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[Nottingham Panther]

Hi David

r.e Warham Greens landmarks

I've asked this question as well - Check post 347 on this thread for the reply (sorry not clever enough to drag it into this post !) - think Gibbet/Whirligig are one of the same ? Hope that helps.

Anyone shed light on the pit ?

Steve

 

[dbradnum]

Ok, cheers Steve...for anyone else who can't be bothered to wade through this mammoth thread, that places the gibbet out east along the coastal path towards Stiffkey in a 'roundabout' of gorse.

 

[John P]

Hi David

r.e Warham Greens landmarks

I've asked this question as well - Check post 347 on this thread for the reply (sorry not clever enough to drag it into this post !)
Steve

Right click on the post number, select "copy link location" and paste it into your reply -- post347.


The gibbet shows up well on google earth iirc, (a circular concrete path) it's not really a gibbet, I think it used to be a gun emplacement.

 

[Mike Toms]

4 pics here of the possible Marsh Warbler at Holme but WHOLE COLLECTION OF PICTURES!!!!! 20 to be exact on the following ID thread (Bird Identification Q&A forum) - SEE:[/B]

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=123758

Best Wishes Penny:girl:

Thanks for posting these Penny. First impressions are that the bird appears warmer in the photos than in the field when seen in dead light. Ilya and Paul both have way more experience of Marsh than me so their thoughts hold more sway than mine. I'll see what Paul thinks and see if I can get him to post them to the forum.

Cheers Mike

 

[jimmyg]

Gave the sluice a good 4 hours at least today, having forgotten that it is rubbish when windy! It was slow going, but still had 2 Hobbies, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret and a very unexpected Little Gull (a first for the sluice). Meanwhile warbler activity was thin on the ground with only an acro. sp. (brief glimpse); although many will have been hunkered down in the bushes there was little sign of migrant passerines. Only 4 House Martins remain from the summer colony.

 

[Geoff Pain]

Three from Titchwell last week.
The muntjac was in the field next to the coach park,taken while wating for Icy warbler to appear.
The lizards were in the bank on the way to the Parrinder hide.
The Convolvulus Hawk Moth had just been relaeased outside the shop.

 

[matt green]

Anyone know anything about Muckleburgh Hill/Fox Hill on the other side of the coast road opposite Kelling Heath, just curious if it's public access or private? Always look at this site from the coasthopper but have never got around to exploring it, looks pretty good spot for migrant spotting!!

Matt

 

[dbradnum]

You can walk around the western side of Muckleburgh Hill past some good scrub (though I'm not sure if there's any access onto the hill itself) by taking the waymarked permissive path SE from Kelling Hard and the airstrip, which comes out to the road roughly opposite the Wild Pheasant Hotel on the coast road. Makes a nice loop if you start by going down the track past Kelling Water Meadows - great combination of different habitat types. I've seen Citrine Wag, Rosy Starling, various scarce waders, RBFly and Barred Warblers all on this circuit in the last few years, plus you can take a look at the sea as well.

 

[Penny Clarke]

Thanks for posting these Penny. First impressions are that the bird appears warmer in the photos than in the field when seen in dead light. Ilya and Paul both have way more experience of Marsh than me so their thoughts hold more sway than mine. I'll see what Paul thinks and see if I can get him to post them to the forum.

Cheers Mike

Hi Mike

If Paul does post any thoughts on the bird could he add them to the ID thread started here please if thats ok:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=123758

Best Wishes Penny:girl:

Sounds like I missed a MASSIVE sea passage while at work today!!!:-C

 

[Songkhran]

Anyone know anything about Muckleburgh Hill/Fox Hill on the other side of the coast road opposite Kelling Heath, just curious if it's public access or private? Always look at this site from the coasthopper but have never got around to exploring it, looks pretty good spot for migrant spotting!!

Matt

Hi Mate,

don't know Fox Hill but been up Muckleburgh Hill quite a few times. Its quite thick cover with dense sycamores and the top of the Hill is all bracken but could definitely turn up Greenish/Yellow-browed/Pallas's (need to know calls) or Wryneck etc. Its good for viz mig (reckon very early morning) and raptor watching as you can see along the ridge but also out over Kelling WM and also over parts of Weybourne Camp not visible from the beach. There was a Yellow-browed last year favouring the NW corner that i heard but did not see. If you take the track along the NW corner you come to some good bushes and can also skirt the water meadows fields which then brings you out at Kelling Hard car park

Definitely an underwatched spot with a lot of potential.

access is from the main coast road just past the field with the tank in it.

 

[matt green]

Thanks for the info, David and Pomskua:t:

Much appreciated!!

