Penny Clarke
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Well done!:t: You can't get much better than that!!!!!!!B
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Well done!:t: You can't get much better than that!!!!!!!B
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
Penny Clarke
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My father went to Titchwell RSPB today and saw a Gargeney (first half of the morning). He also overheard someone saying they had seen a Goshawk?!
Here's hoping we have our own Collared Flycatcher here!!!!
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
Here's hoping we have our own Collared Flycatcher here!!!!
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
matt green
Norfolkman gone walkabout
A fine day out local patching in south Norfolk!
Things started to pick up after watching a Crow flush a Tawny Owl and causing it to take cover in an ivy covered tree stump, shortly after watched a female Marsh Harrier cruising over just outside my village! Decided to move onto a local patch of farmland where two Cuckoo's where seen and heard calling, on passing through one of my favourite churchyards a Turtle Dove was heard purring then later spotted atop a horse chestnut tree. Finished up on the village common/grazing meadows, the hedges and scrub seemingly alive with singing Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat and some nice showy Common Whitethroats were seen. Last quality sightings of the day were three calling Grey Partridge and a Hobby passing over low nodoubt eyeing up the numerous St Marks flies!!
Also had my first dragonfly of the season, a Large Red though I was nothing like quick enough with the camera!!
Matt
Things started to pick up after watching a Crow flush a Tawny Owl and causing it to take cover in an ivy covered tree stump, shortly after watched a female Marsh Harrier cruising over just outside my village! Decided to move onto a local patch of farmland where two Cuckoo's where seen and heard calling, on passing through one of my favourite churchyards a Turtle Dove was heard purring then later spotted atop a horse chestnut tree. Finished up on the village common/grazing meadows, the hedges and scrub seemingly alive with singing Blackcaps, Willow Warblers, Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat and some nice showy Common Whitethroats were seen. Last quality sightings of the day were three calling Grey Partridge and a Hobby passing over low nodoubt eyeing up the numerous St Marks flies!!
Also had my first dragonfly of the season, a Large Red though I was nothing like quick enough with the camera!!
Matt
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Penny Clarke
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Not the kind of birding day I was hoping for, but lovely weather!!!
Walked from Hunstanton Lighthouse along the clifftop and following coastal path past lifeboat station and along beach huts almost to Holme and back again. Had my first Swift and Little Terns today. Nothing else much but did have 9 Wheatears and lots of common whitethroats, 1 male blackcap, 7 linnets and odd blackbirds and robins. Sat and ate lunch in the walled garden by archway, by the lighthouse.
Redwell Marsh, Holme - Turtle Dove purring along the path to hide - the pool was very busy with noisy black headed gulls, tufted ducks, redshanks, dodgy ducks with fluffy babies and a pair of oystercatchers right in front of the hide for my camera!
Holme Bird Observatory - nothing much birdwise apart from reed and sedge warblers singing along bottom path and lots of speckled woods about and marsh harrier over marsh, also Cetti's Warbler singing by NOA carpark. Bumped into a lovely couple who have been NOA members for many, many years and the last time we saw each other I was about 20 years old:eek!:, we worked out (yep a long time ago!)
NWT Forestry - Lesser Whitethroat singing and seen, grasshopper warbler reeling and a cuckoo.
NWT Holme Marsh Reserve - amazing job of the new white stone, raised path all the way to the first hide and slightly beyond!:t: Willow warbler, chiffchaff, red legged partridges, cuckoo, linnets, tufted ducks and grey heron.
Chosely Barns - Corn buntings and yellowhammers, marsh harrier being mobbed by crows. Scanned all the fields around for dotterel, but none found!
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
Walked from Hunstanton Lighthouse along the clifftop and following coastal path past lifeboat station and along beach huts almost to Holme and back again. Had my first Swift and Little Terns today. Nothing else much but did have 9 Wheatears and lots of common whitethroats, 1 male blackcap, 7 linnets and odd blackbirds and robins. Sat and ate lunch in the walled garden by archway, by the lighthouse.
Redwell Marsh, Holme - Turtle Dove purring along the path to hide - the pool was very busy with noisy black headed gulls, tufted ducks, redshanks, dodgy ducks with fluffy babies and a pair of oystercatchers right in front of the hide for my camera!
Holme Bird Observatory - nothing much birdwise apart from reed and sedge warblers singing along bottom path and lots of speckled woods about and marsh harrier over marsh, also Cetti's Warbler singing by NOA carpark. Bumped into a lovely couple who have been NOA members for many, many years and the last time we saw each other I was about 20 years old:eek!:, we worked out (yep a long time ago!)
NWT Forestry - Lesser Whitethroat singing and seen, grasshopper warbler reeling and a cuckoo.
NWT Holme Marsh Reserve - amazing job of the new white stone, raised path all the way to the first hide and slightly beyond!:t: Willow warbler, chiffchaff, red legged partridges, cuckoo, linnets, tufted ducks and grey heron.
