O.Reville1989
I started off with nothing and I've still got some
Blue-Headed Wagtail at Kelling Quags this afternoon. Also a couple of Yellow Wagtail, Whitethroat and plenty of Sand Martin.
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Norfolk birding (132 Viewers)
- Thread starter Edward woodwood
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Love the wagtail pics! At the patch today(Thorpe marshes, Norwich) we had a hobby flying over , loads of swifts, swallows and house martins,3x common sandpipers ,4x cettis and i finally caught up with some returning Reed warblers!
Also a yellow Wagtail over.
A nice bank holiday mornings work
Shaky
Also a yellow Wagtail over.
A nice bank holiday mornings work
Shaky
Davebutterflyman
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Thanks for the comments on my photo....really appreciated and i was just lucky enough to be on site at the time.
Love the shots of the Blue-headed Wagtail.
Love the shots of the Blue-headed Wagtail.
ben_lewis
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A good morning at Waxham saw Whitethroats singing from every possible bush, good numbers of lesser wthroat too as well as a female Rouzel.
I was lucky enough to have a Red Rumped Swallow fly over my head which raised the pulse a bit too! Exactly the same weekend as I saw one at winterton a few years ago.
I was lucky enough to have a Red Rumped Swallow fly over my head which raised the pulse a bit too! Exactly the same weekend as I saw one at winterton a few years ago.
Stratton Birder
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There was an amazing flock of c225 Fieldfares just south of Edgefield in a field off the B1149 first thing this morning (TG105332). Never seen anything like that amount in May before. When I passed the site on the way home late afternoon it appeared that they had moved on already as there was not a single one there.
Penny Clarke
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Wow - spectacular, that could anywhere in the world John:t:
Penny Clarke
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Cley all day!
Almost dawn
well 6.40am until 9pm birding today. Only just home at 10pm!
Main highlights include: White Wagtail and Common Sandpipers from Bishops Hide, Cley NWT. Peregrine and Hobby from the NWT Visitor centre when scanning for the Pallid Harrier with Eddie and Andy J. A stunning channel Wagtail with 3 Yellow Wagtails right next to the carpark in the Eye Field - took far too many photos! Blakeney Point: 3 Redstarts, 1 at Halfway House and 2 at The Hood and Wryneck at Sarbury Hill!!! Fabulous day:t:
Full update on blog.
Penny:girl:
Almost dawn
well 6.40am until 9pm birding today. Only just home at 10pm!Main highlights include: White Wagtail and Common Sandpipers from Bishops Hide, Cley NWT. Peregrine and Hobby from the NWT Visitor centre when scanning for the Pallid Harrier with Eddie and Andy J. A stunning channel Wagtail with 3 Yellow Wagtails right next to the carpark in the Eye Field - took far too many photos! Blakeney Point: 3 Redstarts, 1 at Halfway House and 2 at The Hood and Wryneck at Sarbury Hill!!! Fabulous day:t:
Full update on blog.
Penny:girl:
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firstreesjohn
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‘Feral’ narcissism ?
To answer my own query in #16065: the daffodils are not wild, but ‘feral’ (thanks, Francis). As such, I feel they should be subject to an ASFO (Anti-Social Floral Order). We don’t want these flourishing in our woodlands and meadows, creating mayhem- even if it is the right month. As I had wondered, from the illustration in my Blamey, the colour of the trumpet is not deep enough. Also, they are said not to be native to County.
BTW and to avoid any doubt, the wagtail in my #16080 is a so-called ‘Channel’. This is a hybrid Yellow x Blue-headed: hence, “La Manche”, which is yer actule French for ‘The English Channel’. Obviously, they don’t call it thus- even if their President-elect is named after another country.
As for yesterday, it was one of those when it felt like anything could have happened. In Norfolk, on bank holiday, it usually does. Perhaps we’ll find out what we missed today !
To answer my own query in #16065: the daffodils are not wild, but ‘feral’ (thanks, Francis). As such, I feel they should be subject to an ASFO (Anti-Social Floral Order). We don’t want these flourishing in our woodlands and meadows, creating mayhem- even if it is the right month. As I had wondered, from the illustration in my Blamey, the colour of the trumpet is not deep enough. Also, they are said not to be native to County.
BTW and to avoid any doubt, the wagtail in my #16080 is a so-called ‘Channel’. This is a hybrid Yellow x Blue-headed: hence, “La Manche”, which is yer actule French for ‘The English Channel’. Obviously, they don’t call it thus- even if their President-elect is named after another country.
As for yesterday, it was one of those when it felt like anything could have happened. In Norfolk, on bank holiday, it usually does. Perhaps we’ll find out what we missed today !
PYRTLE
Old Berkshire Boy
Two sparring male cuckoos this morning at far too early a time (5 'ish) flying around calling constantly, had me up too early. A half hour dazed walk also proved that many whitethroats have finally arrived (as elsewhere), also a couple of lesser 'throats. Great photos of a powder blue wag FTJ.
Lightthiscandle
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Mark Batten
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Have I not got news for you.
