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kimandsue said:
Hi Penny
There is still a roost at the QE I work in critical care and it overlooks one of the garden quads (which are fast being used as building spaces :-C)
It's not as large as it used to be but I counted about 70 Wagtails the other week.
Regards Kim
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Oh Wow! Thats fantastic news Kim! Thanks:t: Will have to find where that is! I love all those little gardens - I call them 'pocket gardens'. I have noticed that they seem to be pinching those for building too. I hope they don't remove the one along the long corridor by the hairdressers as that has a colony of house sparrows in the huge bush at the end furthest from the hairdressers.

Best Wishes Penny:girl:
 
Penny Clarke said:
Oh Wow! Thats fantastic news Kim! Thanks:t: Will have to find where that is! I love all those little gardens - I call them 'pocket gardens'. I have noticed that they seem to be pinching those for building too. I hope they don't remove the one along the long corridor by the hairdressers as that has a colony of house sparrows in the huge bush at the end furthest from the hairdressers.

Best Wishes Penny:girl:
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My best QE sighting was a long eared owl which roosted in the area near the admin corridor one winter. I saw it 3 nights running. But without checking my logs I would guess that was about 15 years ago!
 
Titchwell March 2nd

Today’s highlights

Spoonbill – 1 on fresh marsh late afternoon
Slavonian grebe – 1 offshore
Snow bunting – 16 by beach platform
Bittern – 1 over reedbed
Med gull – in fresh marsh roost

Paul
 
I had a 'first' yesterday on the edge of Ingworth village. A Stoat in near full ermine scampered across the road and launched itself about a metre into an ivy clad oak! By the time I'd reached in to the back of the car, and got the camera out of the bag, there it was, gone! gutted but elated at the same time.
 
Raptor Reveller said:
I had a 'first' yesterday on the edge of Ingworth village. A Stoat in near full ermine scampered across the road and launched itself about a metre into an ivy clad oak! By the time I'd reached in to the back of the car, and got the camera out of the bag, there it was, gone! gutted but elated at the same time.
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Hi Raptor Reveller
I've only seen this once many years ago it is a wonderful sight. Interestingly I have heard at least 3 other people in Norfolk say they have seen a stoat in ermine over the past month, Titchwell had one logged in their book about 3 weeks ago. I assume due to the cold winter this year.
Kim
 
Raptor Reveller said:
I had a 'first' yesterday on the edge of Ingworth village. A Stoat in near full ermine scampered across the road and launched itself about a metre into an ivy clad oak! By the time I'd reached in to the back of the car, and got the camera out of the bag, there it was, gone! gutted but elated at the same time.
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I saw a partial ermine Stoat quite a few years ago now, swimming along one of the dykes at Buckenham Marsh and it really made my day so know how you must have felt.
I'm sure Dave Leech, the Norfolk mammal recorder would be interested in your record.
Nice one!
 
I've finally gathered the details for that neckringed Greylag Goose I saw at Titchwell in Feb. It was initially ringed on 22nd June 2009 on Dutch wetlands, Reeuwijkse Plassen. It appears to have remained in Holland until making the jump to the UK on 21st April 2010 where it was seen in Brancaster, by Paul! It appears to be resident in the area now, having been seen on 6 seperated occasions following, venturing as far as Fakenham and Hunstanton.
 
Just back from 4 days in north Norfolk, staying in Wells. Highlights were a beautiful pair of marsh harrier over the reeds at Cley - the male pale colouring - grey with patches of light brown; flock of c25 snow buntings and the same number of turnstone on the shingle at Salthouse beach car park; I chatted to a lone turnstone who was c2' from my feet near where the cafe used to be at the end of the beach road at Cley (where did the cafe go??); the huge flocks of geese who were with us wherever we went - in the air or on the ground/just flying up or just landing (Brent were my favourite and we only saw 3 pinkfeet in our time there) ; big flock of golden plover at Titchwell, being disturbed constantly by something unknown and flying and wheeling in the sky; the lovely barn owls which we saw daily - one quartering the marsh on the l/h side of the Titchwell footpath; the dozens of avocets at Cley.................

I must also say that we dipped on c10 shorelarks yesterday (Wednesday). They had been reported on the western side of the East bank at Cley so we drove there after breakfast and braved the bitterly cold wind towards the sea. No little birds around at all - nor big ones for that matter! So when we left there we drove to Titchwell where we spent most of the day. Then some friends who were also in Norfolk texted me last night to say they'd had 10 shorelarks at Salthouse beach carpark!! If we'd turned left off the East bank instead of right we'd have had them too. It's years since I saw my first & only shore lark (think it was Frodsham) so I'll have to wait a bit longer for my second one. (And Mick Sway & Tina will be feeling pleased with themselves....)

We also dipped on golden pheasant at Wolferton. We drove 3 times round the triangle on the drive into Norfolk and again this morning on our way home. Feel a bit of a failure really.......... LOL.

It won't be long before we're back there, I'm sure.

Sandra
 
Stoats in Ermine.

Regarding the above mentioned sightings.
One from last year(2010.) and two still present to-date.
Both of them at different stages of moult.
Sring moult slow to change. Autumn moult somewhat quicker.
Great mammals to witness.
Little Snoring.

Major
www.majorwildlife.co.uk
 

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Stoats

Know what you mean Andy.
These all took along time to get and at times only a fleeting glimpse at that.
When they go you just have to be ready.

Cheers.

Major.
 
Strumpshaw: Friday am

Some mint-fresh and photogenic Bullfinches at Strump today!
Also Water Rails, GS Peckers and a Buzzard!
 

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Waxwings

I'm sure most of you will have had your fill of Waxwings this winter but just in case there is a big flock (difficult to count but at least fifty today) feeding around the car park at the Heigham Road end of Stafford St in Norwich.

They've been present the last few days at least and there's plenty of food left so I see know reason for them to move on.

Will
 

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