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Red-rumped Swallow, Hen Harrier, at East Bank, Cley NWT
Dusky Warbler at Stiffkey Fen
Great White Egret, Hen Harrier, Russian White-fronted Geese x 6 at Welney WWT
Water Pipit, Hen Harriers x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Twite x 4 at Thornham Harbour
Waxwings x 3 flew over East Bank at Cley
Common Cranes x 4 at Clippesby
MEGA NEWS
None
Friday, 7 December 2018
Thursday, 6 December 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Black-throated Divers x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 2, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 7, Water Pipits x 3 at Titchwell RSPB
Red-rumped Swallow at East Bank, Cley NWT
Snow Buntings x 2 at Cley
Hen Harriers x 2 at Stiffkey
Short-eared Owl at Upton Marshes NWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Thornham Marsh
Hawfinch at Lynford Aboretum
Great White Egret at Welney WWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Sheringham
Twite x 7 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
MEGA NEWS
None
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Black-throated Divers x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 2, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 7, Water Pipits x 3 at Titchwell RSPB
Red-rumped Swallow at East Bank, Cley NWT
Snow Buntings x 2 at Cley
Hen Harriers x 2 at Stiffkey
Short-eared Owl at Upton Marshes NWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Thornham Marsh
Hawfinch at Lynford Aboretum
Great White Egret at Welney WWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Sheringham
Twite x 7 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
MEGA NEWS
None
Southern Israel – The Arava Desert Flyway!
23rd to 30th March 2019
Leaders: Ashley Saunders and Gary Elton
This looks very exciting indeed and would fit in with my booked holiday at work very nicely! I really need to do something amazing to lift my spirits. The list of birds on this trip is insane! I will hopefully be going, but as with all birding tours, there has to be enough people for it to go ahead and we need a few more. Come and join Ashley, Gary and I for a week of incredible birding!
One of many amazing trips from Oriole Birding
Still places available if anyone is interested?!
One of many amazing trips from Oriole Birding
Still places available if anyone is interested?!
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Red-rumped Swallow at East Bank, Cley NWT
Long-tailed Ducks x 8 at Titchwell RSPB
Short-eared Owls x 6 at Haddiscoe Island
Shorelarks x 11 at Holkham Bay
Great Northern Diver at Sheringham
MEGA NEWS
DUSKY THRUSH
Isle of Whalsay, Shetland
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Red-rumped Swallow at East Bank, Cley NWT
Long-tailed Ducks x 8 at Titchwell RSPB
Short-eared Owls x 6 at Haddiscoe Island
Shorelarks x 11 at Holkham Bay
Great Northern Diver at Sheringham
MEGA NEWS
DUSKY THRUSH
Isle of Whalsay, Shetland
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
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Hawfinch flew along beach at Trimingham
Spotted Redshanks x 2, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 4, Little Gulls x 5, Velvet Scoter, Water Pipit, Hen Harriers x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Great White Egret at Holkham Freshmarsh
Shorelark, Snow Buntings x 50, Slavonian Grebes x 2 at Holkham Bay
Sooty Shearwater, Great Northern Diver, Lapland Bunting at Sheringham
Taiga Bean Geese x 9 at Cantley Marshes RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owls x 7 at Haddiscoe Marshes
Russian White-fronted Geese x 21 at Cantley Marshes RSPB
Red-necked Grebe at Holme
Short-eared Owls x 2 at Welney WWT
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
MEGA NEWS
None
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Hawfinch flew along beach at Trimingham
Spotted Redshanks x 2, Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 4, Little Gulls x 5, Velvet Scoter, Water Pipit, Hen Harriers x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Great White Egret at Holkham Freshmarsh
Shorelark, Snow Buntings x 50, Slavonian Grebes x 2 at Holkham Bay
Sooty Shearwater, Great Northern Diver, Lapland Bunting at Sheringham
Taiga Bean Geese x 9 at Cantley Marshes RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owls x 7 at Haddiscoe Marshes
Russian White-fronted Geese x 21 at Cantley Marshes RSPB
Red-necked Grebe at Holme
Short-eared Owls x 2 at Welney WWT
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
MEGA NEWS
None
Monday, 3 December 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Taiga Bean Geese x 6 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Cranes x 8 at Thurne
Caspian Gull at Sidestrand
Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Ducks x 4 at Titchwell RSPB
Tundra Bean Geese x 4, Pink-footed Geese x 1000 in sugar beet field at Catfield
Black Redstart at Sheringham
Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl at Welney WWT
MEGA NEWS
None
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Taiga Bean Geese x 6 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Rough-legged Buzzard, Common Cranes x 8 at Thurne
Caspian Gull at Sidestrand
Water Pipit, Black-throated Diver, Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Ducks x 4 at Titchwell RSPB
Tundra Bean Geese x 4, Pink-footed Geese x 1000 in sugar beet field at Catfield
Black Redstart at Sheringham
Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl at Welney WWT
MEGA NEWS
None
Sunday, 2 December 2018
Weekend Update!