Nice to catch up with some welcome year ticks over the weekend.:eat:
Sad to hear that news was not released on the Holkham Purple Heron earlier - apparently some of the locals felt that releasing news on the bird (which could be watched from two hides and the A149) might somehow cause disturbance!:eek!: I understand that English nature have a new use for the Holkham Hides - to provide shelter to the many dog walkers who use the site to exercise their hounds during the current water shortage!:-O
Interesting to be told about the Monday 12.30 report of the Pallid Harrier heading west past the point: Shame it was at 3.30 pm by a shopkeeper at Burham Deepdale!! His news had come from a NWT warden who had got a telephone call from the point... Nice to see that nothing really changes!!o
Did catch up with a cracking Red Rump in Cambs where most of the news gets out a bit quicker - cheers guys...:cat:
Nice to catch up with some welcome year ticks over the weekend.:eat:
Sad to hear that news was not released on the Holkham Purple Heron earlier - apparently some of the locals felt that releasing news on the bird (which could be watched from two hides and the A149) might somehow cause disturbance!:eek!: I understand that English nature have a new use for the Holkham Hides - to provide shelter to the many dog walkers who use the site to exercise their hounds during the current water shortage!:-O
Interesting to be told about the Monday 12.30 report of the Pallid Harrier heading west past the point: Shame it was at 3.30 pm by a shopkeeper at Burham Deepdale!! His news had come from a NWT warden who had got a telephone call from the point... Nice to see that nothing really changes!!o
Did catch up with a cracking Red Rump in Cambs where most of the news gets out a bit quicker - cheers guys...:cat:
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MICK SAUNT
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A Good Raptor Day
With some sunshine and a bit of warmth today there was (at long last!) some raptor activity. A walk from Waxham to Winterton and back produced osprey, 2 hobbies, 2 peregrines (including one harassing a couple of soaring cranes), merlin, hen harrier plus the usual mix of marsh harriers, common buzzards, kestrels and sparrowhawks. In addition, another four cranes, two SEOs, whinchat, cuckoo plus a sprinkling of wheatears and yellow wags and c. 800 swallows made it feel that spring was here at last (until tomorrow that is!)
Mick
With some sunshine and a bit of warmth today there was (at long last!) some raptor activity. A walk from Waxham to Winterton and back produced osprey, 2 hobbies, 2 peregrines (including one harassing a couple of soaring cranes), merlin, hen harrier plus the usual mix of marsh harriers, common buzzards, kestrels and sparrowhawks. In addition, another four cranes, two SEOs, whinchat, cuckoo plus a sprinkling of wheatears and yellow wags and c. 800 swallows made it feel that spring was here at last (until tomorrow that is!)
Mick
Mystery bird in King's Lynn?
In conversation with a colleague today they revealed that they and their partner had a very strange avian visitor to their garden on Monday pm.(They have a large garden close to Reffley Wood on the northern edge of King's Lynn). They are committed feeders of garden bird and whilst not claiming any great experise they would be able to identify all the more usual garden birds and, more importantly, recognise something different. Their non-birding daughter drew their attention to an unfamiliar bird on one of their feeders which she initially described as a large thrush. When they looked it was clearly "larger than a thrush, more like a large starling and the size of a jay". They were able to watch it with binoculars for 10 minutes or so, during which time they were able to consult a fieldguide. Comparing the bird with pictures in the book they were fairly certain they were looking at a nutcracker!! I showed them futher pictures in different guides as well as images from google and they remain of the same opinion.
I realise how unusual this would be, particularly at this time of year, but can anyone offer an alternative explanation. Are they kept as cage birds? Is it more likely that this could be an escaped cage bird?
Any help in getting to the bottom of this mystery much appreciated!
In conversation with a colleague today they revealed that they and their partner had a very strange avian visitor to their garden on Monday pm.(They have a large garden close to Reffley Wood on the northern edge of King's Lynn). They are committed feeders of garden bird and whilst not claiming any great experise they would be able to identify all the more usual garden birds and, more importantly, recognise something different. Their non-birding daughter drew their attention to an unfamiliar bird on one of their feeders which she initially described as a large thrush. When they looked it was clearly "larger than a thrush, more like a large starling and the size of a jay". They were able to watch it with binoculars for 10 minutes or so, during which time they were able to consult a fieldguide. Comparing the bird with pictures in the book they were fairly certain they were looking at a nutcracker!! I showed them futher pictures in different guides as well as images from google and they remain of the same opinion.
I realise how unusual this would be, particularly at this time of year, but can anyone offer an alternative explanation. Are they kept as cage birds? Is it more likely that this could be an escaped cage bird?
Any help in getting to the bottom of this mystery much appreciated!
Penny Clarke
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I will be happy to go and ID the bird for them if its still being seen? (I live not far from Reffley) - email me on [email protected]
Penny:girl:
Given that there are major bird movements going on at the moment it quite possibly a wild bird. They can be very good at tucking themselves away out of sight. I found one in 2010 that though present for a week , was very hard to watch even when I knew it was present.
Kieren Allinson
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Are you saying you found a Nutcracker, in Norfolk, in 2010?
Mark Batten
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Apart from one Feb record all accepted records for nutcracker have occured between August and december. There are no April/May records. I do not recall a nutcracker being accepted in the 2010 bbrc report.
stuart white
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sacha
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Your Pied Fly looks similar to the one I found on B Point last week. I presumed it was some kind of immature plumage but on discussing the bird with JMc today he said it was more likely a 'Brown' Pied F plumage that is more common in Poland/E Europe...
Do you think this is the case with this bird?