Chosely Barns - Corn buntings and yellowhammers, marsh harrier being mobbed by crows. Scanned all the fields around for dotterel, but none found!
Best Wishes Penny:girl:
Richard Abr
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Short-toed Lark?
Just come on birdguides. Possible at West Runton in field just west of car park, then flushed. Time 9.00am. Worth a look in the area from anyone nearby.
Cheers
Richard
Just come on birdguides. Possible at West Runton in field just west of car park, then flushed. Time 9.00am. Worth a look in the area from anyone nearby.
Cheers
Richard
Richard Abr
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Update
Showing again between disused farm buildings and the clifftop footpath at 9.54am. No parking by disused farm buildings.
Cheers
Richard
Showing again between disused farm buildings and the clifftop footpath at 9.54am. No parking by disused farm buildings.
Cheers
Richard
Richard Abr
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Present
Must be genuine. Still present at 10.43am., but mobile. Park in clifftop car park. Good luck to those looking for it. Hope its less mobile than the Crested Lark I saw on Friday. Off now for Sunday lunch!!
Best wishes
Richard
Must be genuine. Still present at 10.43am., but mobile. Park in clifftop car park. Good luck to those looking for it. Hope its less mobile than the Crested Lark I saw on Friday. Off now for Sunday lunch!!
Best wishes
Richard
firstreesjohn
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Short-toed took long time
I arrived at West Runton just before 0900h this morning, to find a Wheatear and two larks on the field just west of the car park.
One of them was very, very pale and I thought "Aaaaggghhh ! ! ! ". I hadn't even had time to switch off the car engine, and noticed a dog-walker going east along the clifftop. This seemed OK, so I tried to get a better view of the bird, as it was facing away from me and into the strong wind. As I did this, I noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye- the same dog-walker had turned around and was walking straight towards the birds, flushing them. The small, pale lark then flew over the car, calling.
I looked for a short while, to see if it had landed, but was unlucky. I then rang it into RBA as a 'possible'. In 30 minutes, no other birders had arrived, so I then drove around to the coast road, to search the other end of the clifftop path, by the caravan site. Ian P was coming the other way and, most fortunately, relocated it.
We then rang it in as confirmed. This was over an hour after it was first found.
A poorish shot is attached, taken in blustery conditions and from a distance. (It is the bird on the right; on the left is the back of a Skylark, providing useful/useless comparison.)
I arrived at West Runton just before 0900h this morning, to find a Wheatear and two larks on the field just west of the car park.
One of them was very, very pale and I thought "Aaaaggghhh ! ! ! ". I hadn't even had time to switch off the car engine, and noticed a dog-walker going east along the clifftop. This seemed OK, so I tried to get a better view of the bird, as it was facing away from me and into the strong wind. As I did this, I noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye- the same dog-walker had turned around and was walking straight towards the birds, flushing them. The small, pale lark then flew over the car, calling.
I looked for a short while, to see if it had landed, but was unlucky. I then rang it into RBA as a 'possible'. In 30 minutes, no other birders had arrived, so I then drove around to the coast road, to search the other end of the clifftop path, by the caravan site. Ian P was coming the other way and, most fortunately, relocated it.
We then rang it in as confirmed. This was over an hour after it was first found.
A poorish shot is attached, taken in blustery conditions and from a distance. (It is the bird on the right; on the left is the back of a Skylark, providing useful/useless comparison.)
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cracking find John - I wish I could get out and have a go at it...
S-t-l
Many, many thanks John, I have just got back from West Runton after seeing my first Short Toed Lark!!!! Not all that easy as the pale bird was well disguised amongst the dry, muddy field. Picked up being chased by a Skylark, the bird then settled for a bit and gave good but fairly distant views. Good to have both birds in scope view for a comparison. I cant remember one being in norfolk in recent times; island records aside this is quite a tricky bird, no?
After a quiet day at Walsey hills yesterday (a Whimbrel probably the highlight on a calm, beautiful day) I didnt expect much over the weekend. How wrong I was! Although, what makes this even more suprising are the current winds, from N or NW. How did this little chap make it over here, and where from?
Ill be out on the east coast 2moro, Winterton dunes methinks.
One sour note- the pager messages clearly stated do not park at the disused farm buildings. Lo and behold, 4 cars parked there as I drove past. Shame.
Still, a great way to begin may.
Thanks again John for putting the news out and congrats on your find.
Cheers,
Jim.
ps
Stopped off at what I think was Holt country park, on the northern side of Edgefield, on the way back from the Cley area yesterday. Nice place, Cuckoo calling and a few warblers making themselves heard. 2 possible Crossbill also. Anyone else any experience of this area?
