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  1. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Been doing a bit of birding in Suffolk recently: Friday - Big finch flocks at a frozen over Livermere, mostly Siskin but a few Lesser Redpolls mixed in there. Also Mallards on ice is always good fun. No interesting Gulls or Waders. Also a brief stop off at Mickelmere to dip on the White-fronted...
  2. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Fairly disastrous day out at Snape Warren and North Warren today. Firstly Snape Warren was completely dead, not even a sniff of a Dartford Warbler, the estuary was slightly better with tons of Common Gulls, about 4 or 5 Avocet, a Kingfisher and a Barn Owl. Also I flushed a probable Jack Snipe...
  3. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Sorry if this is a bit late but I went for them today and had 2 (female) LT Ducks from Stutton Mill, very distant, choppy water, frequently diving etc, around buoy 11. Also a leucistic Redshank, a Rock Pipit and a Red-legged Partridge floating in the middle of the river (flushed their due to...
  4. On-Firecrest

    Young Birder

    I've never really done this whole yearly highlights thing, it's always struck me as fairly pointless, however i've had a glass of IPA, a long day and I might as well join in... January, Highlight: White-crowned Sparrow was the obvious highlight, if standing around in a crowd of 50(ish? can't...
  5. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    School was cancelled today, so I took the train and bus up to Rendlesham where from 9.40 to 12.40 the Waxwings showed really well, albeit it in poor light. Once the whole flock had settled down in one of the trees, I counted 34, two other birders counted 37, so there are more there being seen...
  6. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Good question, Lammergier heights doesn't archive his sightings and in a brief look through the archived sightings in Bins I couldn't find it either. So looking at some old posts of mine from a year back I said it was reported on the 24th and the 26th of December, so thats the earliest I can...
  7. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    A very chilly Lackford this morning had 1 drake Goosander and a Common Snipe but no sign of the Jack or any Finches. The Puttockshill/Livermere area has no sign of any owls so far, unlike last year, although there were several people looking. Also the farmer was enquiring why there was a car up...
  8. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Actually despite all the time I put in to Micklemere (not regular, but I check it frequently in spring around evening time) i've never actually had one there, despite down the road around Livermere area being owl heaven. Golden Plover should be good knowing that there's been an American GP...
  9. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Had my first local Barn Owl today since May (ish and thats rather shocking when I think about it) from the train on my way back from school, just east of Thurston station, quartering some rough ground. Not rare, but brightened up a dull day.
  10. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Good views of the Pallas's Warbler today in the Sycamores behind Landguard Bird Obs this afternoon, showing with a Firecrest, distantly but everyone managed to connect except those that turned up at duskish. It was quite a nice twitch actually, (for a warbler) not many people, plenty of space...
  11. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    It's well worth a trip, seeing as you've posted a shot, here's a link to a fairly rubbish video I took...http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bxuyYrqbsLE Also found two Snow Buntings, bizzarely in the middle of East Scrape. Cheers Steve
  12. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Orford Ness I'd been planning to do a recce of Orford Ness for a while now, and with nothing rare enough to distract me, this weekend seemed as good a time as any. Whilst the birds wern't great, a few Gannets passed on the sea, a Spoonbill on the Lagoon and a few Wheatears and a Blackap in the...
  13. On-Firecrest

    Young Birder

    Sorry was probably out of signal somewhere reminding my self why Suffolk will always be the better county for birding. I'm gonna get sick of saying it soon, but everyone who has a link up to On-Firecrests birding blockbuster is wasting space since it no longer exists;) Please can you all...
  14. On-Firecrest

    Young Birder

    Yeah I was wondering on the train home from school if we had where i'd have come. Oh well, competition turns me nasty. Cheers for the comment on my writing, nowt wrong with an adjective or two is there:t: Not sure where i'm going yet, but Norfolk is definately on as my dad and me are going with...
  15. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    After an uneventful walk around Lackford this morning (30ish Siskins, 3 Bullfinch and a Kingfisher the only highlights), I was really quite pleased to have an Osprey drift over my head at Livermere lake (2.30pm), probably the bird then reported at Lackford on rba at 4pm. I'm on a roll with...
  16. On-Firecrest

    Young Birder

    Evening, I'm on a roll at the moment, after co-finding the second Landguard Dotterel and a Honey Buzzard last weekend, an Osprey over Livermere lake this afternoon is firmly on my own self found list! Suffolk tick as well (not that I keep a self found list, honest...) As I hope your all aware...
  17. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    I was at Landguard relatively early for me today (about 7.30). The bushes were alive with birds, lots of Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs, a few Blackcaps and a Whitethroat. Nice as they were, there was nothing rare amongst them to with hold me from getting to the beach to see the Dotterel that's...
  18. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi Stuart, James and Gi, Definately some food for thought there, So... Weather - The day after northerlies or north easterlies are best, although strong easterlies can produce in late sept/oct time. Site - Southwold is best but anywhere can produce (although the better site seem to be in the...
  19. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Bored at Bawdsey... I went sea watching today, to remind me why I never ever go! Between 11 and 12:50 I spent being blown in the wind at Bawdsey (east lane) for 2 Grey Plover and 2 Teal before deciding to leave for Thorpeness for the Icky, which I dipped and wasted another hour of my life...
  20. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi Tina, It's the other side of the river, basically if you park at the snape maltings shops, cross the bridge and walk down the footpath along the river. Take a right when you reach the woodland. Carry on down the path which then leads you out of the woods and beside some saltings. The heath is...
  21. On-Firecrest

    Suffolk Birding

    Hi all, I did a bit of birding to beat the back to school blues, yesterday, around the Snape area (the Warren and Estuary near the posh shops). Bad time of year to go looking for Dartford Warblers, I know, but you've got to go where there's a lift going! It was an enjoyable walk despite the...
  22. On-Firecrest

    Norfolk birding

    Cley by Public Transport So for £8.95... Pectoral Sandpiper (talk in the hide suggested it could've been a different bird to the previous one?), sum plum Curlew Sandpiper, Yellow legged Gull (nice and easy adult) Little Gull and Whimbrel. 16 species of wader, many still in summer plumage...
  23. On-Firecrest

    Norfolk birding

    Great stuff, thanks Kevin, i'm going to try Cley by train and coasthopper, tommorow.
  24. On-Firecrest

    Norfolk birding

    Hi all, Does anyone know how much the entrance charge to Cley is for a non member? I couldn't find it anywhere on their website.
  25. On-Firecrest

    My first riddle ;)

    Reed Bunting
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