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Saturday 31 October 2020

HOSPITAL UPDATE!

My recent back pain is not just a typical back pain I have discovered. On Thursday night the pain was so bad I could hardly turn in bed. I went to work on Friday which was a particularly crazy day, as is usual at the end of the week. My pain increased throughout the day, even with my prescribed pain relief. Not long after I went home, I discovered something quite scary was happening to me (not going into details) and was enough for me to call 111. A doctor called back and sent me to collect some antibiotics, then a doctor from the out of hours service rang me and requested I come into hospital – he assessed me and was worried about my kidneys and that I may have a kidney stone and he wanted me to have a CT scan. He sent me to A&E for tests etc where I was told that I had a ‘very bad’ and ‘severe’ urine infection which can occur when there is a kidney stone. Bloods were taken and I was taken to SAU (surgical assessment unit) where I sat in a lot of pain on an awful chair and then transferred to a trolley until 4.30am.

Later I was taken to Denver Ward and sunk into a more comfortable bed (where I still am now). I was in severe pain all morning as had to wait for the doctors to prescribe pain relief. After being given Oramorph and paracetamol I became spaced out and sleepy and the pain improved a lot. At 11.35am the doctors saw me and long story short...... said I would have a CT scan later. Slept most of afternoon. Had CT scan at 6pm. Went home with permission (only 5 mins away) to pick up a bag of clothes etc as I had nothing with me at all. Apparently I will have the scan results in the morning! Sleepy now after having another dose of Oramorph – good night! Thank you all very much for your kind messages on social media.

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

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Lesser Yellowlegs on Keepers' Marsh, Tundra Bean Geese x 5, Caspian Gulls x 2, Water Pipit, Scaup at Cley NWT
Hen Harrier (probable) near Barnham Broom Road
Yellow-browed Warbler, Caspian Gulls x 4, Spottted Redshank at Titchwell RSPB
Dusky Warbler + Siberian Chiffchaff by Heligoland trap, Lapland Bunting at Holme NOA
Little Stint at Snettisham RSPB
Red-necked Grebe flew past Sheringham
Great White Egret at Quarles Marsh, Wells
Water Pipit at North Point Pools, Wells
Yellow-browed Warbler at Beeston Regis, Purple Sandpiper at Sheringham
Hen Harrier at Brancaster Staithe
Cattle Egrets x 14, Great White Egrets x 2 at Welney WWT
Hen Harrier at Burnham Overy Marshes
Caspian Gull at Beach Road, Salthouse
Spotted Redshank at Thornham Harbour
Great White Egret at Holkham
Common Cranes x 5 at Stubb Mill, Hickling Broad NWT
Pomarine Skua, Lapland Bunting flew over Waxham
Great White Egret at Seamere Fen, Hingham

MEGA NEWS
UPLAND SANDPIPER
Stockholm Island, Pembrokeshire
FEA'S OR DESERTAS PETREL
Flew past Mousehole, Cornwall

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FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER 
Lesser Yellowlegs on Keepers' Marsh, Scaup, Caspian Gulls x 3 at Cley NWT
Tundra Bean Geese x 6 flew past beach car park at Cley 
Hen Harrier at Lynn Point, King’s Lynn
Great White Egret, Jack Snipe, Water Pipit at North Point Pools, Wells
Hawfinches x 10 at Holkham Park 
Yellow-browed Warbler at Beeston Common, Sheringham 
Twite x 7 at Thornham Harbour 
Caspian Gulls x 3 at Sidestrand 
Glossy Ibis at Burgh Castle 
Little Stint at Snettisham RSPB
Great White Egret, Snow Bunting at Titchwell RSPB 
Great White Egret at Seamere Fen near Hingham 
Dusky Warbler by Heligoland trap at Holme NOA
Ring Ouzel at Kelling Water Meadows
Cattle Egrets x 11, Great White Egret at Welney WWT 
Hen Harriers x 4+ at Stiffkey 
Cattle Egrets x 19, Great White Egrets x 2 at Burnham Overy Marshes 
Water Pipits at Hockwold Washes 
Great White Egret at Horsey 
Great Northern Diver flew past Mundesley

MEGA NEWS
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Thursday 29 October 2020

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

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Lesser Yellowlegs on Keepers' Marsh, Scaup, Tundra Bean Geese x 2, Hen Harrier at Cley NWT
Short-eared Owl between Cley & Blakeney
Water Pipits x 2, Snow Bunting at Holkham
Hawfinches x 8 at Holkham Park 
Dusky Warbler by Heligoland trap at Holme NOA
Siberian Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Russian White-fronted Geese x 54 at Cantley Marshes RSPB
Little Stint at Snettisham RSPB
Great White Egret at Thornham Marsh
Twite x 6 at Thornham Harbour
Spotted Redshanks x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Garganey at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Hen Harriers x 2 at Warham Greens
Caspian Gull in field at West Runton
Great White Egret at Horsey Corner

MEGA NEWS
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland
BLACKPOLL WARBLER
Still, NE of Aith, Shetland
TRINDADE PETREL
Possible, flew past Ballycotton, County Cork, Ireland