Lionesses Make History!!!

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62339532

HUGE  CONGRATULATIONS  !

WOW, what a brilliant game!

H⚽ME

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Lesser Yellowlegs, Turtle Dove, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpipers x 3, Spoonbils x 4 at Titchwell RSPB

Wood Sandpipers x 2, Little Stint, Spoonbills x 4 at Cley NWT

Garganey, Wood Sandpiper at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Honey Buzzard at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Caspian Gull at Cromer

Wood Sandpiper on Langmere at East Wretham Heath NWT

Garganey, Curlew Sandpipers x 4 at Breydon Water

Hooded Crow at Warham Greens

BEE-EATERS 8+ (7 ads.) in sand quarry at RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field, south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction. 7am-7pm £5.00 charge (cash only). NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Spoonbill at Welney WWT

Turtle Dove at North Point Pools, Wells

Black Redstart juv. on seafront at Sheringham

 

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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

TURKESTAN SHRIKE Male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

LEAST TERN

North of Portrane, County Dublin, Ireland

Weekend Update!

Quick health update. Completely fed up with my situation, so don't really want to talk about it too much, but in summary I have seen an Occupational Health Doctor, who has done a report, had an HR and review meeting.

Annoyingly my symptoms have got worse again and I have had almost no sleep for the last two nights because of nerve pain in arm and shoulder and unable to get comfortable in bed.

Right now, my left arm is pulsating with nerve pain right down to my wrist and that's after taking Gabapentin an hour ago, seriously bored with this now. Back to typing one handed again and using mouse on right side!

I was originally only referred for an MRi for Cervical Spine, so had to go for a second assessment on Wednesday where the doctor I saw decided that I did need an MRi on my entire spine (Lumbar and Clavicle too). I have a date now for my MRi on 18th August at a clinic near Norwich, which is good news and can't come soon enough. It  will take 7-10 days to receive the results I was told.

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Turtle Dove, Spoonbills x 14, Spotted Redshanks x 4, Little Stint at Snettisham RSPB

Lesser Yellowlegs, Turtle Doves x 2, Black Redstart, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshanks x 6 at Titchwell RSPB

Wood Sandpipers x 4, Little Stint, Spoonbills x 10 at Cley NWT

Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbills x 4 at Breydon Water

BEE-EATERS 11+ (4+ young at nest) in sand quarry at RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field, south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction. 7am-7pm £5.00 charge (cash only). NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Black-necked Grebe on reservoir at Thorpe End

Caspian Gulls x 2 at Cromer

Honey Buzzards x 2 at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Spotted Redshank at Cantley Beet Factory

Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill at Brendan's Marsh, Hickling Broad NWT

 

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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

TURKESTAN SHRIKE Male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

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Lesser Yellowlegs, Montagu's Harrier, Spotted Redshanks x 5, Spoonbill at Titchwell RSPB

BEE-EATERS x 6+ (2+ young at nest) in sand quarry at RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field, south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction. 7am-7pm £5.00 charge (cash only). NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Honey Buzzards x 4 at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Wood Sandpipers x 2, Spoonbills x 7, Little Stints x 2 at Cley NWT

Caspian Gull at Cromer

Spotted Redshanks x 4, Spoonbills x 12 at Snettisham RSPB

Spoonbills x 3 at North Point Pools, Wells

Spoonbills x 2 at Morston Quay

Spoonbills x 5 at Holme

Spoonbill at Breydon Water

 

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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

TURKESTAN SHRIKE Male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

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Lesser Yellowlegs, Little Stint, Spotted Redshank at Titchwell RSPB

Curlew Sandpiper at Snettisham RSPB

BEE-EATERS x 5+ (2+ young at nest) in sand quarry at RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field, south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction. 7am-7pm £5.00 charge (cash only). NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Honey Buzzards x 3 at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Wood Sandpiper at Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park

Spoonbills x 4 between Holme & Thornham Harbour

Spoonbills x 9 at Cley NWT

Quail west of church at Hempstead

Spoonbills x 4 flew over Morston

Caspian Gull at Cromer

 

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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

TURKESTAN SHRIKE Male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

Snettisham Coastal Park – The Charred Remains!

I've been pretty low in mood over the last few days due to my ongoing medical issues and not been out for any exercise at all, so this evening, I pushed myself to get out for a while. Snettisham Coastal Park was probably the last place I should have gone to, when I was feeling rubbish, but there we go.

The charred remains and utter devastation at Snettisham Coastal Park was far worse than I was expecting from the raging fires last Tuesday. The only positive thing was that the western end was saved – the area with the pines closest to the car park. To my delight I saw 2 Turtle Doves on the wires here.

The burnt scrub roughly starts at the end of the large open area where the Wheatears and Ring Ouzels are seen in Spring and Autumn. I followed the lower path from here. The vast areas of burnt scrub was dark and depressing. The stench of the burnt vegetation and ash filled your nostrils. The black remains of a rabbit lay amongst the shapes of black and ash. The scrub where I saw a Little Bunting once has gone. So much gone. Some of the tallest trees remain, but are charred black with either no leaves or badly scorched.

The fire had also spread over the outer seawall (next to the sea) and taken out all the Marram grass (dunes) and vegetation here for a long, long stretch. It was the worst fire destruction of habitat I have seen first hand. The burnt scrub goes beyond the dam towards Heacham, but stops just at the kissing gate, along the inner sea wall – so the area where the Great Reed Warblers were being watched earlier in the year is fine. How the fire brigade stopped it reaching Heacham, I will never know! OR how they stopped it spreading to the west end of the coastal park? It could have been so much worse.

