Penny Clarke
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Bad luck Dave, its soul destroying doing BP with few numbers of birds, I have done this many times!
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Andy Benson
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Four 'fingered' Hen Harrier?
stuart white
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That's a very interesting looking hen harrier? Only has 4 visible fingers, slender looking wings which look narrow at the hand and a long slender looking tail?
Sorry Andy, think you beat me to it!
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Andy Benson
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stuart white
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I'm going to stick my neck out and say montagu's Harrier on structure and lack of any obvious collar/boa
A very nice find indeed
A very nice find indeed
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NoSpringChicken
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Sorry Stuart, as you have probably guessed I am rubbish at ID'ing birds. What the **** is a montallid harrier?
Ron
stuart white
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Sorry just being daft a cross between a Montagu's and Pallid Harrier
I think it's probably montagu's though, good job you had your camera with you and once again a very nice find. Did it look quite 'rakish' in the field ?
NoSpringChicken
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It looked quite slender and streamlined, if that is what you mean. To be honest I was concentrating on trying to photograph it with a camera which wasn't focusing very well to take in all the finer details.
My partner Lynn has just got iBird on her iPhone and looking on that we both picked up on the white rump and thought it was a Hen Harrier. We hadn't even considered a Montagu's Harrier. Lucky I had a camera with me.
Edit. I have been looking at photos of Montagu's Harriers and they do look just like the bird which we saw. Thanks for putting me right Stuart and Andy. :t:
Ron
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Titchwell May 7th
Today’s highlights
Garganey – drake on Patsy’s reedbed all day
Wood sandpiper – 1 on Patsy’s reedbed
Red crested pochard – pair on fresh marsh
Spoonbill – 1 east @ 11am
Little gull – adult on fresh marsh
Common sandpiper – 1 on fresh marsh
Grasshopper warbler – 1 singing near Fen Hide
Greenshank – 1 on fresh marsh
Paul
Today’s highlights
Garganey – drake on Patsy’s reedbed all day
Wood sandpiper – 1 on Patsy’s reedbed
Red crested pochard – pair on fresh marsh
Spoonbill – 1 east @ 11am
Little gull – adult on fresh marsh
Common sandpiper – 1 on fresh marsh
Grasshopper warbler – 1 singing near Fen Hide
Greenshank – 1 on fresh marsh
Paul
paulptct
Paul Taylor
Salthouse
Thank you to the young couple who pointed me in the right direction of the Whimbrel. 3 showing well on the hill west of the car park.
Also today Wheatear, Linnet, Sedge Warbler and Red legged Partridge. A steady stream of Sandwich Terns flying east to West to East carrying sand eels.
Later on at Bishop's hide the Avocets were getting frisky.
Though no sign of any Bearded Tits, can anyone please point me in the right direction.
Thank you to the young couple who pointed me in the right direction of the Whimbrel. 3 showing well on the hill west of the car park.
Also today Wheatear, Linnet, Sedge Warbler and Red legged Partridge. A steady stream of Sandwich Terns flying east to West to East carrying sand eels.
Later on at Bishop's hide the Avocets were getting frisky.
Though no sign of any Bearded Tits, can anyone please point me in the right direction.
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firstreesjohn
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No, Stuart ! I was then residing in a moister and milder milieu, over 200 miles to the south-west.
According to RBA, there was only one R-tP present at any one time in May 1992.
Having just seen 2 pix of the Kelling Grey-head (http://www.birdgroups.co.uk/cbc/news.asp?pageid=14), I can confidently state they are different birds.
Having just seen 2 pix of the Kelling Grey-head (http://www.birdgroups.co.uk/cbc/news.asp?pageid=14), I can confidently state they are different birds.
If you check the photos of the Blue headed wagtails you'll notice the second grey is also listed as a blue.
If you check the photos of the Blue headed wagtails you'll notice the second grey is also listed as a blue.
Bilvo
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Hi Paul,
I believe we spoke this morning as you were heading to Bishop's about the lack of birds on view at the time and the Whimbrel at Salthouse?
