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    Norwich Birding

    Whitlingham Had not read recent posts on this thread. Just one great crested grebe at Conservation Area, the only grebe seen. Little Broad Gadwall. Low in alders by near dyke a perched kingfisher. Little of note on Great Broad.
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    Norwich Birding

    Peregrine Peregrine on Norwich Cathedral in the late morning sunshine. More birds about the city today. Two singing song thrushes, an active dunnock and the usual garden birds.
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    Norfolk birding

    Cley Glossy Ibis I parked up near Wiveton stone bridge late morning more in hope than expectation. I walked down to the crossroads and up towards Cley village green. Scanned the field with the corvids and was surprised to see the glossy ibis feeding in line with the gate. Time 1145 Went...
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    Norfolk birding

    Stiffkey and Blakeney Harbour From the aforementioned boat on the corner this afternoon Kingfisher along channel on approach Two black-throated divers west of the Point Three long-tailed ducks Three guillemots opposite the end of the Point Five red-breasted mergansers together, plus others...
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    Norfolk birding

    Never mind the different numbers being reported at any one time, twelve seems to be number of parrot crossbills around Holt Country Park and Lowes. The best day for viewing was Wednesday Wednesday 13 November numbers reported 9, 10, 6, 12, 12, 12 On Saturday twelve "crossbills" were present...
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    Norfolk birding

    Parrot crossbill numbers reported (When birds were present) Mon 11 November 11 birds Tuesday 12 November 10 Wednesday 13 November 9, 10, 6, 12, 12, 12 Thursday 14 November 4, 3 Friday 15 November 10, 1+ Saturday 16 November 1, 12 Sunday 17 November 2, 3, 6, 3, 8, 9, 12 Monday 18 November 6, 10
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    Norfolk birding

    THE female parrot crossbill on Saturday in the clear-fell was clearly larger than all of the others. Early arrivals seeing this bird in an isolated dead pine. All manner of different numbers of parrot crossbills were claimed Saturday. To my knowledge the 12 was paged against a report by an...
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    Norfolk birding

    I was told the 12 figure quoted was a misunderstanding. The female bird and perhaps one or two others. Thus one or two birds = 1/2 not 12
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    Norfolk birding

    Short-eared owl briefly along Thornham Marsh this afternoon but the hooded crow was dipped by most including me. Morning at a bracing Holkham Gap dunes with a choppy swell on the sea First look in scope and a long-tailed duck flies into view. Soon after, an initially unidentified skua close in...
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    Humpback , Norfolk

    The humpbacked whale was viewable distantly, through a telescope, from of the dunes off the end of Sea Palling Beach Road this afternoon. Drifted south towards Waxham, an alternative viewpoint, with a tell-tale flock of gannets above it. Two pom skuas south and three eider (two drakes) north...
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    Norfolk birding

    Albatross I heard the report of an possible distant albatross and who reported it - Ian Smith. Put my lunch away and walked across Winterton dunes to look out to sea - on the off chance. No sign. No gannets in the morning but plenty, of all age ranges, in the early afternoon. No albatross...
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    Norfolk birding

    Up with the lark I took advantage of the clock going back to head straight to Winterton to look for the shore lark. On spec... News broke of a pallas's warbler at Hermanus. Bagged my third pallas's in a fortnight: after none since 2010. Sheltered with two locals, one being the finder...
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    Norfolk birding

    Totemic Winterton birds Sunday 200m north of the totem pole. The washed out / bland lesser whitethroat potentially of the eastern blythi form, still present. Pallas's warbler to dusk Some mealy redpolls roosting too
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    Norfolk birding

    Penny I photographed the twitchers. The cattle egret did not photograph anybody! Monday 30 Sept I spent most of the afternoon at the cattle egret, put the news out, and told people where it had gone (behind a fence). Eventually the bird re-appeared. Saturday 5 Oct Confirmation on the pager...
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    Norfolk birding

    Missing comma or full stop Err Je n'egret rien
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    Norfolk birding

    Patience needed today. Red-breasted flycatcher seen first thing at Warham Green Garden Drove, not seen again until 11am. Just before that time I walked back up the track to join two birders. Three others watching further up and only 100m from the concrete pad. R B Fly had been re-located...
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    Norfolk birding

    Great Yarmouth cemetery used to be the place to go to at this time of year but many, including myself, have not been there much in recent years. Many of the bushes have been cut back. Some of the people around there are not the type of people I would like to bump into carrying my optics. The...
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    Norfolk birding

    Agree that bird was a dunlin. Race in-determined. Watchers should not be afraid to put news out (or post photographs) of unidentified birds they have found. Too large for least sandpiper (dream on!). Semi-palmated sandpiper was a possibility but photos show birds feet fit dunlin as ID...
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    Norfolk birding

    Norfolk Bird Report Crane 40 Horsey Gap Oct 14 2011 Spoonbill 21 Cley 7 August 2010
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    Norfolk birding

    38 Cranes Brograve Farm Followed up pager message and parked at the south entrance to Brograve Farm Waxham. Large flock of cranes, viewable from car, on far side of stubble field. Braved the elements in deteriorating weather and made three counts 38 each time, through the scope. Some...
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    Norfolk birding

    Strumpshaw wryneck To clear up any doubt, the wryneck has showed extremely well west of the pumphouse at RSPB Strumpshaw. Not visible from the footpath on the Rockland side. Bilvo's photos better than my record shot.
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    Is this a Bath White?

    Bath white range Bath white is a southern European species. A good find! There are a few British records and many more claims. Do not know anyone who has seen bath white in Britain. My theory is that people, familiar with cabbage white, see a green-veined white and, looking at a European...
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    Last 3 ticks whats yours?

    2011 western sandpiper 2012 buff-bellied pipit 2013 Pacific swift
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    Norfolk birding

    Balearic shearwaters and bank holiday fall of migrants Remarkable numbers of pied flycatcher, redstarts and whinchats in recent days never mind wrynecks and a few greenish warblers. What was most unusual was the number of Balearic shearwater records. Cannot think of a better opportunity, in...
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    Norfolk Butterflies and Moths

    My first wall of the year at the east end of the main lagoon at Cantley Beet Factory Sunday 18 August TG392024
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