Phew what a day! I walked to Carlton Marshes today & as I walked along the road past the college in Lowestofts St Pteres Street I saw a bright Yellow bird perched in a cherry tree. It had a dark face & almost black primary tips. It looked very tired & I thought I had got a crippler. After a while it turned around & began to feed it had a pink ring on its left leg. It was some sort of Canary!!
After that excitement I walked through the cemetery, which was dead.
The old railway line however was full of warbler song at least three blackcaps were singing along with Willow Warblers & Chiffchaffs. Barnard’s Meadow is a large football field & always good for Wheatears today I counted six fine plumaged males. Leathes Ham & Lake Lothing were rather quiet & it was also high tide which made wader finding difficult. At Oulton Broad I had my lunch & saw a Common Tern flying over the water. A Cettis Warbler sang over by the boatyard but there was little else of note.
Carlton Marshes was alive with birds I saw a single Bearded Tit & heard nine Sedge Warblers in song also three Grasshopper Warblers, six Cettis Warblers, eight Willow warblers & five Chiffchaffs. My firs Cuckoo of the year was heard & a Common Buzzard flew west high over the marsh. Along the track I saw my first Common Redstart (Male) of the year accompanied by a Northern Wheatear. The walk back produced nothing special save a few Reed Buntings. On return to Oulton Broad, Two Common Terns were seen.
A Brilliant day again. :clap: B
After that excitement I walked through the cemetery, which was dead.
The old railway line however was full of warbler song at least three blackcaps were singing along with Willow Warblers & Chiffchaffs. Barnard’s Meadow is a large football field & always good for Wheatears today I counted six fine plumaged males. Leathes Ham & Lake Lothing were rather quiet & it was also high tide which made wader finding difficult. At Oulton Broad I had my lunch & saw a Common Tern flying over the water. A Cettis Warbler sang over by the boatyard but there was little else of note.
Carlton Marshes was alive with birds I saw a single Bearded Tit & heard nine Sedge Warblers in song also three Grasshopper Warblers, six Cettis Warblers, eight Willow warblers & five Chiffchaffs. My firs Cuckoo of the year was heard & a Common Buzzard flew west high over the marsh. Along the track I saw my first Common Redstart (Male) of the year accompanied by a Northern Wheatear. The walk back produced nothing special save a few Reed Buntings. On return to Oulton Broad, Two Common Terns were seen.
A Brilliant day again. :clap: B