It has been an extremely busy weekend, sadly none of it involved birding. On Saturday I had to go Keys Auctioneers at Aylsham to drop off lots of antiques (from my parent's house) for forthcoming sales. I had most of the items at my house, but went to Holme first, to pick up some more items and then headed to Aylsham arriving at around 9.30am. I spent a long time there, booking everything in and deciding which sales each item was going in to. Then had to get back to Holme for 1pm for a van company arriving to pick up the piano I sold to 'Annie' last week. The van company were arriving some time between 1pm and 6pm. I was really hoping they were going to arrive in daylight as I knew it would be difficult to get the piano out of the house and the ground is rough at best outside the property, plus there is no street lighting! I had a message from Annie that the van was turning up at 3pm, then later she sent another message saying 4pm. It was freezing sitting in my parent's house all this time, I didn't want to turn the heating up as we all have to pay the bill now, so stuck it out and put my hands in my pockets and tried to have a nap, but it was too cold to settle. The van company eventually turned up, very unprofessionally at 5.50pm!!!
They were not very good drivers and made a pig's ear out of backing up down the road – it was a good job I stood by my Skoda! The whole thing was a complete debacle! Only three men turned up in a food transit van with no tail lift!!! They were all Portuguese and were swearing and shouting throughout the move. They were unprepared for the job and in some ways I felt sorry for them to be honest. The boss of the group said he 'normally has the vehicle with the tail lift', but 'not today'. Annie and her husband had arrived to oversee things and I thought it was dreadful that her husband had to help with the piano, when they had paid for four men to remove and deliver their piano. The van service was AnyVan – the 'boss' said he was a courier for 'AnyVan' – I didn't really understand the set up at all, but I wouldn't recommend them! They struggled just to get it from the dining room to the front door and that was where the problems really started – it was extremely difficult once they got it over the threshold of the door and one of the men was wedged in between the piano and the postbox. The postbox was pushed into the glass of the porch and the entire pane smashed! They also scraped off a large chunk of polished wood from the piano – hopefully it can be super-glued back into place. They then had to carry the piano down a step, then up a step and onto the unmade up, very muddy road. The worst bit was then walking with the piano over uneven ground and then having to lift it high into the back of the transit van – I really don't know how they did it. It broke all safety rules and they must all be in agony with their backs today. I tried to ring Vivien to discuss the broken porch window, but she didn't answer her phone.
I was at work all today until 3pm (my first scheduled Sunday for months, since I have been off work) and after doing the supermarket run, I collapsed in front of the TV all evening. I have been trying to get hold of Vivien since 5.15pm and sent her several texts, no reply by 12pm. There is not much point in her being my ICE (in case of emergency) on my phone as if anything serious ever happened to me, the police would never be able to get hold of her. Her phone is either on silent, or she is out of signal – for someone not working, she is incredibly difficult to get hold of! At least I got to chat with Lucy this evening. On that note, Christmas is going to be extremely difficult this year. Lucy and I ALWAYS spend Christmas at Holme with our parent's. Last year it was with mother only (father had died in February), but I'm grateful we spent that Christmas with her at least. This year I will be cooking for Lucy at my house in King's Lynn. Roll on the new year! Sell the house at Holme, then mine, then I'm off!!! I had a large response to my post about selling the house, so we should get a good price for it when it goes on the market in late December!
I still havn't sold the bird books and two paintings in my post HERE – please take a look and email if interested, thanks!
