Another Great Day on the Patch!
(Having been affected by 'computer problems' I haven't been inclined to update recently, so will add a few highlights from the previous week, too!)
A quiet start soon changed when four birds flew from the edge of one of the pits. One was a Meadow Pipit, another Wheatear, then Yellow Wagtail and the final bird: Whinchat! (This was my second of the week and only my 3rd ever in the Wensum Valley!). Altogther, 4 Wheatear and 2 Yellow Wagtail were present, to add to similar numbers seen at a different site yesterday - not bad for an inland site! 2 Commn Sandpiper were new in today, with both Green Sandpiper and Greenshank (now into its 3rd week) still present. Other summer breeders have continued to arrive, although it is probably those that have not been recorded that are more 'interesting': no Sedge Warbler (nor Reed or Grasshopper), no Terns, nor Cuckoo, Swift, Hobby etc!
An afternoon around Swaffham yesterday produced Woodchat, Osprey, Stone Curlew, Tree Pipit, Woodlark and Willow Tit - what a difference a 'few' miles makes!