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Norfolk birding (9 Viewers)

Nice walk from Bucks to Cantley today. Hunting female Peregrine awarded close views, common buzzards, marsh harriers, kestrel and a female sparrowhawk added to the BoP. Both Bean Geese recorded, a helicopter flushed them and they gave brilliant views as they fled from the giant yellow shape in the sky. Bearded tit were calling but not seen, reed bunts, skylark, goldfinch, linnet and starling the passerines. Golden plover, lapwing, ruff and a curlew calling wader wise, a waterrail was skrieking but unseen, nice morning :)
 
The Darling Buds of . . . December ? !

Last winter, I’m sure BudWatch didn't begin as early as this at Gramboro’. Spring is on its way ! (You read it here, first.)

No sight nor sign of the Chiffchaff in Wells Woods. I could still see 2 drake and 3 (I think) brownhead Goldeneye on The Bosom, though.

And I’d got back to Holt, before I found out where the Fakenham Shrike was.


Merry Christmass



to all my long-suffering readers and

Very Happy Birding in the Olympian New Year.
 

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Ok then, how many of you "twitched" the sperm whale?

Didn't bother....

Thought it'd probably have gone by the time I arrived.... :-O

Merry Christmas to one and all!

James

Just an afterthought... Perhaps we should tether the blubbery beast to the shore to give [most ;)] Norfolk listers a chance of gripping back Ivory Gull. It's a long time coming but will surely fall one day...
 
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Went to see the whale early afternoon, sad thing to see but fascinating all the same.
Crowds of up to 25-30 people were gathered around the beast, while distantly small groups of Gulls waited for a chance to have some Christmas lunch!
Hopefully it will be allowed to rest with dignity rather than being stripped by "opportunist" trophy hunters.
 

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Fakenham GG Shrike

And I’d got back to Holt, before I found out where the Fakenham Shrike was.
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Could someone post or PM me the location of the GG Shrike at Fakenham?

Thanks

Rob
 
During a Christmas day family walk around the village of Shotesham yesterday afternoon, I managed to add two species to my village list (nos. 113 and 114) in under a minute! A male Goosander flew west overhead, and shortly afterwards, a ringtail Hen Harrier flew over us. The latter was hunting the area around Wash Lane/Market Lane, approx TM255971, if anyone else in the area wants to have a look. Presume it's a bird that roosts at Strumpshaw?
 
Titchwell December 26th

A couple of hours around the reserve this morning produced the following.

Coues's arctic redpoll - 1 in alders by visitor centre @ 08:00 but very mobile
Long tailed duck - 3 offshore
Scaup - 2 females offshore
Goosander - drake west offshore
Slav grebe - 2 offshore
Lapland bunting - 1 west along beach
Spotted redshank - 5 on saltmarsh
Golden plover - 1200 on fresh marsh

Paul
 
Im visiting norfolk on 31st dec and starting with western sandpiper,but after i would like to photograph snow,lapland or shorelarks.Anywhere on the coast where these are showing well,does holkham freshmarsh still get these every year?
Cheers
Dave
 
At last caught up with the Coues's Arctic Redpoll today along with some other good birds.

See Blog for for full update.

Good Birding and a Happy New Year to you all.​

Best Wishes Penny:girl:
 
Im visiting norfolk on 31st dec and starting with western sandpiper,but after i would like to photograph snow,lapland or shorelarks.Anywhere on the coast where these are showing well,does holkham freshmarsh still get these every year?
Cheers
Dave
Hi Dave

As you will be in Cley anyway for the W.S. go to Salthouse to see snowbuntings by the Beach Road Carpark or along the shingle ridge west/east at the end of the East Bank (Cley) (ask when you get to Visitor Centre or other local birders). Not heard of any shorelarks around recently and they are very difficult to photograph (I have found!). Good places for them could be the same areas I have already mentioned for snowbuntings and also east of Holkham Beach Gap and sometimes at Titchwell or Holme etc. Lapland Buntings are sometimes seen at West Runton on the cliffs, but can if you are lucky been seen anywhere long the Norfolk coast, but again, difficult to get see them, never mind photograph them! Good luck and enjoy your visit.

Penny
 
Well I hope it shows ok in the next three days as I am about to leave for Norfolk for a three day visit. The Sandpiper at Cley will go down nicely as well.

Might see you around Penny.

Happy New Year to all.

John

At last caught up with the Coues's Arctic Redpoll today along with some other good birds.

See Blog for for full update.

Good Birding and a Happy New Year to you all.​

Best Wishes Penny:girl:
 
i would like to photograph lapland

Dave: 7+ last seen photographically on Christmas Day in the field south of the coastguard cottages, along the track north the windmill, at Weybourne.

Unsure whether this was the field to the east or west; they are usually in the former, amongst stubble. (Haven't visited there recently.)

And 1 Shorelark & 18 Snow Buntings ("mobile") seen this a.m. in Great Yarmouth, on North Beach.

Good luck.
 
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I don’t think it’s been gutted, yet.

I was told it had most of its jaws chainsawed off- and some other bits, too. Some people !

Just as well it’s dead.
 
Snow buntings at yarmouth had gone up to near 50 about an hour ago. The high tide had also brought everything in close at Breydon. From asda we had lovely views of blackwits and pintail amidst thousands of golden plovers, lapwings and wigeon - all within a stone's throw of the path.
 
Just dandy- lyin’ there on the ground

And another sign of Spring (!), near Gramboro’. Flora experts (yes, there are specialists in margarine) might swiftly correct me.

Wells Woods car park was almost full; I was astonished. Shouldn’t they all be at the sales ? One drake Goldeneye was visible on The Bosom.

A third-time-lucky visit to Fakenham didn’t see me fakin’im (unlike some other recent ‘photographers’): poor shot, in low light and from a distance (all the excuses), of The Shrike.
 

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