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Will Soar had Knot on Earlham Marsh yesterday. A decent addition to his lounge list.
Managed to avoid the showers and see it (on the day). A Med Gull in its place the next day too
Will Soar had Knot on Earlham Marsh yesterday. A decent addition to his lounge list.
Thanks James. I try to keep a rough document throughout the year, then work on it during the evenings in December.
At Whitlingham today the Pintail x Mallard hybrid was back and showing nicely along the slipway. 3 female Goldeneye on the broad, 90ish Siskins (a small flock near the Little Broad and a much larger one in trees along Whitlingham Lane) plus the usual ducks etc.
A quick 2 hours around the great broad this morning and best bird was bittern, it flew out of reeds along the path to the viewing blind and landed in reeds at the eastern end of the great broad.I did manage to digiscope a poor record shot and the 'spot the bittern' shot is attached.Its almost a year to the day that I saw bittern at the same site.There were good numbers of pochard,gadwall and tufted duck, the pintail hybrid was around the edge of the island.Good to have nuthatch and cettis warbler also, the small broad is completely frozen over and parts of the nature area near the island are also beginning to freeze over. Seven great crested grebes asleep together and 2-3 others further down the broad was a nice sight.Thorpe broad on the other side of the river is still largely unfrozen with good numbers of pochard,teal and tufted duck and 2 snipe.
Hello, I've been wanting to make a trip to Norwich recently. I'm thinking some time in May. I would very much like to see the starlings. I'm qúite new to bird watching but from this thread it seems Norwich would be worth a trip.
I have a question though because I was planning on renting caravan, I found these people online and they seem quite good. Do any of you rent caravans? If so, who do you use?
Ideally I would like a place to park my caravan which is also good for bird sightings, do you know anywhere in Norwich? I want to make sure I stay in a designated caravan/camping site. I will be on my own so it would be nice to be somewhere where other people are staying. Anyway if you have any tips I would be very grateful, thank you. This forum is very interesting![]()