Penny Clarke
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Heacham South Beach 6.15pm - 7.45pm
Thought I pop over after work to Heacham to find maybe a black redstart or wheatear maybe!!! I forgot everyone is still on easter break, there were too many families with big dogs running about:-C
I soon as I approached the carpark a barn owl flew over. I walked west, through the holiday chalets and bungalows and had 17 linnets on the telegraph wires, a few chaffinches and greenfinches. 22 curlew flew over off the sea. Lots of woodpigeons were feeding on the lawns between the chalets along with a few moorhens. A family were now following right behind me, making loads of noise with a little yappy dog and a big bounding alsation! Mute swan in the river and a few mallard. Crossed over to beach and could not believe what I saw - the sea was like a mill pond and I counted at least 300+ great crested grebes!!!!!!! I noticed there were several fishing boats out on the horizon, also tons of gulls and other things that I couldn't ID cos' I ain't got my scope back yet (found out Nikon have finally sent it back to Cleyspy, so will be collecting it this Sat:t: - 6 weeks!) 2 turnstones and about 60 oystercatchers on the shoreline that all got flushed by the family with the 2 dogs! No wheatears or blackredstarts:-C AND I still have not seen a sandmartin or swallow yet! I then, crossed back over onto chalet side and near the carpark, 2 pied wagtails flew over. I walked up onto the public footpath on seabank and could see a few lapwings feeding on the field to my left along with 2 hares and on the marshes to my right (seaward side) was an area of water which was obviously a roosting spot for curlew, I counted 121 curlew as they came into roost, in the short time that I stood there!!! 2 shelduck flew over in the distance and the barn owl came round again following the river that follows the holiday chalets and then landed on a children's climbing frame in back garden!
Drove home and my tea was a bowl of cornflakes, can't be bothered to cook now!
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
Thought I pop over after work to Heacham to find maybe a black redstart or wheatear maybe!!! I forgot everyone is still on easter break, there were too many families with big dogs running about:-C
I soon as I approached the carpark a barn owl flew over. I walked west, through the holiday chalets and bungalows and had 17 linnets on the telegraph wires, a few chaffinches and greenfinches. 22 curlew flew over off the sea. Lots of woodpigeons were feeding on the lawns between the chalets along with a few moorhens. A family were now following right behind me, making loads of noise with a little yappy dog and a big bounding alsation! Mute swan in the river and a few mallard. Crossed over to beach and could not believe what I saw - the sea was like a mill pond and I counted at least 300+ great crested grebes!!!!!!! I noticed there were several fishing boats out on the horizon, also tons of gulls and other things that I couldn't ID cos' I ain't got my scope back yet (found out Nikon have finally sent it back to Cleyspy, so will be collecting it this Sat:t: - 6 weeks!) 2 turnstones and about 60 oystercatchers on the shoreline that all got flushed by the family with the 2 dogs! No wheatears or blackredstarts:-C AND I still have not seen a sandmartin or swallow yet! I then, crossed back over onto chalet side and near the carpark, 2 pied wagtails flew over. I walked up onto the public footpath on seabank and could see a few lapwings feeding on the field to my left along with 2 hares and on the marshes to my right (seaward side) was an area of water which was obviously a roosting spot for curlew, I counted 121 curlew as they came into roost, in the short time that I stood there!!! 2 shelduck flew over in the distance and the barn owl came round again following the river that follows the holiday chalets and then landed on a children's climbing frame in back garden!
Drove home and my tea was a bowl of cornflakes, can't be bothered to cook now!
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
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thanks James:t:
