James Emerson
Norwich Birder
This evening at Thorpe Marshes: Green Sand, 2 Common Sand, LRP, Snipe & 2 Whitethroats. Also a flock of around 20 Swifts over Thorpe.
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Hi.
Decided to stay fairly local to Dereham today so had a walk round part of the Wensum valley. Lots of nice summer migrants on display. Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Blackcaps were everywhere. 2 Garden Warblers, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo, 5 Common Terns, Hobby and 1 Grasshopper Warbler were the birds of the day. I also watched a Kestrel fly across a meadow carrying a young Rabbit, It could barely fly a couple of foot above ground level, quite remarkable to watch. A nice few hours birding within 15 mins from home. Nice.
Fox.
Decided to stay fairly local to Dereham today so had a walk round part of the Wensum valley. Lots of nice summer migrants on display. Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Blackcaps were everywhere. 2 Garden Warblers, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cuckoo, 5 Common Terns, Hobby and 1 Grasshopper Warbler were the birds of the day. I also watched a Kestrel fly across a meadow carrying a young Rabbit, It could barely fly a couple of foot above ground level, quite remarkable to watch. A nice few hours birding within 15 mins from home. Nice.
Fox.
Happisbirder
Always looking, seldom finding...
thanks for the info - I popped over there this morning and am glad I did. A stunning bird to both see and hear. I've posted a shot in the gallery - http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/306080/limit/recent and there are some more on my website.
Jono L
Well-known member
Smart nominate male Woodchat Shrike at Winterton south dunes this afternoon, in gorse bushes about 500 m south of the beach road.
A couple of photos on my blog.
This morning, 3 (Greenland) Wheatears on Strumpshaw Hill, plus Lesser Whitethroat and Turtle Dove.
Cheers
Jono
A couple of photos on my blog.
This morning, 3 (Greenland) Wheatears on Strumpshaw Hill, plus Lesser Whitethroat and Turtle Dove.
Cheers
Jono
James Emerson
Norwich Birder
Oh for a decent puddle in Happisburgh... 3
James
Maybe we could arrange a swap deal for a small section of coastline?
stuart white
Well-known member
The curse of the pager
Had a great day out today, a fine adult Little Gull was seen at Barton Broad. Rush Hill scrape produced 2 Wood Sandpipers , a hobby and 9 species of warbler. Then we headed to winterton, first up a female Ring Ouzel flushed below hermanus, moving on about 500yds south of the road I heard my pager bleep. It informed us a woodchat had been seen some 2 hours earlier in that exact spot !! I looked up and there it was a fine male WOODCHAT SHRIKE. Oh if only I hadn't heard the pager or got delayed by the rouzel. Can I have it as a find anyway, surely we would have found it ? Up in the north dunes we found 2 cracking male Whinchats and headed home happy.
Had a great day out today, a fine adult Little Gull was seen at Barton Broad. Rush Hill scrape produced 2 Wood Sandpipers , a hobby and 9 species of warbler. Then we headed to winterton, first up a female Ring Ouzel flushed below hermanus, moving on about 500yds south of the road I heard my pager bleep. It informed us a woodchat had been seen some 2 hours earlier in that exact spot !! I looked up and there it was a fine male WOODCHAT SHRIKE. Oh if only I hadn't heard the pager or got delayed by the rouzel. Can I have it as a find anyway, surely we would have found it ? Up in the north dunes we found 2 cracking male Whinchats and headed home happy.
firstreesjohn
Well-known member
Would chat- but don’t really have the time . . .
. . . football to watch !
Not much of a diversion from the usual way home and a nice little bonus after more than an hour in detention- not me, some wretched youths.
Happily accommodating of some snaps, but not heard by me to utter a sound, it seemed to accept the quiet approach. Most of the time, it was disturbed by the myriad dog people- one of the curses of Winterton.
. . . football to watch !
Not much of a diversion from the usual way home and a nice little bonus after more than an hour in detention- not me, some wretched youths.
Happily accommodating of some snaps, but not heard by me to utter a sound, it seemed to accept the quiet approach. Most of the time, it was disturbed by the myriad dog people- one of the curses of Winterton.
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mr.sim
Honourable founding member of the "day late" gang
Maybe we could arrange a swap deal for a small section of coastline?
I'm sure you won't have to wait long for erosion to secure that deal for you...
David Norgate
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Some excellent birds turning up today (and good to hear about them, too!)
Can someone explain to me why Tawny Pipit is now a 'rarity' as per RBA (sorry if I have missed something!