I heard Beardies calling from the reeds beside the footpatch to the central hides today, but to be honest they can be in any of the reedbeds! I've previously had them from this footpath, the footpath to Bishop's, in the reeds beside the East bank and also accross the road at Walsey!!
There was also 40+ Little Tern's fishing to the West of the beach car-park, 1 Fulmar past heading East and 6 Gannets doing the same.
Waders increased in the afternoon with a Curlew Sand on Simmonds amongst a few Dunlin, plus a reported Temminck's; which did a bunk whilst I was there, only to return later along with 3 more apparently on North Scrape!
Keith
ps - nice photos!!
paulptct
Paul Taylor
john miller
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Nigel has just made an error with the captions one pic being used twice, there was only one Grey-headed
John
stuart white
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I think Mr. Furze means the kelling grey-headed is different to the west runton grey headed of monday morning, interesting as one would assume they would have been the same bird, just goes to show you shouldn't assume anything !
John - I saw 2 R-T Pipits together and have a photograph somewhere of both, I recently read in the norfolk bird report for that year there were actually 3 there over that weekend, we saw 20 grey-headed wags all in the same ploughed field as well. Magic
John - I saw 2 R-T Pipits together and have a photograph somewhere of both, I recently read in the norfolk bird report for that year there were actually 3 there over that weekend, we saw 20 grey-headed wags all in the same ploughed field as well. Magic
firstreesjohn
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Site guide & map: West Runton
Precisely. Thanks for the translation, Stuart.
Perhaps a correction needs to be made somewhere, then. Wish I’d been there and read the above with envy (Deadly Sin!); I’ve heard about this from several people.
Below are two waggies from this evening. The calves were sometimes touching the fence by the footpath between [1] and [2], with the sun low and behind.
Also, please find a site guide to West Runton (Word doc.), with accompanying map, for the visitor.
1. West field W.
2. West field E; houses & gardens to SE.
3. Central field.
4. Old Farm compound: buildings in restoration; willow copse at NE corner.
5. East field W.
6. Pine Belt: conifers & other trees, vegetation.
7. East field E; rubbish dump on NE; play area to SE.
8. Rough grass E.
9. Rough grass W.
10. Car parking area & field.
11. Field, with goalposts.
12. Children’s play area.
Precisely. Thanks for the translation, Stuart.
Perhaps a correction needs to be made somewhere, then. Wish I’d been there and read the above with envy (Deadly Sin!); I’ve heard about this from several people.
Below are two waggies from this evening. The calves were sometimes touching the fence by the footpath between [1] and [2], with the sun low and behind.
Also, please find a site guide to West Runton (Word doc.), with accompanying map, for the visitor.
1. West field W.
2. West field E; houses & gardens to SE.
3. Central field.
4. Old Farm compound: buildings in restoration; willow copse at NE corner.
5. East field W.
6. Pine Belt: conifers & other trees, vegetation.
7. East field E; rubbish dump on NE; play area to SE.
8. Rough grass E.
9. Rough grass W.
10. Car parking area & field.
11. Field, with goalposts.
12. Children’s play area.
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MICK SAUNT
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Montagu's Harrier
Female Montagu's Harrier this afternoon south over Nelson's Head track at Horsey probably same bird as at Winterton a couple of days ago. At last a good movement of hirundines with probably a couple of hundred swallows mainly south(?) with a couple of hobbies hot on their tails. Also a couple of distant cranes but little else.
Mick
Female Montagu's Harrier this afternoon south over Nelson's Head track at Horsey probably same bird as at Winterton a couple of days ago. At last a good movement of hirundines with probably a couple of hundred swallows mainly south(?) with a couple of hobbies hot on their tails. Also a couple of distant cranes but little else.
Mick
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Garybirder
A bird a day
Saw a female Montagu's over fields NW of Rollesby at about 5.20, could easily be the same bird.
Just before this a Black Tern was near to the road on Ormesby Broad.
