Norfolk birding (28 Viewers)

[O.Reville1989]

Cricket Marsh viewable from West Bank is last message I got.

 

[postcardcv]

saw it this morning from the visitor centre on the mound pops up then disappears for a while it was very close to the spoonbills way out in the marshes not visible i believe from any hide but may be wrong it was nice to see short eared owl fly over the eye field early morning regards Stewart

Thanks for the info, not one to try and show he kids then...

 

[Johny121]

A fantastic report Sue, to a country I am very much interested in visiting!

 

[putnoebabes]

Hoodie

Had a Hooded Crow fly over my caravan on Wyndham Park, East Runton this am at 10.45

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 6th

Today’s highlights

Little gull – 29 on fresh marsh
Little ringed plover – 4 on fresh marsh
Red crested pochard
Spoonbill – 1 on fresh marsh
Short eared owl – 1 hunting over saltmarsh
Knot – 600 roosting over high tide on fresh marsh
Bar tailed godwit – 950 roosting over high tide on fresh marsh

Paul

 

[Penny Clarke]

Wonderful to watch the Black-winged Stilt this evening from 6pm until 7.45pm from Avocet Hide NWT distantly on Cricket Marsh (updated RBA several times throughout my time here). This is a Cley 'first' apparently:t:

Full update on blog.

Penny:girl:

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 7th

Today’s highlights

Med gull – 4 over fresh marsh
Spoonbill – 1 on fresh marsh
Red crested pochard – 2 on fresh marsh
Grasshopper warbler – male singing on grazing meadow
Little ringed plover – 3 on fresh marsh
Barn owl – 3 on grazing meadow

Paul

 

[O.Reville1989]

Great to see the Hooded Crow at Salthouse this evening, despite the torrential rain!
First in Norfolk I've managed to see.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Looking good for some american waders today, hoping to try my luck in the Yare valley. Really enjoyed your trip report also Sue, some great photos on your blog.

 

[jimbob]

Looking good for some american waders today, hoping to try my luck in the Yare valley. Really enjoyed your trip report also Sue, some great photos on your blog.

Was thinking the same Daniel, on both counts! I have somewhere in mind to try for Waders later today. Broad-billed Sand would be a good bet!
Cheers,
Jim.

 

[O.Reville1989]

Was thinking the same Daniel, on both counts! I have somewhere in mind to try for Waders later today. Broad-billed Sand would be a good bet!
Cheers,
Jim.

Is there an American Broad-Billed Sandpiper? Pretty sure they breed in Siberia and migrate to Australia and south east Asia in winter?

 

[jimbob]

Is there an American Broad-Billed Sandpiper? Pretty sure they breed in Siberia and migrate to Australia and south east Asia in winter?

Your field guide does not lie Oliver . Some birds winter in Africa, seem to remember similar conditions throwing up a bird in recent past, happy to be proved wrong of course! I am guilty of being a little optimistic and had not restricted my thinking to simply American Waders. I'm terrible for Wader name-dropping.
Cheers,
Jim.

 

[Johny121]

I am guilty of being a little optimistic
Cheers,
Jim.

Surely, the most important thing in birding!

Best of luck, if Daniel's optimism rubs off on me a bit and can persuade me to put on my raincoat and get out we will be searching high and low!

 

[Mark Batten]

The Stilt must be a failed breeder

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 8th

Today’s highlights

Another beautiful summers day!!

Spoonbill – 1 on fresh marsh
Red crested pochard – drake on fresh marsh
Little gull – 3 on fresh marsh
Red breasted merganser – female on fresh marsh
Med gull – adult on fresh marsh

Paul

 

[Penny Clarke]

Another beautiful summers day!!
Paul

The same beautiful weather in King's Lynn
howling winds, trees down and torrential rain - typical June!!!

 

[jimbob]

Drew a blank this evening, no Waders and not much of anything else! A Reed Warbler doing an excellent Blue and then Bearded Tit had me for a bit!
Still, a better day than Mr. Crapbirder apparently .
Cheers,
Jim.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Drew a blank on the mega front today, though did have an enjoyable social wander round the patch with Mr Emerson, what a lovely fellow!

 

[ben_lewis]

The woodchat shrike was still present at Winterton this morning, which was nice.
The real oddity of the day is pictured below, it isn't a bird but has me completely baffled as to what it is, or was. It has teeth in two rows, at the front/back and a single row in the middle as well as two more canine like teeth.
Looks fishy to me but not like any fish I have seen before, present in one of the dune slacks. Any ideas?

 

[Phil Carter]

The woodchat shrike was still present at Winterton this morning, which was nice.
The real oddity of the day is pictured below, it isn't a bird but has me completely baffled as to what it is, or was. It has teeth in two rows, at the front/back and a single row in the middle as well as two more canine like teeth.
Looks fishy to me but not like any fish I have seen before, present in one of the dune slacks. Any ideas?

Difficult to see what's what really but looks like a Thornback Ray.

Phil