They were not very good drivers and made a pig's ear out of backing up down the road – it was a good job I stood by my Skoda! The whole thing was a complete debacle! Only three men turned up in a food transit van with no tail lift!!! They were all Portuguese and were swearing and shouting throughout the move. They were unprepared for the job and in some ways I felt sorry for them to be honest. The boss of the group said he 'normally has the vehicle with the tail lift', but 'not today'. Annie and her husband had arrived to oversee things and I thought it was dreadful that her husband had to help with the piano, when they had paid for four men to remove and deliver their piano. The van service was AnyVan – the 'boss' said he was a courier for 'AnyVan' – I didn't really understand the set up at all, but I wouldn't recommend them! They struggled just to get it from the dining room to the front door and that was where the problems really started – it was extremely difficult once they got it over the threshold of the door and one of the men was wedged in between the piano and the postbox. The postbox was pushed into the glass of the porch and the entire pane smashed! They also scraped off a large chunk of polished wood from the piano – hopefully it can be super-glued back into place. They then had to carry the piano down a step, then up a step and onto the unmade up, very muddy road. The worst bit was then walking with the piano over uneven ground and then having to lift it high into the back of the transit van – I really don't know how they did it. It broke all safety rules and they must all be in agony with their backs today. I tried to ring Vivien to discuss the broken porch window, but she didn't answer her phone.
I was at work all today until 3pm (my first scheduled Sunday for months, since I have been off work) and after doing the supermarket run, I collapsed in front of the TV all evening. I have been trying to get hold of Vivien since 5.15pm and sent her several texts, no reply by 12pm. There is not much point in her being my ICE (in case of emergency) on my phone as if anything serious ever happened to me, the police would never be able to get hold of her. Her phone is either on silent, or she is out of signal – for someone not working, she is incredibly difficult to get hold of! At least I got to chat with Lucy this evening. On that note, Christmas is going to be extremely difficult this year. Lucy and I ALWAYS spend Christmas at Holme with our parent's. Last year it was with mother only (father had died in February), but I'm grateful we spent that Christmas with her at least. This year I will be cooking for Lucy at my house in King's Lynn. Roll on the new year! Sell the house at Holme, then mine, then I'm off!!! I had a large response to my post about selling the house, so we should get a good price for it when it goes on the market in late December!
I still havn't sold the bird books and two paintings in my post HERE – please take a look and email if interested, thanks!
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Black Redstart at Sheringham
Snow Buntings x 40, Velvet Scoters x 2 at Cley
Taiga Bean Geese x 5 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Greenland White-fronted Geese x 2 at Holkham Freshmarsh
Shorelarks x 20 at Holkham Bay
Shorelarks x 3, Arctic Tern (probable), Water Pipits x 2, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Ducks x 2, Velvet Scoter at Titchwell RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Tundra Bean Geese x 4 in field south of Catfield
Taiga Bean Geese x 10, Russian White-fronted Geese x 65 at Cantley Marshes RSPB
Velvet Scoters x 6 at Gorleston-on-Sea
Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owls x 2, Great White Egret at Haddiscoe Marshes
Great White Egret at Welney WWT
Hen Harriers x 2 at Stiffkey
DUSKY WARBLER (probable) heard only at Stiffkey Fen
Twite x 16 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Hen Harriers x 8 at Warham Greens Roost
Twite x 20 at Thornham Harbour
MEGA NEWS
None
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Black Redstart at Sheringham
Snow Buntings x 40, Velvet Scoters x 2 at Cley
Taiga Bean Geese x 5 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Greenland White-fronted Geese x 2 at Holkham Freshmarsh
Shorelarks x 20 at Holkham Bay
Shorelarks x 3, Arctic Tern (probable), Water Pipits x 2, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Ducks x 2, Velvet Scoter at Titchwell RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Tundra Bean Geese x 4 in field south of Catfield
Taiga Bean Geese x 10, Russian White-fronted Geese x 65 at Cantley Marshes RSPB
Velvet Scoters x 6 at Gorleston-on-Sea
