Connor Rand
Norwich resident, Holme devotee
2 Golden Orioles were reported to me as showing well this morning. Hobby and Garganey has been sen there this week also.
Connor
Connor
2 Golden Orioles were reported to me as showing well this morning. Hobby and Garganey has been sen there this week also.
Connor
Phew what a great day!!!
Finished the day with grippin views & pics of the Bee-eater - apologies to those of you who arrived after 7.10PM.
Best pics of the Bee-eater on my website at http://norfolkbirding.com/latestpics_3.html
Enjoy!!!!!! I did,
Ta Chris
Up at 4 am down to lynford.
All the usual tits and finches, Spot flt catch (2),Garden warb,Mistle thrush (3),Nut hatch, Green and great spot woddy, Long tailed tits(5) Marsh tit(2),No sign of Cross bills or Haw finch.
The down to Lakenheath fen. All normal tits and finches, 3 Golden orioles,Hobby,Lots of Swifts,Swallows, Sand martins,Garganey,6 Great crested grebe,2 cuckoo, Reed warbler,Sedge warb, reed bunt,Common tern.
Called into weeting heath(pouring with rain by now)Stone curlew (good view of nesting bird from left hand hide) wood lark on fields opp visitor centre.
good day for me don't get out enough. Look like I should have stayed in my own patch.
Barry
What a day - Alpine swift over Cromer, Stunning Purple Heron at Kelling (watched before it flew off S) and Osprey over Salthouse. Could have done with the Bee-eater staying longer and the RR Swallow (missed it by about 20mins), but at this time of year its hard to keep up with all the good birds around!
Hope to catch up with the Bonaparte's at some point too!
Still plenty of hiroundines today.
Sacha
Hi Penny.
I like reading your reports thanks to you I am now doing more birding but never seem to see as much as every body else, Or maybe I see the birds but dont realise it.
Barry.
Boner was back at Hickling Swim Coots this afto. A few Whimbrel locally and plenty of swifts and hirundines brought down by the rain
good chance of a roving Purple Heron, Alpine Swift or Bee-eater zooming around the coast... keep em peeled.
Penny, I'm sure Chris will tell you all about the Bee-eater at the curry. It'll be just like being there yourself. Almost. 8-P
Tim B
I can't compete with the exotica reported on here but on Saturday we went for a walk at the NWT Centre at Ranworth. Along the boardwalk we spotted a couple of Tree Creepers, one or two Willow or Marsh Tits (I can't tell the difference yet), numerous warblers in the trees by the reeds including several Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs and we heard a couple of Cetti's but couldn't see them.
On the broad by the Visitors' Centre there were a couple of Marsh Harriers in the distance, about half a dozen Great Crested Grebes and quite a few Common Terns flying about. We noticed one sitting on a post a few metres away and I cursed the fact that that never happens when I have my digiscoping gear with me, especially as it was still there twenty minutes later. All was explained when another Tern swooped down and fed it with a fish, so I presume it was a young bird. Would it have been born this year as it looked quite mature (beginner's question)?
We walked back along the boardwalk and carried on to the church for coffee and apple pie at the tea room (highly recommended.) On the walk back to the car we saw two Kingfishers flying over the dykes in the beautiful gardens near the pub.
A lovely afternoon and the best weather of the weekend.
Ron
Hi Ron,
Your tits would almost certainly have been Marsh, as Willow have become a relative rare breeder in Norfolk. Marsh - short neat bib, white cheeks, and neat glossy short cap, with pale area in the folded wings, also loud "pitchoo" call.
Willow tit has a less neat and longer bib, with longer sooty cap, pale area normally to the folded wing and calls " chikka, chay, chay, chay".
The Common Tern you saw was very probably a male offering a female "a gift" this is a usual part of there pair bonding. It is a bit too early for youngsters yet, and also you would have noticed a big difference in the juvs browner plumage.
Nice to see someone enjoying regular birding, we all get too hung up on rares!! Hope the above helps.
Ta Chris