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Monday shots of Arctic Warbler now added to blog, not worth adding here as not as good as shots taken on Saturday! Also added loads of photos to earlier postings. STILL have Fair Isle to do!

Best Wishes Penny:girl:
 
As noone managed to staple the Cley Wryneck to the ground a few days ago, can someone superglue the arctic warbler to a branch for friday please. :p
 
Titchwell September 15th

Today's highlights

Spoonbill - 1 on fresh marsh
Curlew sandpiper - 1 on fresh marsh
Little stint - 8 on fresh marsh
Dunlin - 50 on fresh marsh
Wheatear - 2 on fresh marsh
Hobby - 1 over carpark
Bittern - 1 on pools alongside main path

Paul
 
Cracking views of the male Red-backed Shrike at Winterton today, faithful to the scrub on the left hand side just past the village hall. Apart from this feat of dirty twitching, the north dunes held c.5 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, a Swift battling into the strong wind,1+ Hobby and a trickle of hirundines (mainly Swallow). The south dunes had 3-4 Willow warblers, 2 Chiffs, Redstart and a "tacking" warbler that refused to give itself up. Also quite a few (15+) Red Ads...
 
Yesterday's surface pressure charts looked very interesting; the deep low that tracked around the northern Scottish coast appeared to 'sink' southwards into the North Sea. Given the huge numbers of Leach's Petrels that were recorded in the NW yesterday (plus good numbers of LTS, Sabs, Balearics etc.,) north Norfolk could be in for some rewarding seawatching over the next couple of days. If you're lucky enough to be able to get out there... GO!!! :eek!:

Atb,

James
 
Titchwell September 16th

Today's highlights

Lapland bunting - 3 on fresh marsh from Island Hide although elusive
Little stint - 6 on fresh marsh
Ruff - 40 on fresh marsh
Wheatear - 1 on fresh marsh
Pink footed goose - several groups (50, 30, 20) east over reserve
Peregine - 1 hunting over reserve throughout the day

Paul
 
Some more interesting skua action at Cley today, not many seen, I think the main passage was between 7-8am. We had 2 nice juv poms both pale and intermediate phase birds and a few arctics and greats through the day, also a Black Tern hanging around the reserve. One of the highlights was to be found in north hide. Look at this monster pair of binoculars, I felt quite inadequate!
 

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Nice surprise today in the shape of an Osprey in Blakeney Harbour at c1200 (viewed from Stiffkey Fen). After tusseling with the local Marsh Harriers it was watched hovering over the harbour before diving down and successfully catching a fish which it then carried off NW towards East Hills.

Black Tern, 2 Curlew Sands, Wood Sand and a single Spoonbill on the fen itself, and then had the added bonus of the Tour of Britain going through on the way back to the car!

Simon
 
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It looks as if the low pressure that topped across Scotland yesterday was pulled into the deeper low over Scandinavia, therefore not coming further south than the Skagerrak. I'm sure had it come further into the North Sea more would have been seen here. Check out some of today's French and Dutch counts on Trektellen to see where the seabirds went in the reasonably fair weather conditions. The Met Office charts are showing quite closely spaced isobars in the northern sector of the North Sea for the next 24 hours, so tomorrow may be worth a couple of early hours. With the winds easing again on Saturday there's also the chance of some northward reorientation from the stuff that flew past Holland/France today. Still, a Storm Petrel and a few Long-tailed Skuas plus a nice passage of Bonxies must have made for a nice morning's watching...

Atb,

James
 
interesting what people are saying, and when there is stuff getting blown our way from 'over the top' all the better but ive always found seebirds are a lot easier to predict than smaller birds, anything with NW in it regardless of levels of sun, worth looking,

he says groggily awaking up and saying is it worth it, how hard are the masts chinking - we'll see in a couple of hours

was it worth it? well it was a fine morning with the sun breaking through the clouds and the chi rising off the sea - good to more juv Arctic Skuas about this year, a few Bonxies, thats about it<cleys certainly the best place in terms of nearness of the birds but this is tempered with the fact when its blowy you need some kind of shelter.
still yet to get LTS this year, (was on breakfast shift yesterday).
 
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well reading all these posts it looks like rlass and me came down a week or so to early
we are going to book again for end of next may and september
hoping to see lots coming in and breeding and lots going back
monday we are going to a wetlands site (sutton cum lound)not to far from home
looks like visits upto scotland will be on hold for a couple of years
 
Several skeins of pinkfeet coming in from the north west over Holme Dunes this afternoon, 13:30 ish, at least 300 plus birds, at different altitudes. Also steady numbers of arctic and great skuas heading west into the wash including a group of five bonxies and two arctic skuas at approx two hundred metres high and gaining height constantly.
 
Titchwell September 17th

Today's highlights

Little stint - 7 juvs on fresh marsh
Pink footed goose - 635 east over reserve during the afternoon
Little gull - 2 on fresh marsh
Spoonbill - 1 on fresh marsh
Green sandpiper - 1 on fgrazing meadow
Greenshank - 6 on fresh marsh
Lapland bunting - 1 on fresh marsh although very elusive
Peregrine - juv on beach
Wheatear - 2 on brackish marsh

Paul
 
Anser back

Yesterday afternoon, several small groups (20-30ish) of Pink-feet flew west, as heard/seen from Blakeney/Cley/Salthouse.

A Hobby flew west towards The Point, pursued by Merlin- sorry, a Merlin (!).

A Short-eared Owl was just west of the Cley beach car park, as were 3 Wheatears.

Also, single Red Admirals were coming in off. Today, an ivy bush at the southern end of Walsey Hills NOA held around 15.
 

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Seems like the Arctic warbler has moved on as no reports today?

Was hoping to rturn tomorrow to get this on my list!

Just asked Sophie B. H.B.O. AW and she said no one has reported it today.:-C

Doesn't mean to say its not there though, especially if not many people have been looking!

Best Wishes Penny:girl:
 

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