Rough-legged Buzzard, Short-eared Owls x 2, Great White Egret at Haddiscoe Marshes
Great White Egret at Welney WWT
Hen Harriers x 2 at Stiffkey
DUSKY WARBLER (probable) heard only at Stiffkey Fen
Twite x 16 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Hen Harriers x 8 at Warham Greens Roost
Twite x 20 at Thornham Harbour
MEGA NEWS
None
Saturday, 1 December 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Bittern at Cley NWT
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Mealy Redpolls x 8 at Wells Woods
Tundra Bean Geese x 6 in field south of Catfield
Snow Buntings x 16 on beach at Winterton
Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck at Holme
Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, Russian White-fronted Geese x 15 at Breydon Water
Hen Harrier at Stiffkey
Taiga Bean Geese x 5 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Water Pipit at Haddiscoe Marshes
Great White Egret flew over Caston
Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebes x 2, Long-tailed Ducks x 6, Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB
Twite x 21 at Thornham Harbour
Hawfinches x 12, Crossbills x 4 at Lynford Aboretum
MEGA NEWS
None
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Bittern at Cley NWT
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Mealy Redpolls x 8 at Wells Woods
Tundra Bean Geese x 6 in field south of Catfield
Snow Buntings x 16 on beach at Winterton
Black-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck at Holme
Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, Russian White-fronted Geese x 15 at Breydon Water
Hen Harrier at Stiffkey
Taiga Bean Geese x 5 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Water Pipit at Haddiscoe Marshes
Great White Egret flew over Caston
Black-throated Diver, Slavonian Grebes x 2, Long-tailed Ducks x 6, Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB
Twite x 21 at Thornham Harbour
Hawfinches x 12, Crossbills x 4 at Lynford Aboretum
MEGA NEWS
None
Friday, 30 November 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Black Redstart by The Leas, Sheringham
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Mealy Redpolls x 3 at Wells Woods
Shorelarks x 15, Snow Buntings x 25 at Holkham Gap
Shorelarks x 35 reported between Holkham & Wells
Black-throated Divers x 2, Great Northern Divers x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 3, Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Long-tailed Ducks x 10, Water Pipit, Hen Harrier at Titchwell RSPB
Long-tailed Duck, Scaup x 2 at Barton Broad
Pale-bellied Brent Goose flew past Weybourne Camp
Smew redhead at Snettisham RSPB
Lapland Buntings x 3, Twite x 16 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Velvet Scoters x 6 off beach car park at Cley
Taiga Bean Geese x 2 (possible), Russian White-fronted Geese x 2 at Waxham
Great White Egret at Breydon Water
Taiga Bean Geese x 9 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Hen Harrier, Twite x 25 at Thornham Harbour
Rough-legged Buzzards x 2, Short-eared Owls x 9 at Haddiscoe Island
Rough-legged Buzzard flew over Great Yarmouth
Tundra Bean Geese x 3, Russian White-fronted Geese x 3, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Geese x 8,500 west of B1153 near Docking
Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Divers x 2 at Holme
Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl at Welney WWT
MEGA NEWS
None
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Black Redstart by The Leas, Sheringham
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Mealy Redpolls x 3 at Wells Woods
Shorelarks x 15, Snow Buntings x 25 at Holkham Gap
Shorelarks x 35 reported between Holkham & Wells
Black-throated Divers x 2, Great Northern Divers x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 3, Black-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Long-tailed Ducks x 10, Water Pipit, Hen Harrier at Titchwell RSPB
Long-tailed Duck, Scaup x 2 at Barton Broad
Pale-bellied Brent Goose flew past Weybourne Camp
Smew redhead at Snettisham RSPB
Lapland Buntings x 3, Twite x 16 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Velvet Scoters x 6 off beach car park at Cley
Taiga Bean Geese x 2 (possible), Russian White-fronted Geese x 2 at Waxham
Great White Egret at Breydon Water
Taiga Bean Geese x 9 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Hen Harrier, Twite x 25 at Thornham Harbour
Rough-legged Buzzards x 2, Short-eared Owls x 9 at Haddiscoe Island
Rough-legged Buzzard flew over Great Yarmouth
Tundra Bean Geese x 3, Russian White-fronted Geese x 3, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Geese x 8,500 west of B1153 near Docking
Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Divers x 2 at Holme
