Norfolk birding (77 Viewers)

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 14th

Today's highlights

Curlew sandpiper - 1 on fresh marsh
Green sandpiper - 3 on Patsy's reedbed
Little gull - 1 on fresh marsh
Red crested pochard - 8 on Patsy's reedbed

Paul

 

[Andy Benson]

Great Knot - Titchwell to at least 1530and showing well

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 15th

Today's highlights

GREAT KNOT!!!!!!!!

Paul

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[GWB77]

Titchwell 04.30-06.30

Great Knot on freshmarsh until 6am at least, with 1000+ Red Knots
Spoonbill flew west
Little Gull (2nd cal-year)
Spotted Redshank 6 on freshmarsh, 1 flew west
Med Gull 2 adults
Red-crested Pochard 3

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 16th

Today's highlights

Great knot - adult still present commuting between the fresh marsh roost and feeding on the beach throughout the day.
Med gull - 16 on fresh marsh this morning
Green sandpiper - 2 on Patsy's reedbed
Red kite - 2 just east of the reserve
Ruff - 2 on fresh marsh
Spotted redshank - 6 on fresh marsh this morning
Short eared owl - 1 hunting over saltmarsh this morning
Stonechat - immature on East Trail this morning

Paul

 

[StewB]

I think thanks are due to Paul and his team at Titchwell for handling the great knot twitch so well. We arrived within a couple of hours of the news getting out and were quickly directed to available parking and found our way to the bird. It's great to be welcome at a twitch!

I guess the weekend will be challenging if it stays! Good luck to anyone planning to come for it, and thanks again Paul.

 

[Paul Eele]

I think thanks are due to Paul and his team at Titchwell for handling the great knot twitch so well. We arrived within a couple of hours of the news getting out and were quickly directed to available parking and found our way to the bird. It's great to be welcome at a twitch!

I guess the weekend will be challenging if it stays! Good luck to anyone planning to come for it, and thanks again Paul.

Thanks for the kind words Stew, I will pass it onto the rest of the team

Paul

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 20th

Today's highlights

Curlew sandpiper - 1 on fresh marsh this afternoon
Spotted redshank - 9 on fresh marsh today
Ruff - 2 on fresh marsh
Red crested pochard - 4 on Patsy's reedbed
Spoonbill - 3 west
Med gull - 4+ on fresh marsh

Paul

 

[sacha]

Just to add to Paul's list above and seen early morning...
The reserve is alive with birds at the moment:
Booming Bittern
C Scoter - briefly on brackish / sea end scrape
LRP
Full sum plumage male Ruffs (stunning)
Very nice full sum plum Spot Reds
A Little Gull was seen by others early on
Spoonbill right in front of hides
Fulmar and Gannet past out to sea

.... And good chance the G Knot will return at some point from Scolt Head commute

Sacha

 

[Penny Clarke]

PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER
Taken at 5.13pm on Saturday 18th June on the Brackish Marsh, Titchwell RSPB. Read my account here:

http://pennyshotbirdingandlife.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/knot-there-when-i-was-but-found-pacific.html

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 21st

Today's highlights

Great knot - mobile for much of the morning between the beach and Scolt Head before coming onto the fresh marsh early afternoon with the knot flock
Med gull - 17 (15 ad, 2nd summer & 1st summer) on fresh marsh. New reserve record
Spotted redshank - 9 on fresh marsh this morning
Greenshank - 2 on fresh marsh
Little gull - 6 1st summers on fresh marsh
Bittern - male still booming
Ruff - 2 on fresh marsh
Spoonbill - 1 west
Red crested pochard - 14 on Patsy's reedbed

Paul

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 23rd

Today's highlights

Great knot - back on the beach from early afternoon but didn't come onto the fresh marsh today
Avocet - 286 on fresh marsh this morning
Med gull - 13 on fresh marsh this morning
Ruff - 1 on fresh marsh
Little gull - 2 1st summer on fresh marsh
Spoonbill - 5 west early afternoon then 2 back east
Green sandpiper - 1 on Patsy's reedbed
Spotted redshank - 9 on fresh marsh

Paul

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 24th

Today's highlights

Great knot - adult still present but mobile for much of the day
Spotted redshank - 1 on fresh marsh
Ruff - 2 on fresh marsh
Little gull - 2 on fresh marsh
Dunlin - 6 on fresh marsh
Med gull - 7 on fresh marsh
Green sandpiper - 1 on Patsy's reedbed

Paul

 

[Steve Nuttall]

Hi Paul,

thought you might be interested that the Spotted Redshank at Titchwell today had a dutch ring. The code read 1429107. Cheers Steve

 

[Paul Eele]

Hi Paul,

thought you might be interested that the Spotted Redshank at Titchwell today had a dutch ring. The code read 1429107. Cheers Steve

Amazing stuff Steve. That is the 3rd year running that bird has been here and the ring has been read!

 

[Penny Clarke]

A few pictures from Sunday evening, 26th June. Full write up on my blog:
http://pennyshotbirdingandlife.blogs...reat-knot.html

 

[Mark Batten]

Nice shots

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell June 28th

Today's highlights

Great knot - adult with 1500 knot on the fresh marsh all day
Spotted redshank - 3 on fresh marsh
Ruff - 3 on fresh marsh
Little gull - 1st summer on fresh marsh
Red kite - 1 west
Spoonbill - 1 west

Paul

 

[a_j_steele]

Thinking of trying for the Caspian Tern at the weekend so wondering if its the area around the Yarmouth Asda which is the only stretch of Breydon Water that i done before, many thanks

 

[Dawn Balmer]

The annual OSME Summer Meeting takes place at The Nunnery, Thetford IP24 2PU this Saturday 2 July. The talk programme covers a range of bird conservation and research projects in the OSME region. Doors open 10am: free entry, all welcome!