Matt

 

[Jono L]

Thanks all for your help re Sheringham. I will be checking out the area the week after next, and will be sure to let you know if I find anything.
Cheers
Jono

 

[Paul Eele]

Titchwell September 24th

Today's highlights

Bluethroat - 1 flew from saltmarsh along main path into bushes at Island Hide @ 10:30 but no further sign
Pied flycatcher - 2 in carpark
Brambling - 4 over reserve, 1 on feeders
Wheatear - 1 on Meadow Trail, 1 on fresh marsh
Red necked phalarope - juv on fresh marsh
Pectoral sandpiper - 1 on fresh marsh
Curlew sandpiper - 2 on fresh marsh
Little stint - 3 on fresh marsh
Yellow legged gull - sub abult on fresh marsh
Spotted flycatcher - 1 near visitor centre
Pied flycatcher - 2 in carpark
Short eared owl - 1 in/off sea @ 12:15
Eider - 1 offshore

Looks like stuff is arriving

Paul

 

[Connor Rand]

A good few rares today along the coast apparantly - Melodious Warb at Blakeney, Raddes Warbler and G G Shrike at Wells Wood, Bluethroat at Titchwell (as Paul has already said), Red-breasted Flycatchers at Eccles and Great Yarmouth and a small number of Yellow-browed Warblers (just heard one has been reported at Holme along the main track)...

Lets hope stuff keeps on arriving for the next few days (there might even be some stuff to see at the weekend...)

Cheers,

Connor

 

[matt green]

Just returned from a pleasant enough couple of hours walking around Marston Marshes on the outskirts of south Norwich, been meaning to have a nosy around the area as anyone who has ever passed over the bridge at Harford on the A140 will have had a tantalizing glimpse of the river and grazing marshes beyond. The area is easily reached by parking at the bottom of Marston Lane just past the allotments, from there you can walk through the gates and follow the paths down to the river through some very promising looking scrub!! I only had a couple of hours to spare but racked up Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, GS Woodpecker, Jay plus a large closely formed flock of about 30+ birds I think may have been Siskin? They had a downward pitched ''zeeeee zeeeeee zeeeeee'' type call, pretty sure they weren't Green/Gold Finches etc. Just before I left I heared, and then saw a Cettis Warbler flying out of a pollarded Willow!!!

Great little patch, looks a great spot for some upcoming winter birding!!

Matt

 

[Penny Clarke]

A good few rares today along the coast apparantly - Melodious Warb at Blakeney, Raddes Warbler and G G Shrike at Wells Wood, Bluethroat at Titchwell (as Paul has already said), Red-breasted Flycatchers at Eccles and Great Yarmouth and a small number of Yellow-browed Warblers (just heard one has been reported at Holme along the main track)...

Lets hope stuff keeps on arriving for the next few days (there might even be some stuff to see at the weekend...)

Cheers,

Connor

and now a Lesser Grey Shrike at Sheringham too!!!!!!! Too late to go out after work in evenings to that end of the coast anyway - bother!!!

Looking forward to my week off starting Saturday now!!!

 

[Happisbirder]

A good few rares today along the coast apparantly - Melodious Warb at Blakeney, Raddes Warbler and G G Shrike at Wells Wood, Bluethroat at Titchwell (as Paul has already said), Red-breasted Flycatchers at Eccles and Great Yarmouth and a small number of Yellow-browed Warblers (just heard one has been reported at Holme along the main track)...

Lets hope stuff keeps on arriving for the next few days (there might even be some stuff to see at the weekend...)

Cheers,

Connor

It felt like it was gonna be good this morning when the 3rd bird I looked at as I walked the dog along the lane was a Yellow-browed Warbler! By the time I returned home I'd seen Redstart, Pied Fly, Blackcap, 5+ Chiffchaffs and 10+ Goldcrests. The first 2 Bramblings of the autumn dropped in too.

The Melodious is a real county blocker. It's a bit strange seeing it on the pager in lower case and Raddes in capitals; it can only be about the 4th or 5th of the former in the county compared to c.40 Raddes.

Lesser Grey Shrike at Sheringham too; looks like it's going to be a good few days...

James

 

[rob lee]

Hi all,

For anyone going for the Shrike tomorrow another alternative to the pager advice would be to park on The Leas at Sheringham as this is marginally a shorter walk than from the Weybourne end & is also free ! Please also be aware that this is private land so please stick to the footpath. Attached is a photo of the Shrike coughing up a pellet.

 

[sacha]

The big one is out there somewhere!

Went for a 'quick' midday walk up to Blakeney Point. On the way up it was dead (2-3 wheatear, 5-10 redwings , 1 redstart and a few 'continental' robins)
The return was completely different... after a heavy rain storm (in which i was soaked) it all changed. Suddenly around halfway/watch house there were goldcrests all over the place, 1 redstart, 1 spot fly , robins, 10+ wheatears, whinchat and it looks like this is where the Melodious was found. Didn't hear about that until i had got home..
But looks like there has been a real fall of eastern birds and i am sure there is going to be something very good found in the next few days.
I am off work tomorrow so will certainly be out looking for it!!
:t:

 

[David Norgate]

Melodious Warbler is the 'big one'! Only two previous records of birds trapped in 1957 - it's more of a 'first' than a blocker! A superb Norfolk tick for anyone lucky enough to see it (me being one of them!!!) 2+ Yellow-browed Warbler and Pied Flycatcher Walsey Hills as well.