The slope on the landward side of the inner sea wall, adjacent to the marshes is also burnt out. A juv. Spoonbill flew east over Ken Hill Marsh as I walked back along the inner sea wall. Even more sad was seeing Wood Pigeons perched on black scorched trees and Swans in the dyke next to the blackened reeds. There are always small positives – I saw 6 youngish Coots, so they obviously survived the trauma of these raging fires.

I know in time, it should recover, but it will takes years to get back to where it was, if it does at all? Another heatwave, a glass bottle magnified by the sun? We still have not had any decent fall of rain, there were a few drops in King's Lynn last night, but not enough to even cover the ground, never mind soften the concrete mud!

pictures taken on iphone to be added tomorrow

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Lesser Yellowlegs, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshanks x 2, Spoonbills x 11 at Titchwell RSPB

Garganey, Spoonbill at Welney WWT

BEE-EATERS x 6+ (2+ young at nest) in sand quarry at RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field, south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction. 7am-7pm £5.00 charge (cash only). NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Spoonbills x 3, Spotted Redshanks x 6 at Snettisham RSPB

Turtle Doves x 2, Spoonbills x 13+ at Ken Hill Marsh, Snettisham Coastal Park

Honey Buzzard at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Wood Sandpiper at North Point Pools, Wells

Spoonbills x 2 at Holme

Spoonbills x 2 at Thornham Harbour

Spoonbills x 21 at Stiffkey Fen

Caspian Gull at Cromer

 

MEGA NEWS

BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

TURKESTAN SHRIKE Male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

LEAST TERN

North of Portrane, County Dublin, Ireland

ELEGANT TERN

West of Kinvarra at Inishroo, County Galway, Ireland

RBA Weekly Round-Up 19th to 25th July!

By Jon Dunn

https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/WeeklyRoundup2022_30.aspx?s_id=997120219

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Lesser Yellowlegs, Little Stint, Spotted Redshanks x 5, Spoonbill at Titchwell RSPB

Spoonbills x 10 at Thornham Harbour

Night Heron at Cley NWT

Caspian Gulls x 2 at Cromer

Turtle Dove, Wood Sandpipers x 4 at North Point Pools, Wells

BEE-EATERS x 7+ (2+ young at nest) in sand quarry at RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field, south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction. 7am-7pm £5.00 charge (cash only). NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Caspian Tern, Spoonbills x 10 at Potter Heigham Marshes

Honey Buzzards x 3 at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Spoonbills x 17 at Holme

Garganey at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Spoonbill at Welney WWT

Caspian Gull at UEA Broad, Norwich

 

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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

TURKESTAN SHRIKE Male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

LEAST TERN
North of Portrane, County Dublin, Ireland

Longest Blog Subscriber!

I was very sad to hear on Sunday, that my longest blog subscriber very sadly passed away on Friday, RIP Terry B. and my most sincere condolences to his family.

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BEE-EATERS x 6+ (2+ young at nest) in sand quarry at RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field, south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction. 7am-7pm £5.00 charge (cash only). NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Night Heron at Cley NWT

Lesser Yellowlegs, Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbills x 8, Little Gull, Spotted Redshank at Titchwell RSPB

Spoonbills x 2 at Welney WWT

Spoonbills x 25 at Stiffkey Fen

Honey Buzzards x 3 at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Spoonbills x 2 at Burgh Castle

Garganey at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Spoonbills x 15 at Thornham Harbour

Long-tailed Blue Butterfly in garden briefly at Thetford

Turtle Dove singing, Wood Sandpiper at North Point Pools, Wells

Caspian Gull at Cromer

 

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BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

TURKESTAN SHRIKE Male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB

FEA'S or DESERTAS PETRELS

One flew past Galley Head, second bird past Cape Clear, two past Myross Island, County Cork, Ireland

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Wood Sandpiper at Nunnery Lakes NR, Thetford

Wood Sandpiper, Little Gull at Cley NWT

BEE-EATERS 8+ (2+young in nest) at sand quarry from RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction 7am-7pm  £5 charge. NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Garganey at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Spoonbill at Welney WWT

Spoonbills x 30 at Stiffkey Fen

Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Redshank, Little Gull, Spoonbills x 11 at Titchwell RSPB

Hen Harrier male flew south of Downham Market

Honey Buzzard at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Honey Buzzard at Sidestrand

Spoonbills x 13 at Thornham Harbour

Curlew Sandpiper at Snettisham RSPB

 

MEGA NEWS

TURKESTAN SHRIKE male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB, Yorkshire

BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB, Yorkshire

FORSTER'S TERN
West of Kinvarra at Inishroo, County Galway, Ireland

LEAST TERN
Rogerstown Estuary, County Dublin, Ireland

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Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank at Titchwell RSPB

BEE-EATERS 6+ (2+young in nest) at sand quarry from RSPB view point. Park ONLY in designated field south of Gimingham Road/Mundesley Road junction 7am-7pm  £5 charge. NO access to quarry – SE of Trimingham

Spoonbills x 2 at Welney WWT

Garganey at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill at Thornham Harbour

Osprey flew over Holme Dunes NWT

Spoonbills x 3 at Snettisham RSPB

Honey Buzzards x 3 at raptor watchpoint (do not park on road) at Swanton Novers

Spoonbills x 18 at Hickling Broad NWT

Little Gull, Spoonbills x 2 at Breydon Water

Wood Sandpiper at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Continental Black-tailed Godwit at Kelling Water Meadow

 

MEGA NEWS

TURKESTAN SHRIKE male

Bempton Cliffs RSPB, Yorkshire

BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS

Bempton Cliffs RSPB, Yorkshire

ELEGANT TERN
West of Kinvarra at Inishroo, County Galway, Ireland

LEAST TERN
North of Portrane, County Dublin, Ireland