The tip is on the right and there is an area of grass on the right where you can pull off the road, the gull seems to be favouring the field on the left of the road (take your scope they can be some way off).
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The tip is on the right and there is an area of grass on the right where you can pull off the road, the gull seems to be favouring the field on the left of the road (take your scope they can be some way off).
gareth_blockley
Smile people
I really want to see Whooper swans this weekend and was hoping to go to Welney. I have just seen they don't open til ten. Also i guess it's quite expensive for a quick visit. Are the Whoopers quite easy to see in the general area i.e. the fields around the reserve? or anywhere near by where i could see them?
Cheers
Gareth
Cheers
Gareth
SueBryan
Well-known member
Yes, you can generally see them in the fields from the approach road from Ten Mile Bank.
Sue
there are nomally plenty of them around in the fields (as well as Bewick's), as Sue suggested the road towards Ten Mile Bank is often a good one. Another option would be to visit Welney on the way home and see the floodlit feed, sure it's not the cheapest place to visit but it's worth it. http://www.wwt.org.uk/text/626/swan_feeds.html
Seawatch from Titchwell produced a juv Iceland Gull going east, 2 GN Divers very close in, 2 Long Tailed Ducks and plently of Goldeneyes, a few Eider and Great Crested Grebes and a RT Diver. 2 Water Pipits still in front of Parrinder Hide, among the freshly cut reeds, showing very well. Also 2 Spotchanks, several Redpoll in the scrub along the fen trail, and what was probably just a bright Chiffchaff. Possibly a fancy subsp though... Only got the briefest of views...
Jason
Jason
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And here are a few pictures from past events, as I've only just managed to sort my phone out to get them on the laptop.
All from a Kowa TSN1 and/or mobile phone.
1. Salthouse beach road during the high tide surge, at around 7am.
2. Sea gushing over the shingle ridge.
3. Scene taken from east bank, over Arnolds Marsh.
4. Desert Wheatear at Horsey.
4. Ditto, looking a tad scruffy.
All from a Kowa TSN1 and/or mobile phone.
1. Salthouse beach road during the high tide surge, at around 7am.
2. Sea gushing over the shingle ridge.
3. Scene taken from east bank, over Arnolds Marsh.
4. Desert Wheatear at Horsey.
4. Ditto, looking a tad scruffy.
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Penny Clarke
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Ilya Maclean
charlatan
Went to check through the gulls at Edgefield today - got the Iceland, but not a sign of anything Caspian looking. Bumped into Jason (nice to meet you). Sorry we didn't catch up at Wareham. Saw your car parked, but must have not walked far enough along the path (wasn't sure you hadn't gone back towards Stifkey Fen). Three ring-tailed Hen Harriers and lots of little egrets and geese coming into roost. Also a twite at Cley - the first one I've had away fromn Thornham for ages
Connor Rand
Norwich resident, Holme devotee
Had the Desert Wheatear today at Horsey- cracking bird, pics and brief write up on my blog. Also at Horsey a Barn Owl, 2 Green Woodpeckers, 2 Stonechats...
Cheers,
Connor
Cheers,
Connor
Nice to meet you too Ilya. I did go a fair way along towards Wells, as I like to get as close to East Hills as possible. Perfect weather for viewing, and I had a Merlin shoot by, 3 definite induvidual ringtail Hen Harriers interacting, although lots of induvidual sightings over 2 hours may have contained extra birds. Cant be sure though. Also a Sparrowhawk. A flock of c20 probable Twite were present over the marsh in front of the Stiffkey Greenway carpark, although they weren't calling, so not 100%. The dence flock shape was good though. Pinkfeet began arriving at around 15:55.
Iceland Gull was still at Edgefield as well. Very handsome gull.
Jason
Iceland Gull was still at Edgefield as well. Very handsome gull.
Jason
Happisbirder
Always looking, seldom finding...
Took a detour home through the local 'commons' this morning and got quite lucky with raptors. A Peregrine was chasing Wood Pigeons at Crostwight, a Common Buzzard lazed in the edge of a wood at Ridlington and a fem./imm. Hen Harrier was seen at East Ruston...
James
James
Ilya Maclean
charlatan
saw the sprawk and though I had a Merlin bomb through near to East Hills, just before the first Hen Harrier arrived and after the sprawk was flying around but too far away to be sure. Probably should have walked a bit further. Might go and check out for your possible twites sometime, as they're becoming quite rare birds in Norfolk away from Thornham. Hopefully those Caspian Gull(s) will put in a show sometime.
p.s. all - don't forget to submit the stuff you see as BTO Atlas roving records:
http://www.bto.org/birdatlas/
You'll need to register the first time you use it
p.p.s Cheers for helping me look for my car keys I stupidly dropped Jason - would have been a long walk home!
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Connor Rand
Norwich resident, Holme devotee
Hi Ilya, have you had many Twite at Thornham this winter? I , like a couple of others, have had 2 birds, but certainly not many being seen like in previous winters, although they do seem to be easier in January/February time. A few reports from Titchwell recently though not many.
3 Shorelarks rptd at Holme golf-course today. With no sign of the 3 from Cley, perhaps the same birds?
Cheers,
Connor
Ilya Maclean
charlatan
Haven't had them, but haven't looked either. In the past, the place I tend to see them most often is on the saltmarsh between Titchwell and Thornham, accessible by walking west from the seawatching bench at Titchwell. My guess is that records of birds at Titchwell are the same ones
