Dear Norfolk Birders,
Garganey,Quail, Montagu's Harrier, Honey Buzzard, Spotted Crake, Turtle Dove, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl,Marsh Warbler, Savi's Warbler, Golden Oriole,
Wow Phil that is certainly a selection of our rarest breeders if I ever did see one.
I hope no-one will be careless enough to give information away regarding these.
Hi Ricky,
Rob and I have only visited Thorpe Marshes twice, today and 1 month ago on the 31st March.
Over the two visits, both of which have been Chris' group walks, I have recorded 36 species of birds seen / heard.
The feature of today's walk was very much the songs we were all treated to : willow warbler, sedge warbler , whitethroat, wren, reed bunting, garden warbler, chiff chaff, blackcap, cetti's warbler, blue tit, chaffinch, cuckoo, dunnock and goldfinch...it was certainly a feast for the ears and such a cocophony of sounds/ songs/calls.
Things that we saw a month ago, but not today : buzzard; tufted duck ( high count of 29 last time) , teal, robin , oystercatchers ( 4 in display flight a month ago) and greenfinch. There were 30 species today, as opposed to 19, 1 month ago.
It was great to see some breeding activity too, I noticed the Canada Goose with a couple of goslings, which is great news and particularly as I noticed that Chris' 2014 report mentioned no evidence of breeding, for this species.
It's great to see the reserve progressing in this way, no doubt ,in part, due to a lot of hard work and good site management by many people. We are so very fortunate to live where we do.Happy days . Best wishes, Carol
Am over (again) and was at Holme today when we spotted a Swift fly over with what looked like a Ring ouzel type White crescent on its chest. Its under tail looked a bit pale as well.
Very odd but it didnt look like an Alpine swift to me so just put it down as a aberrant swift, the bloke at the Holme shop also didnt think it was anything weird.
I got miles off record shots (attached) and thought I better put them up just in case.
Nothing else of interest today.
Am over (again) and was at Holme today when we spotted a Swift fly over with what looked like a Ring ouzel type White crescent on its chest. Its under tail looked a bit pale as well.
Very odd but it didnt look like an Alpine swift to me so just put it down as a aberrant swift, the bloke at the Holme shop also didnt think it was anything weird.
I got miles off record shots (attached) and thought I better put them up just in case.
Nothing else of interest today.
Am over (again) and was at Holme today when we spotted a Swift fly over with what looked like a Ring ouzel type White crescent on its chest. Its under tail looked a bit pale as well.
Very odd but it didnt look like an Alpine swift to me so just put it down as a aberrant swift, the bloke at the Holme shop also didnt think it was anything weird.
I got miles off record shots (attached) and thought I better put them up just in case.
Nothing else of interest today.
WOW!!! Whereabouts at Holme were you please and which direction did you last see the bird?
Best Wishes Penny
Thanks Pete – it obviously carried on west! Warden Gary H. had 200+ swifts west early morning from Hunstanton Cliffs.Hi was at the visitor centre it flew just over the trees over our heads then west out of sight, I wish I was quicker with the camera but I was just looking at it through my bins thinking errr.
It seemed the same size as our swifts and the flight didn't scream anything different really.