Great White Egret, Short-eared Owl at Welney WWT
MEGA NEWS
None
Thursday, 29 November 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Red-necked Grebes x 2, Black-throated Divers x 2, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 8, Snow Bunting, Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Wells Woods
Purple Sandpiper at Hunstanton
Taiga Bean Geese x 7 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Shorelarks x 24 at Holkham Bay
Snow Buntings x 30 on beach at Cley
Spoonbill, Caspian Gull at Cley NWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Felbrigg Hall NT
Great White Egrets x 2 at Welney WWT
Water Pipits x 2 at Rockland Broad
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
MEGA NEWS
None
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Red-necked Grebes x 2, Black-throated Divers x 2, Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 8, Snow Bunting, Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Wells Woods
Purple Sandpiper at Hunstanton
Taiga Bean Geese x 7 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Shorelarks x 24 at Holkham Bay
Snow Buntings x 30 on beach at Cley
Spoonbill, Caspian Gull at Cley NWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Felbrigg Hall NT
Great White Egrets x 2 at Welney WWT
Water Pipits x 2 at Rockland Broad
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
MEGA NEWS
None
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Rough-legged Buzzard, Black-throated Divers x 3, Great Northern Divers x 3, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Red-necked Grebes x 2, Long-tailed Ducks x 12, Hen Harriers x 2, Water Pipits x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Snow Buntings x 25, Velvet Scoters x 8 at Cley
Smew redhead flew past, Black Redstart at Sheringham
Short-eared Owl at Thornham Point
Rough-legged Buzzard at Blakeney Point
Caspian Gull at Cley NWT
Hen Harrier at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
MEGA NEWS
None
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Rough-legged Buzzard, Black-throated Divers x 3, Great Northern Divers x 3, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Red-necked Grebes x 2, Long-tailed Ducks x 12, Hen Harriers x 2, Water Pipits x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Snow Buntings x 25, Velvet Scoters x 8 at Cley
Smew redhead flew past, Black Redstart at Sheringham
Short-eared Owl at Thornham Point
Rough-legged Buzzard at Blakeney Point
Caspian Gull at Cley NWT
Hen Harrier at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
MEGA NEWS
None
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Hen Harriers x 2, Spotted Redshanks x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 3, Long-tailed Ducks x 11, Great Northern Divers x 3, Black-throated Diver, Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB
Great White Egret, Taiga Bean Geese x 4, Water Pipits x 2, Bittern at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Twite x 26, Hen Harrier, Spotted Redshanks x 3 at Thornham Harbour
Slavonian Grebe, Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, White-fronted Geese x 3 at Breydon Water
Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe at Sheringham
Taiga Bean Geese x 7, Russian White-fronted Geese x 80, Hen Harrier at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Velvet Scoters x 7, Great Northern Diver off beach car park at Cley
Caspian Gull at Cley NWT
PALLAS'S WARBLER still at The Dell, Mealy Redpolls x 3 at Wells Woods
Rough-legged Buzzard at Haddiscoe Island
Lapland Bunting, Caspian Gull, Velvet Scoters x 3, Snow Bunting at Happisburgh
Rough-legged Buzzard at Holkham Freshmarsh
Hen Harrier at Stiffkey
Smew redhead, Spoonbill at Snettisham RSPB
Snow Buntings x 2, Little Gulls x 3 at Snettisham Coastal Park
Lapland Buntings x 4, Twite x 16, Hen Harrier at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Spoonbill at Blakeney Harbour
Caspian Gull at Walcott
Tundra Bean Geese x 3 at South Walsham Marshes
Slavonian Grebe at Burgh Castle
Great White Egret at Welney WWT
Hen Harrier at Warham Greens
MEGA NEWS
None
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Hen Harriers x 2, Spotted Redshanks x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 3, Long-tailed Ducks x 11, Great Northern Divers x 3, Black-throated Diver, Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB
Great White Egret, Taiga Bean Geese x 4, Water Pipits x 2, Bittern at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Twite x 26, Hen Harrier, Spotted Redshanks x 3 at Thornham Harbour
Slavonian Grebe, Great White Egret, Spotted Redshank, White-fronted Geese x 3 at Breydon Water
Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Red-necked Grebe at Sheringham
Taiga Bean Geese x 7, Russian White-fronted Geese x 80, Hen Harrier at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Velvet Scoters x 7, Great Northern Diver off beach car park at Cley
Caspian Gull at Cley NWT
PALLAS'S WARBLER still at The Dell, Mealy Redpolls x 3 at Wells Woods
Rough-legged Buzzard at Haddiscoe Island
Lapland Bunting, Caspian Gull, Velvet Scoters x 3, Snow Bunting at Happisburgh
Rough-legged Buzzard at Holkham Freshmarsh
Hen Harrier at Stiffkey
Smew redhead, Spoonbill at Snettisham RSPB
Snow Buntings x 2, Little Gulls x 3 at Snettisham Coastal Park
Lapland Buntings x 4, Twite x 16, Hen Harrier at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Spoonbill at Blakeney Harbour
Caspian Gull at Walcott
Tundra Bean Geese x 3 at South Walsham Marshes
Slavonian Grebe at Burgh Castle
Great White Egret at Welney WWT
Hen Harrier at Warham Greens
MEGA NEWS
None
Monday, 26 November 2018
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Black-throated Divers x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 2, Slavonian Grebes x 2, Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Rough-legged Buzzard at Titchwell RSPB
Short-eared Owl, Great White Egret at Holkham Freshmarsh
Shorelarks x 20, Snow Buntings x 21 at Holkham Bay
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Spoonbill flew over Wells Woods
Great White Egrets x 2, Snow Buntings x 4, Slavonian Grebe, Russian White-fronted Geese x 9 at Breydon Water
Short-eared Owls x 2, Ruddy Shelduck at Snettisham RSPB
Purple Sandpiper at Hunstanton
Taiga Bean Geese x 6 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Great White Egret at Ongar Hill
Twite x 7 at Thornham Harbour
Hen Harrier at Thornham
Snow Buntings x 2 at Waxham
Russian White-fronted Geese x 2, Taiga Bean Geese x 16, Great White Egret at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Little Auk, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Blue Fulmar, Little Gulls x 4, Puffin at Sheringham
Hen Harriers x 2 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Short-eared Owl at Welney WWT
Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 2, Velvet Scoter, Great Northern Divers x 2 at Holme
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Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Black-throated Divers x 2, Red-necked Grebes x 2, Slavonian Grebes x 2, Spotted Redshank, Water Pipit, Rough-legged Buzzard at Titchwell RSPB
Short-eared Owl, Great White Egret at Holkham Freshmarsh
Shorelarks x 20, Snow Buntings x 21 at Holkham Bay
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Spoonbill flew over Wells Woods
Great White Egrets x 2, Snow Buntings x 4, Slavonian Grebe, Russian White-fronted Geese x 9 at Breydon Water
Short-eared Owls x 2, Ruddy Shelduck at Snettisham RSPB
Purple Sandpiper at Hunstanton
Taiga Bean Geese x 6 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Rough-legged Buzzard, Great White Egret at Ongar Hill
Twite x 7 at Thornham Harbour
Hen Harrier at Thornham
Snow Buntings x 2 at Waxham
Russian White-fronted Geese x 2, Taiga Bean Geese x 16, Great White Egret at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Little Auk, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Blue Fulmar, Little Gulls x 4, Puffin at Sheringham
Hen Harriers x 2 at Blakeney Freshmarsh
Short-eared Owl at Welney WWT
Slavonian Grebe, Long-tailed Ducks x 2, Velvet Scoter, Great Northern Divers x 2 at Holme
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Sunday, 25 November 2018
Weekend Update!
Last week was horrible – went to work on Monday and did something at work which resulted in me doing my back in, but didn't realise how much until Tuesday afternoon. Woke up Tuesday morning feel seriously dizzy and not able to go to work. Later on that day, my back was so painful I could hardly walk and on Wednesday I couldn't walk upright – the pain was really bad, the worst back pains I have ever had and couldn't even put my socks on. I was also experiencing severe pins and needles in both my hands on and off for several days. I phoned the surgery and got a call back from a nurse, who advised me to take Voltarol (that I had in the house) and Paracetamol to relieve the pain and to keep moving, but to sign myself off work for a week. Moving was easier said than done, especially when laying flat felt more comfortable! It was quite frightening to be honest, as I have never had pains like these in my back before – I was not able to stand upright properly until Friday. The Voltarol definitely helped, but I felt very drugged up and slept alot. Since I arrived home from work on Monday evening, I didn't go out of my front door at all until Saturday morning.
