Its My Birthday!!!

21 Today!!!

Have a day's holiday and going birding!!!

A beautiful sunny, but cold day.

The day didn't start well - I missed the first two coastliner buses - eventually arriving at Holme at 10.15am. Walked through the village and went to Holme Marsh Bird Reserve. From the first hide there was a grey heron, loads of teal, mallard and tufted duck. A water rail called and two bullfinches were seen. A marsh harrier was seen from the second hide, but little else.

Walked to my parents house and sat chatting for a while. Father was chuffed to bits with, as he called it 'a fan mail letter' in the EDP complimenting his dedication etc as warden at Holme Bird Observatory in response to last week's front page article (January 17th) in the EDP and double page spread on the 50th year anniversary of Holme Bird Observatory. The anniversary is actually on 6th September this year.

I caught the bus to Titchwell RSPB where I met Eddie. Had my best views ever of the Coues's Arctic Redpoll feeding on alder catkins almost above our heads in the sunshine along with Lesser Redpolls. An incredibly sweet, fluffy robin posed every possible pose for my camera by the seat on the Fen trail. Had lunch at the Feeding station.

Flight views of 23 Lapland Buntings in the stubble field adjacent to the A149 at Burnham Overy Staithe and a lone Common Buzzard sat on a tree. Barn owl at Burnham Overy Mill and another one near Wells.

Went to Holt and bought a new pair of sealskinz waterproof gloves. Now back in King's Lynn and out birding early tomorrow.

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