Mid Yare waders and other goodies
There were 20+ Barwits at Cantley this morning Paul, should have gone that little bit further- always the way! Also at Buckenham/Cantley today was the Ruddy Shelduck hanging around with 2 Egyptian geese and a nice summer plumaged Grey plover, both valley ticks for me.
Perhaps I should have Ben. Grey plover and bar-wit both needed.
I have been birding in the Yare Valley far longer than I have been twitching rare birds. Honed my ID skills on waders seen here.
Have given it some thought and the easiest split for listing is
(a) birds within a reasonable walking distance of RSPB Strumpshaw car park (b) everywhere else
148 for Strumpshaw and Buckenham (only) and
159 for the whole area from Surllingham to Cantley on
both sides of the river.
Buckenham wader list
1 Oystercatcher
2 Avocet
3 Little Ringed Plover
4 Ringed Plover
5
Pacific Golden Plover 05/07/1998 Buckenham
6 Golden Plover
7 Lapwing
8 Knot 16/05/2008 Buckenham
9 Little Stint 10/10/2010 Buckenham
10 Temminck's Stint 13/05/2002 Buckenham
11
Baird's Sandpiper 22/09/2004 Buckenham
12 Curlew Sandpiper 15/09/2001 Buckenham
13 Dunlin
14 Ruff
15 Common Snipe
16 Woodcock
17 Black-tailed Godwit
18 Curlew
19 Common Sandpiper
20 Green Sandpiper
21 Greenshank
23 Wood Sandpiper 06/05/2007 Buckenham
24 Redshank
Mid Yare Valley additions
1 Lesser White-fronted Goose Cantley 2010
2 Lesser Canada Goose Cantley 2003/04 winter
3 Ruddy Duck Surlingham Church Marsh (sorry shooters 1995!)
4 Red necked grebe Rockland Broad 2011
5 Lesser yellowlegs Cantley BF twice 2001 and 2002
6 Jack Snipe Cantley Marshes 2010
7 Whiskered Tern Rockland two records 1994 and 1999
8 White winged black tern Cantley BF 2002
9 Turtle dove Cantley BF 2006
10 Liittle Owl Surlingham Church Marsh 1980's (tick)
11 Ring Ouzel Strumpshaw village 2010 (Thanks to Birding Dad!)
OH has to stay in to wait for new virgin box and broadband to be installed so it'd be nice to get out and about.