Over the weekend I sold the piano (at last) – to a very nice lady in Burnham Market (still to be collected though), I've also sold a Norwegian Jumper (that was sitting on the top shelf of my parent's airing cupboard for years), a first edition 'Dictionary of Entomology' and received a big fat refund/compensation cheque from BT (from my parent's house). My back was still painful over the weekend, but minor compared to last week. Had to finish sorting through paperwork at Holme and started the dreaded shredding process – so exciting!
I didn't get time to go birding sadly, as too many other things to sort out. Birders who have enjoyed the comfort of using my mother's cushions in the hides at Holme Marsh Reserve NWT, will be pleased to know that I have added three more comfortable cushions to hide 1 and 2! Could I kindly request that people pile up the cushions on the single chair in each hide when they have finished, rather than leaving them on the bench seat, from where they generally end up falling onto the dirty hide floor. My mother used to remove the cushions, handwash them and return them, but I'm not that dedicated!
I popped into The White Horse pub at Holme this afternoon, just to ask how the cat was doing. My sisters and I had been worried, as we had not seen the cat in mother's garden at all and this either mean't it had settled in to its new home or something more sinister! I was hugely relieved to hear from a young lad in the pub that 'Misty' has settled in well and 'rules the roost' and seems to like spending time with her brother. I had a tear in my eye as I walked out of the pub, such a relief! Thank goodness we made the right decision.
It looks incredibly bare outside mother's house after the massive buddleia cull and part of me regrets doing it, but as I said last week, somebody would have done it eventually anyway. Every time I return to the property, an immense sadness envelops me – every item we sell or take out, is another memory erased. Apart from a Robin, I didn't see a single bird in the garden today and all because there is no one there to feed them anymore – its almost haunting.
The house is probably going up for sale soon. I don't want to sell it really, but there isn't much choice. I'm the only one that could just about buy my sisters out (from selling my house), but my mortgage would be much bigger than my current one and I wouldn't have any pennies to do the house up (trust me it needs sorting!), plus I don't really want all that added pressure/financial burden at my age. Besides the fact that I don't think I could live in it emotionally – I think the sadness would continue and I can't see me ever feeling any different in that house. The biggest thing that frustrates me, is that it is highly likely that it will be sold to a second home owner and like most of the houses in the road and in fact the village, will stand empty for most of the year and lets be honest, the chances of them being naturalists are probably nil. The house will be extended and the garden will be destroyed and replaced by decking, concrete, pots and barbecue area. Any naturalists/birders/ornithologists out there, who would like to buy a two bed house (that needs alot of work doing) but has an amazing organic wildlife garden for the last fifty years, please email your interest! It will save us the estate agents fees if we sell it privately!!!
Over the weekend I sold the piano (at last) – to a very nice lady in Burnham Market (still to be collected though), I've also sold a Norwegian Jumper (that was sitting on the top shelf of my parent's airing cupboard for years), a first edition 'Dictionary of Entomology' and received a big fat refund/compensation cheque from BT (from my parent's house). My back was still painful over the weekend, but minor compared to last week. Had to finish sorting through paperwork at Holme and started the dreaded shredding process – so exciting!
I didn't get time to go birding sadly, as too many other things to sort out. Birders who have enjoyed the comfort of using my mother's cushions in the hides at Holme Marsh Reserve NWT, will be pleased to know that I have added three more comfortable cushions to hide 1 and 2! Could I kindly request that people pile up the cushions on the single chair in each hide when they have finished, rather than leaving them on the bench seat, from where they generally end up falling onto the dirty hide floor. My mother used to remove the cushions, handwash them and return them, but I'm not that dedicated!
I popped into The White Horse pub at Holme this afternoon, just to ask how the cat was doing. My sisters and I had been worried, as we had not seen the cat in mother's garden at all and this either mean't it had settled in to its new home or something more sinister! I was hugely relieved to hear from a young lad in the pub that 'Misty' has settled in well and 'rules the roost' and seems to like spending time with her brother. I had a tear in my eye as I walked out of the pub, such a relief! Thank goodness we made the right decision.
It looks incredibly bare outside mother's house after the massive buddleia cull and part of me regrets doing it, but as I said last week, somebody would have done it eventually anyway. Every time I return to the property, an immense sadness envelops me – every item we sell or take out, is another memory erased. Apart from a Robin, I didn't see a single bird in the garden today and all because there is no one there to feed them anymore – its almost haunting.