Can someone explain to me why Tawny Pipit is now a 'rarity' as per RBA (sorry if I have missed something!
Andy Musgrove
Well-known member
I can't speak for RBA, but although it isn't an BBRC species, Tawny Pipit does seem to be fairly thin on the ground these days. (Ortolan is another similar "non-rarity" that springs to mind). Only 231 out of 580 British Life Lists on BUBO Listing have Tawny Pipit, ranking it below lots of supposedly rarer species. Anyway, I need it (and Woodchat) for Norfolk, but I'm not likely to have a chance until the weekend...
Cheers
Andy
Rally Sally
Member
Smashing Evening
Hi got home at 6pm to see Hoopoe on pager, so dashed off along the coast path and thanks to chap giving directions along with a lovely couple from West Runton, there it was, absolutely stunning! I shall be grinning for the rest of the week, I have always wanted to see one of these! Watched it for about 45 minutes. Also saw Whitethroat and linnet.
Hi got home at 6pm to see Hoopoe on pager, so dashed off along the coast path and thanks to chap giving directions along with a lovely couple from West Runton, there it was, absolutely stunning! I shall be grinning for the rest of the week, I have always wanted to see one of these! Watched it for about 45 minutes. Also saw Whitethroat and linnet.
petehasset
Well-known member
where was it
where it was seen would be helpful , not everybody has a pager ,
Hi got home at 6pm to see Hoopoe on pager, so dashed off along the coast path and thanks to chap giving directions along with a lovely couple from West Runton, there it was, absolutely stunning! I shall be grinning for the rest of the week, I have always wanted to see one of these! Watched it for about 45 minutes. Also saw Whitethroat and linnet.
where it was seen would be helpful , not everybody has a pager ,
Garybirder
A bird a day
This evening it went from the West end of the Golf Course (Sheringham) all the way up to the footpath further West that comes from the A149 flying back and forth all the time did sit still for a while in the middle of the field before flying back towards the Golf Course
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James Emerson
Norwich Birder
A Hoopoe was in the area around the western end of the golf course at Sheringham this afternoon and evening. I managed to see it around 7, at which point it was just west of the footpath from Sheringham Park to the coast footpath, before flying east back towards the golf course.
petehasset
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Paul Woolnough
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I wondered why you were turning right, John, at the Gapton Hall roundabout in Yarmouth as I was on the way to the good birds in Corton, Suffolk.
A great day. Common sandpiper still this lunchtime at Thorpe Marsh, Norwich, thank you. The pager got busy as I returned to work....
Another bird which is often hard to get is wood warbler. OK, not a proper scarce species even if locally extinct as a breeding species.
Having discovered, when calculating my Suffolk list for Bubo, that I needed wood warbler for that county I twitched the Corton bird. Showed well briefly having called to confirm it had returned to a favoured area having gone missing.
Time to go and see the woodchat and get to an evening meeting.
Left work at 4pm. 730pm meeting and loads of birds to go for.
Saw the two targets, wood warbler and woodchat and got to meeting at 725pm!
Working late tomorrow but will be in Sheringham. May the hoopoe stay!
petehasset
Well-known member
today
does anybody know if the hoopoe has been seen 2day & if so where abouts
does anybody know if the hoopoe has been seen 2day & if so where abouts
apparently there was no sign between 6 and 8 this morning...
Titchwell April 29th
Today's highlights
Iberian chiffchaff - singing male along Meadow Trail although difficult to see. Found singing this morning but since late morning has been mobile in the willows around the pond dipping pool but showing well at times. It has been heard to sing again briefly late this afternoon but the rain has now put it off. 1st record for Titchwell.
Red necked grebe - 1 on grazing meadow pool
Garganey - drake on grazing meadow pool before moving to fresh marsh
Grasshopper warbler - 1 singing from Fen Hide
Little gull - adult on grazing marsh pool
Red crested pochard - 2 pairs on fresh marsh
Paul
Today's highlights
Iberian chiffchaff - singing male along Meadow Trail although difficult to see. Found singing this morning but since late morning has been mobile in the willows around the pond dipping pool but showing well at times. It has been heard to sing again briefly late this afternoon but the rain has now put it off. 1st record for Titchwell.
Red necked grebe - 1 on grazing meadow pool
Garganey - drake on grazing meadow pool before moving to fresh marsh
Grasshopper warbler - 1 singing from Fen Hide
Little gull - adult on grazing marsh pool
Red crested pochard - 2 pairs on fresh marsh
Paul