Many, many thanks John, I have just got back from West Runton after seeing my first Short Toed Lark!!!! Not all that easy as the pale bird was well disguised amongst the dry, muddy field. Picked up being chased by a Skylark, the bird then settled for a bit and gave good but fairly distant views. Good to have both birds in scope view for a comparison. I cant remember one being in norfolk in recent times; island records aside this is quite a tricky bird, no?
After a quiet day at Walsey hills yesterday (a Whimbrel probably the highlight on a calm, beautiful day) I didnt expect much over the weekend. How wrong I was! Although, what makes this even more suprising are the current winds, from N or NW. How did this little chap make it over here, and where from?
Ill be out on the east coast 2moro, Winterton dunes methinks.
One sour note- the pager messages clearly stated do not park at the disused farm buildings. Lo and behold, 4 cars parked there as I drove past. Shame.
Still, a great way to begin may.
Thanks again John for putting the news out and congrats on your find.
Cheers,
Jim.
ps
Stopped off at what I think was Holt country park, on the northern side of Edgefield, on the way back from the Cley area yesterday. Nice place, Cuckoo calling and a few warblers making themselves heard. 2 possible Crossbill also. Anyone else any experience of this area?
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Birding Bob
Robert Williamson
Went to Titchwell yesterday not to much around but did manage to get 7 year ticks. Not muck offshore but i did see 5 Eider and 2 Fulmar east. On the Tidal pool a Little Turn was fishin and at the back a Greenshank was feeding. On the Fresh marsh the male Garganey showed well along with some Little Gulls and Common Turns. At fen hide a Common Whitethroat sang from the bushes.
Great find John on the STL!
Great find John on the STL!
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mr.sim
Honourable founding member of the "day late" gang
I was at Titchwell yesterday too! Robert, I am presuming you are the person that told 2 people (one was me) about the Greenshank as we walked down towards the saltmarsh. Anyway, we saw it right at the back, eventually! There were also 7 Little Gulls and 2 Little Terns on the freshmarsh. One or two of the gulls being in proper adult summer plumage, complete with pinkish tinged breast. The male Garganey showed well. Also a few Bearded Tits pinging and a Bittern boomed.
Tim P
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Did Winterton this pm Whitethroats, yellow hammers, wheatears, Stonechats, skylarks and swallows all in good numbers also a couple of elusive ouzelly type blackbirds all first half mile of Winterton itself. Not much at Breydon but missed high tide. Little egret by Berney windmill in exactly the spot I saw Great white last week which was scale confirmation for me that it was GWE but no sign of it today.
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Irene Boston
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Windfarm
Another thread about a proposed windfarm might be of interest to Norfolk birders
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=140567
Another thread about a proposed windfarm might be of interest to Norfolk birders
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=140567
ben_lewis
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I havn't quite worked out how to multiquote yet but... Thanks for the comments on the Dotterel pics. James...I hope to have some luck out East in the next couple of weeks, could be good this coming week or next, my time is split-weekdays living at Walcott and weekends at Kings Lynn so cant give it 100% of the time.
I hope the STL stays until tuesday, probably wont have a chance for it until then, also I hope the Pallid harrier has stayed in norfolk somewhere- hopefully it'l turn up again somewhere, a great find and amazing garden tick!
Cheers
I hope the STL stays until tuesday, probably wont have a chance for it until then, also I hope the Pallid harrier has stayed in norfolk somewhere- hopefully it'l turn up again somewhere, a great find and amazing garden tick!
Cheers
Mike Feely
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Does anyone know the latest on the Lark? There has been no news since a negative message at 3.15. Has it actually flown off? Have people been looking for it? (I presume that they have).
Any news either way would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mike
Any news either way would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mike
Irene Boston
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Flitcham Report
A friend visited Flitcham today and noticed in the diary a report of Black Kite for both and yesterday.
I have no idea of any further details, nor indeed how accurate the report is but thought I'd pass it on in case anyone's in the area.
A friend visited Flitcham today and noticed in the diary a report of Black Kite for both and yesterday.
I have no idea of any further details, nor indeed how accurate the report is but thought I'd pass it on in case anyone's in the area.
firstreesjohn
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Short-toed short stay (?)
I went back late this afternoon, when there wasn't much disturbance (fewer than a dozen doggies), and couldn't locate it in a fairly brief visit.
That's not to say it isn't still there somewhere.
Larks are diurnal migrants, unfortunately.
A brief Hobby fly past over the fields between Salthouse to Kelling, whilst nattering to RGM, was my first of the year.
I went back late this afternoon, when there wasn't much disturbance (fewer than a dozen doggies), and couldn't locate it in a fairly brief visit.
That's not to say it isn't still there somewhere.
Larks are diurnal migrants, unfortunately.
A brief Hobby fly past over the fields between Salthouse to Kelling, whilst nattering to RGM, was my first of the year.
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