The house is probably going up for sale soon. I don't want to sell it really, but there isn't much choice. I'm the only one that could just about buy my sisters out (from selling my house), but my mortgage would be much bigger than my current one and I wouldn't have any pennies to do the house up (trust me it needs sorting!), plus I don't really want all that added pressure/financial burden at my age. Besides the fact that I don't think I could live in it emotionally – I think the sadness would continue and I can't see me ever feeling any different in that house. The biggest thing that frustrates me, is that it is highly likely that it will be sold to a second home owner and like most of the houses in the road and in fact the village, will stand empty for most of the year and lets be honest, the chances of them being naturalists are probably nil. The house will be extended and the garden will be destroyed and replaced by decking, concrete, pots and barbecue area. Any naturalists/birders/ornithologists out there, who would like to buy a two bed house (that needs alot of work doing) but has an amazing organic wildlife garden for the last fifty years, please email your interest! It will save us the estate agents fees if we sell it privately!!!
NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!
SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT"
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Red-necked Grebes x 3, Slavonian Grebe, Shag, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Long-tailed Ducks x 4, Water Pipit, Hen Harriers x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Hen Harriers x 2, Spoonbill at Cley NWT
Twite x 14 at Thornham Harbour
Shorelarks x 25, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Little Gulls x 5, Snow Buntings x 13 at Holkham Bay
Slavonian Grebe at Burgh Castle
Great White Egrets x 2, Russian White-fronted Geese x 9, Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting at Breydon Water
PENDULINE TIT, Rough-legged Buzzard, Great White Egret, Bittern, Short-eared Owls x 4 at Haddiscoe Island
Lapland Bunting, Snow Buntings x 20 at Happisburgh
Snow Buntings x 70 west of Gramborough Hill
Long-tailed Duck, Little Gull at Salthouse
Red-necked Grebes x 2, Slavonian Grebe, Shags x 5 at Holme
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Wells Woods
Little Gulls x 18, Red-throated Divers x 800 at Sheringham
Hooded Crow (or hybrid) at Hickling Broad NWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Morston
Hen Harrier at Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB
Great White Egret, Bittern, Short-eared Owl, Rough-legged Buzzard at Welney WWT
Hen Harrier at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Velvet Scoters x 10 at Hopton-on-Sea
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Tundra Bean Goose at Burnham Deepdale
Snow Buntings x 32 at Sea Palling
Russian White-fronted Goose at Horsey
Pomarine Skua at Winterton
Purple Sandpiper at Overstrand
Taiga Bean Geese x 4 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
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Red-necked Grebes x 3, Slavonian Grebe, Shag, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Long-tailed Ducks x 4, Water Pipit, Hen Harriers x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Hen Harriers x 2, Spoonbill at Cley NWT
Twite x 14 at Thornham Harbour
Shorelarks x 25, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Little Gulls x 5, Snow Buntings x 13 at Holkham Bay
Slavonian Grebe at Burgh Castle
Great White Egrets x 2, Russian White-fronted Geese x 9, Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting at Breydon Water
PENDULINE TIT, Rough-legged Buzzard, Great White Egret, Bittern, Short-eared Owls x 4 at Haddiscoe Island
Lapland Bunting, Snow Buntings x 20 at Happisburgh
Snow Buntings x 70 west of Gramborough Hill
Long-tailed Duck, Little Gull at Salthouse
Red-necked Grebes x 2, Slavonian Grebe, Shags x 5 at Holme
PALLAS'S WARBLER in The Dell, Wells Woods
Little Gulls x 18, Red-throated Divers x 800 at Sheringham
Hooded Crow (or hybrid) at Hickling Broad NWT
Rough-legged Buzzard at Morston
Hen Harrier at Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB
Great White Egret, Bittern, Short-eared Owl, Rough-legged Buzzard at Welney WWT
Hen Harrier at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Velvet Scoters x 10 at Hopton-on-Sea
Great White Egret at Colney Gravel Pits
Tundra Bean Goose at Burnham Deepdale
Snow Buntings x 32 at Sea Palling
Russian White-fronted Goose at Horsey
Pomarine Skua at Winterton
Purple Sandpiper at Overstrand
Taiga Bean Geese x 4 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
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