the same advisories (No boardwalk at Titchwell, Snettisham half closed) it's clearly an ongoing concern.
VillagerFred
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I can confirm a sighting of approx 12 metric tonnes of WOOD (likely Pinus sp.) at Snettisham earlier this week. The windows have been taken off the Rotary and Shore hides in anticipation presumably of repair, there is a nest of swallows in the Shore hide which may have delayed proceedings but they appear to be ready to fledge within the next week. Other than that, I would imagine Paul Eele would be in a reasonable position to update further....
