scary-canary
Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some
At least we dave the Bird Fair to look forward to!!!
Who's Dave?
At least we dave the Bird Fair to look forward to!!!
Something tells me there is a distinct lack of rares around with all this budgie talk!!!!!
At least we dave the Bird Fair to look forward to!!!
:-O:-O Obviously I mean't 'have'!!!!!!! ..... now corrected!Who's Dave?
More importantly Penny - will Simon King be there this year?!!!
Now that will be something to look forward to.
Best wishes
Richard
Well done to the observers of this mornings probable Wilson's petrel - a potential first for Norfolk? Betcha F.T.J. spat out his cornish cream tea when that news came out on t'pager!
I wonder if the observers feel the same?!? Must have been a frustrating sighting - unless they were more confident than the 'probable' suggests!
Anybody know any details? Feel free to PM me if you don't want to name names on here!! Amazing the bird took 45 mins to get from Sheringham and to Cley, it's usually only 10! What did it get up to in between, I wonder?!?
(Also amazing it was seen at both sites considering the (lack of) conditions this morning!)
Of course Simon will be there - he always is!!!!!!! Of course I will be queuing for my yearly picture again and signed card. I am a devoted fan, but then you already know that!
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
You're obviously underestimating the "fresh NNW winds" - there is a summary of the sighting now on the UK400 club blog (http://uk400clubrarebirdalert.blogspot.com/). Bearing in mind the eight observers at Cley I'm surprised it was still put out as a probable.
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Just to set the record straight, the bird was not I.D`d by Kevin as a Wilsons, he called it as a "storm petrel" but was alerted by the fact that it performed two large shears/glides as it flew past & was definately not a Leaches. He then phoned the bird out to B.I.S.
Wilson's Storm Petrel was watched flying past Hartlepool Headland on the evening of 7.9.06 it's been accepted .Also another one was seen from a boat off the Northumberland coast in Sept 2002 and that is also been accepted.I agree with you there James...
Fantastic Norfolk record. Presumably only the second north sea record too??
The winds looked great this afternoon when I was strolling along Cromer beach on a (unfortunately) non birding visit!