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Wet through but happy. (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Keith Dickinson
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BazR
bazr
Hi Keith.
What a cracking bird list considering the ' balmy early summer weather '. I must say, that kind of weather I hate when birding, but like you I've many a time ' made the best of it ' and had some better than expected days. Thanks for sharing your very good report.
All the best.
Baz.
What a cracking bird list considering the ' balmy early summer weather '. I must say, that kind of weather I hate when birding, but like you I've many a time ' made the best of it ' and had some better than expected days. Thanks for sharing your very good report.
All the best.
Baz.
pie
Well-known member
Hi Keith,
Sounds like a good day's birding in Norfolk. I was amused by your comment about the "easily seen" Sedge W. Lucky you! I often hear S.W. on my local patch but to this day I've never seen one. This tick continues to elude me grrr! lol.
I was curious about your poss sighting of the Shearwater spp. & why it was excluded from your list. At the risk of sounding daft, I'm not sure what spp means, are you referring to Storm petrel?
"My bird of the day" to look up & read about is the Temminck's Stint.
Well spotted, what a great tick.
Great report Keith.
Sounds like a good day's birding in Norfolk. I was amused by your comment about the "easily seen" Sedge W. Lucky you! I often hear S.W. on my local patch but to this day I've never seen one. This tick continues to elude me grrr! lol.
I was curious about your poss sighting of the Shearwater spp. & why it was excluded from your list. At the risk of sounding daft, I'm not sure what spp means, are you referring to Storm petrel?
"My bird of the day" to look up & read about is the Temminck's Stint.
Well spotted, what a great tick.
Great report Keith.
NIK III
Well-known member
Hi Keith,
That's a really impressive total for trhe day. There are 3 there that would be life ticks for me. Great shame about the weather, but a big success from the birding point of view. I've never been to those reserves in Norfolk, and wouldn't have thought of driving down for the day. You've given me ideas. Enjoyed the report.
That's a really impressive total for trhe day. There are 3 there that would be life ticks for me. Great shame about the weather, but a big success from the birding point of view. I've never been to those reserves in Norfolk, and wouldn't have thought of driving down for the day. You've given me ideas. Enjoyed the report.
Thanks for all the nice comments folks.
Pie
Shearwater spp just means that we knew it was a shearwater but not which species of shearwater, the spp being the abbreviation for species.
The annoying thing is that of the 3 species we narrowed it down to, were all seen along the Norfolk coast that afternoon so we can't even use other birders sightings to id it further.
The easily seen sedge warbler, took off from the reeds and went into full song flight mode, this is in the midst of an absolute downpour.
Sad thing was I had the camera, 4 fully charged sets of batteries but the weather was so poor I daren't risk the camera getting wet. We had a swift at head height flying into the wind and staying level with us, it would have been a totally fantastic picture but the rain would have ruined the camera.
Still there's always next time.
Pie
Shearwater spp just means that we knew it was a shearwater but not which species of shearwater, the spp being the abbreviation for species.
The annoying thing is that of the 3 species we narrowed it down to, were all seen along the Norfolk coast that afternoon so we can't even use other birders sightings to id it further.
The easily seen sedge warbler, took off from the reeds and went into full song flight mode, this is in the midst of an absolute downpour.
Sad thing was I had the camera, 4 fully charged sets of batteries but the weather was so poor I daren't risk the camera getting wet. We had a swift at head height flying into the wind and staying level with us, it would have been a totally fantastic picture but the rain would have ruined the camera.
Still there's always next time.
Pam_m
Well-known member
Just read your report Keith and a cracking one it is too! Such a pity with the weather though, one thing we cannot plan isn't it? 82 species on such a day sounds pretty good to me, if I saw half that amount in a day I would be happy:-O
What a scoop the Swift would have been, never mind as you say there's always next time.
Thanks for the link and sharing your day Keith!:clap:
What a scoop the Swift would have been, never mind as you say there's always next time.
Thanks for the link and sharing your day Keith!:clap:
