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Pomarine Skuas x 2, Little Gulls x 140 flew past Horsey

Dusky Warbler, Waxwing, Black Redstart, Snow Buntings x 40 at Blakeney Point

Cattle Egrets x 10 at Welney WWT

Ferruginous Duck + hybrid Ferruginous Duck x Pochard at Rollesby Broad

Ferruginous Duck, Scaup at Ormesby Broad

Sabine's Gull on sea, Shorelarks x 2, Little Auk, Snow Buntings x 9, Black Redstart, Little Gulls x 3, Lapland Bunting, Twite x 5 at Salthouse

Shorelarks x 9 at Holkham Bay

Waxwing flew over Holkham Pines

Snow Goose (possible) in field with Pink-footed Geese at Titchwell

Black Guillemot, Red-necked Grebe, Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Spotted Redshank, Puffin at Titchwell RSPB

Slavonian Grebe at Whitlingham Country Park

Pallid Harrier juv. flew past Morston Quay

Short-eared Owl, Caspian Gulls x 2 at Sidestrand

Black Brant, Hen Harrier at Stiffkey

Black Guillemot, Little Gulls x 12 at Weybourne

Yellow-browed Warbler, Hen Harrier at Warham Greens

Caspian Gulls x 2 at Cley NWT

Pomarine Skua flew past Holme

Great Northern Diver at East Runton

Long-tailed Ducks, Great Northern Diver at Great Yarmouth

 

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Burnham Overy Dunes!

Yellow-browed Warbler at Burnham Overy Dunes 

An extremely elusive bird

 

With SE winds last night and today, I decided there may be a chance of some late migrants. I decided to walk Burnham Overy Dunes – parking up on the main road at Burnham Overy just after lunch, I could see Ashley Saunders was already here, always a good sign! The walk out was not as fun as I expected, I felt like I was in a line of marching ants – dog walkers behind and in front of me and two lots of loud conversations going on! No peace and quiet here. I hadn't expected it to be so busy on a dreary, dull day in November! I bumped into Ashley S. and Nick, who had found a Yellow-browed Warbler a little earlier, in the first scrub lined hollow east of the boardwalk. On route, I saw small flocks of Starlings, Blackbirds, Robins, Hedge Sparrows and Greylag Geese.

I eventually reached the end of the boardwalk and walked down to the lower path, leaving the line of ants to continue to the beach! Around the apple tree and the scrub, I only saw Robins and Hedge Sparrows. Starlings were feeding just east of the farm gate and a big flock of Linnets were perched on the brambles just east of here.

Yellow-browed Warbler at Burnham Overy Dunes

 

 

I headed east to look for Ashley's Yellow-browed Warbler. I spent ages looking in the hollow where it was seen, I sat, walked around, waited, several times, nothing at all, nothing heard. Only Blackbirds, two Robins and two Wrens here. Gave up and walked further east. Checked out all the scrub east of here and then returned to the first hollow – I refused to give up! Again, I spent ages looking and was just about to leave, when two Wrens chasing each other, flushed the YBW out of an elder! At last! Then it vanished. It took a while, but then it decided to show itself, just enough to get some record shots. It was constantly on the move, feeding and not playing ball for the camera! I was so pleased I had seen it, I had almost given up, but perseverance paid off.

 

I wandered back as the sun was setting and saw a Stonechat perched up in some brambles near the apple tree and more flocks of Starlings. There seemed to be more Blackbirds along the hedge-lined track near my car, than when I had walked out to the dunes. Two Cetti's Warblers burst into song. Hundreds of Pink-footed Geese flying over and landing on the east side of the marshes. A beautiful end to the afternoon. 

 

 Sunset at Burnham Overy Dunes

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Great Northern Diver, Little Gulls x 39, Short-eared Owl at South Dunes, Snow Buntings x 46 at North Dunes, Winterton

Great Northern Diver, Black-throated Diver, Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebes x 2, Slavonian Grebe, Hen Harrier at Titchwell RSPB

Snow Bunting flew along cliff top at Hunstanton

Twite x 3, Snow Buntings x 3, Great Northern Diver, Scaup at Salthouse

Yellow-browed Warbler at Gramborough Hill

Long-billed Dowitcher, Little Stints x 3, Short-eared Owl, Water Pipit, Caspian Gull at Cley NWT

Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe, Red-necked Grebe off beach car park at Cley

Great Northern Diver on sea at Waxham

Shorelarks x 9, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Great Northern Diver at Holkham Bay

Pallid Harrier juv., Hooded Crow at Warham Greens

Slavonian Grebe at Whitlingham Country Park

Hume's Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Short-eared Owls x 3 at Blakeney Point

Yellow-browed Warbler at Burnham Overy Dunes

Short-eared Owl, Caspian Gull at West Runton

Cattle Egret at Sculthorpe Moor NR

Ferruginous Ducks x 3 (or hybrids) at Ormesby Broad

Short-eared Owl at Welney WWT

Purple Sandpiper, Pale-bellied Brent Goose at Waxham

Water Pipit at Walsey Hills NOA

Common Cranes x 64, Water Pipit, Russian White-fronted Geese x 3 at Stubb Mill Roost, Hickling Broad NWT

Lapland Bunting, Spoonbill at East Hills, Wells

Hen Harrier SSE of Ludham

 

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SATURDAY 12th NOVEMBER

Shorelarks x 9, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Divers x 3, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Little Gulls x 3 at Holkham Bay

Long-billed Dowitcher, Shorelarks x 2, Water Pipit, Twite x 5 at Salthouse

Long-billed Dowitcher, Purple Sandpiper, Twite x 2, Little Stints x 2, Caspian Gulls x 3 at Cley NWT

Cattle Egret at Sculthorpe Moor NR

Great Northern Divers x 3, Jack Snipe, Hen Harrier at Titchwell RSPB

Great Northern Diver on sea, Snow Buntings x 30, Twite at North Dunes, Winterton

Lapland Bunting flew over Weybourne Camp

Short-eared Owls x 3, Cattle Egret, Spotted Redshank at Welney WWT

Purple Sandpiper at Sheringham

Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting at Happisburgh

Cattle Egret, Great Northern Diver, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Snow Bunting at Holme Dunes NWT

 

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Shorelarks x 6, Black-throated Diver at Holkham Bay

Snow Buntings x 20, Little Stints x 2, Caspian Gull at Cley NWT

Great Grey Shrike, Hen Harriers x 2 at Berney Marshes RSPB

Spotted Redshanks x 3 at Breydon Water

Black-throated Diver, Hen Harrier, Caspian Gull at Titchwell RSPB

Snow Bunting, Little Gull on beach at Brancaster

Hen Harrier flew past Stiffkey Campsite

Long-billed Dowitcher at Salthouse

Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Spoonbill at Holme Dunes NWT

Short-eared Owls x 2 at Welney WWT

 

MEGA NEWS

SWINHOE'S PETREL

Ballycotton, County Cork, Ireland

Happy Birthday Vivien!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SISTER VIVIEN!

 " Enjoy Your Birthday Celebrations "

Lots of Love Penny

x x x x x x

🎉 🎂 🎊 💝 🌻

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Black Redstart at Winterton

Short-eared Owl, Great Northern Diver by Beach Road, Cley

Long-billed Dowitcher, Little Stint, Snow Buntings x 20, Caspian Gull at Cley NWT

Shorelarks x 6, Snow Buntings x 3, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Velvet Scoters x 2, Little Gulls x 2 at Holkham Bay

Pallid Harrier (possible) flew over Holkham Freshmarsh

Hen Harrier SSW of Wells

Green-winged Teal, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl at Titchwell RSPB

Cattle Egrets x 7, Short-eared Owls x 3 at Welney WWT

Hawfinch at Lynford Aboretum

Pomarine Skuas x 2, Great Northern Diver at Sheringham

 

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Black Guillemot, Black-throated Diver at Sheringham

Water Pipits x 4, Snow Buntings x 20, Little Stints x 2 at Cley NWT

Green-winged Teal, Black-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe at Titchwell RSPB

Water Pipits x 2 at Salthouse

Cattle Egrets x 14 at Welney WWT

Short-eared Owl, Russian White-fronted Geese x 12 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB

Short-eared Owl at Morston

 

MEGA NEWS

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian

WILSON'S SNIPE

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

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Cattle Egret at Sculthorpe Moor NR

Shorelarks x 5 at Holkham Bay

Long-billed Dowitcher, Water Pipit, Caspian Gulls x 3, Little Stint at Cley NWT

Black Redstart at Winterton

Green-winged Teal, Slavonian Grebe, Hen Harrier at Titchwell RSPB

Pallid Harrier juv, Hen Harriers x 2, Pale-bellied Brent Goose at Warham Greens

Snow Bunting at Gramborough Hill

Lapland Bunting at Salthouse

Hawfinch flew over East Wretham Heath NWT

Russian White-fronted Geese x 7 at Buckenham Marshes RSPB

Cattle Egret at Welney WWT

 

MEGA NEWS

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian

WILSON'S SNIPE

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

Doon Lough, County Leitrim, Ireland

RBA Weekly Round-up 1st to 7th November!

By Jon Dunn

https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/weeklyRoundup2022_45.aspx?s_id=256634352

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Long-billed Dowitcher, Shorelark, Twite, Lapland Bunting, Water Pipit at Salthouse

Snow Buntings x 11, Twite at Gramborough Hill

Slavonian Grebe at Whitlingham Country Park

Snow Buntings x 17 on beach at Kelling

Shorelarks x 6 at Holkham Bay

Cattle Egrets x 6 at Holkham Freshmarsh

Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver at Sheringham

Ring Ouzel at Southrepps

Water Pipit at Walsey Hills NOA

Cattle Egret at Welney WWT

Caspian Gulls x 6, Little Stint at Cley NWT

Hen Harrier at Roydon Common NNR

Hen Harrier at Grimston Warren

Black Redstart at Cromer

Snow Buntings x 17 at Weybourne Camp

Short-eared Owl at Buckenham Marshes RSPB

 

MEGA NEWS

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian

WILSON'S SNIPE

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

FORSTER'S TERN

Kinvarra, County Galway, Ireland

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Long-billed Dowitcher at Salthouse

Long-billed Dowitcher, Little Stints x 3, Snow Buntings x 37 at Cley NWT

Black Guillemot flew past Sheringham

Cattle Egret at Sculthorpe Moor NR

Little Auks x 2, Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Velvet Scoters x 2, Spoonbill, Snow Bunting at Titchwell RSPB

Black-necked Grebe west of Brancaster

Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier at Holme Dunes NWT

Hen Harrier east of drying barns at Choseley

Snow Buntings x 6 at Weybourne Camp

Shorelarks x 6, Black-throated Divers x 3, Slavonian Grebes x 3, Velvet Scoters x 6 at Holkham Bay

Cattle Egret at Welney WWT

Hooded Crow at Warham Greens

Water Pipits x 2 at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Hen Harrier at Roydon Common NNR

 

MEGA NEWS

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Fisherrow, Lothian

WILSON'S SNIPE

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

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Cattle Egret, Hen Harrier, Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Slavonian Grebe at Holme Dunes NWT

Great Northern Diver flew past Weybourne

Long-billed Dowitcher, Shorelarks x 3, Snow Bunting, Lapland Buntings x 2, Twite, Purple Sandpiper at Salthouse

Black Guillemot, Snow Buntings x 30, Little Stint at Cley NWT

Eastern Stonechat sp. at east end of The Hood, Hen Harrier at Blakeney Point

Shorelarks x 6, Slavonian Grebes x 2, Velvet Scoters x 7, Black-throated Diver at Holkham Bay

Little Gulls x 8 at Cromer

Ring Ouzel at North Beach, Heacham

Russian White-fronted Goose at Buckenham Marshes RSPB

Hooded Crow, Hen Harriers x 2 at Warham Greens

Black-necked Grebe west of Brancaster

Water Pipits x 2 at North Point Pools, Wells

Tundra Peregrine (possible) form calidus/tundrius juv. fem on beach, Hen Harrier at Thornham Harbour

Spoonbill, Lapland Bunting, Slavonian Grebe at Titchwell RSPB

Snow Buntings x 6 at Weybourne

Black Redstart at Northrepps

Snow Bunting at Morston

Water Pipits x 2 at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Snow Bunting at Happisburgh

Cattle Egret at Sculthorpe Moor NR

 

MEGA NEWS

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Fisherrow, Lothian

WILSON'S SNIPE

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

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Little Auks x 2, Pomarine Skuas x 28, Grey Phalarope, Sooty Shearwater, Little Gulls x 50 flew past beach car park at Cley

Long-billed Dowitcher, Snow Bunting x 3 Little Stints x 5, Water Pipits x 3, Caspian Gull at Cley NWT

Long-billed Dowitcher, Shorelarks x 2, Little Auk, Snow Buntings x 2, Grey Phalarope, Little Gulls x 6, Little Stint, Lapland Bunting at Salthouse

Slavonian Grebe at Whitlingham Country Park

Snow Buntings x 8 at Blakeney Point

Short-eared Owl at Blakeney Freshmarsh

Little Auk, Pomarine Skuas x 6, Long-tailed Skua, Sooty Shearwater, Great Northern Diver, Little Gulls x 79 at Sheringham

Snow Buntings x 2, Slavonian Grebe, Velvet Scoter, Curlew Sandpiper, Water Pipit, Spoonbill at Titchwell RSPB

Lapland Bunting, Snow Buntings x 30 at Winterton

Pallid Harrier at saltmarsh, Hooded Crow at Warham Greens

Hen Harrier at North Point, Wells

Cattle Egrets x 6 at Holkham Freshmarsh

Shorelarks x 6 at Holkham Bay

Slavonian Grebes x 2, Arctic Tern, Hen Harrier at Burnham Overy Dunes

Twite x 15 at Snettisham RSPB

Pomarine Skuas x 6, Great Northern Diver, Little Gulls x 51 at Holme Dunes NWT

Pomarine Skuas x 6 at Weybourne

Short-eared Owl at Edgefield

Snow Bunting at Cromer

 

MEGA NEWS

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian

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Hen Harrier flew over Dersingham

Black Guillemot off beach car park, Snow Buntings x 7, Black Redstart at Cley

Little Stints x 6 at Cley NWT

ALPINE ACCENTOR again, Water Pipits x 2, Snow Buntings x 6 at Blakeney Point

Pallid Harrier south of East Hills at Warham Greens 

Slavonian Grebe at Whitlingham Country Park

Cattle Egrets x 2 east of Horsey Mill

Short-eared Owls x 2 at Holkham Pines

Cattle Egrets x 6 at Holkham Freshmarsh

Shorelarks x 2, Slavonian Grebes x 2, Short-eared Owl at Holkham Gap

Cattle Egrets x 11 at Welney WWT

Long-billed Dowitcher at Salthouse 

Hen Harrier at Roydon Common NWT

Cattle Egret, Snow Buntings x 2 at Holme Dunes NWT

Black Redstart at Happisburgh

Black Redstarts x 2 at Winterton

Rough-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Short-eared Owl at Burnham Overy Dunes

Common Cranes x 3 flew over North Creake

Purple Sandpiper at Gorleston-on-Sea

Snow Buntings x 2 at Old Hunstanton

Snow Bunting, Spoonbill at Titchwell RSPB

 

MEGA NEWS

ALPINE ACCENTOR

Blakeney Point, Norfolk

WILSON'S SNIPE

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER

Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian

NORTHERN HARRIER 

Lough Boora Parklands, County Offaly, Ireland

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Hooded Crow at Warham Greens

Pallid Harrier at Warham Greens

Spotted Redshank, Little Gulls x 2, Snow Bunting, Great Northern Diver, Hen Harrier at Titchwell RSPB

Long-billed Dowitcher, Shorelarks x 3, Twite x 5, Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper at Salthouse 

Long-billed Dowitcher, Black Guillemot, Lapland Bunting, Snow Buntings x 2, Little Stint at Cley NWT

Purple Sandpiper at Sheringham

Shorelarks x 2, Velvet Scoters x 6, Long-tailed Duck at Holkham Gap

Rose-coloured Starling (probable), Cattle Egrets x 6 at Holkham Freshmarsh

Rough-legged Buzzard at Holkham Pines

Short-eared Owl from Garden Drove, Wells

Rough-legged Buzzard at Burnham Overy Dunes

Water Pipit at Brancaster Estate NT

Slavonian Grebe at Whitlingham Country Park

Swift sp. near church at Cromer

Cattle Egret, Short-eared Owl, Hen Harrier at Welney WWT 

Snow Bunting, Spotted Redshank at Snettisham RSPB

Grey Phalarope, Little Gulls x 14 flew past Sheringham

Lapland Bunting at Weybourne

ALPINE ACCENTOR again at Blakeney Point

Hen Harriers x 2 at Roydon Common NWT

 

MEGA NEWS

ALPINE ACCENTOR

Blakeney Point, Norfolk

BAND-RUMPED PETREL
The Lizard, Cornwall

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT
Doon Lough, County Leitrim, Ireland

A Fabulous Day of Prizes, Certificates & Goals!

My father was almost fanatical about winning the Premium Bonds and used to hover outside the front door on the 1st of every month and imagined a member of the Premium Bond team arriving at the door to tell him he had won the million! He won a fair bit over the years, but never the big one! The PB draw this month, fell on my father's birthday – he must have been smiling today, as both Vivien, Ray and myself all won exactly £50 each on our Premium's Bonds! 😊😍

Over the last two weeks I have received two Slimmer of the Week Awards, which also includes a big food hamper prize (SW foods, nothing naughty!). My second award was tonight and also got another certificate for losing my first stone! Total loss so far: One Stone and half a pound in four weeks! Tonight was also a food tasting evening, where all the members bring in something home-made or purchased that is low in fat, or a SW recipe etc. I managed to bake some Raspberry and Coconut Bakes to take to the event. Some fabulous dishes were made by members – a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

A good day all round! My goal is to return to the weight I was, once upon a time – going for gold! 🏆 I'm really enjoying the diet, it forces you to cook from scratch, which is what we should all be doing anyway and the new Ninja grill is assisting the entire process brilliantly!

In Memory on Your Birthday!

Happy Birthday to My Dearest Father

You would have been 96 today – 2nd November

Thinking of you today and always

Forever in my heart

Always in my thoughts

I miss you and mother so much

Time moves on, but my love for you both remains

Until we meet again

💔  💔  💔

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Little Auk flew past Cromer

Long-billed Dowitcher, Shorelarks x 7, Purple Sandpiper, Twite x 2, Lapland Bunting at Salthouse

Slavonian Grebe at Whitlingham Country Park

Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, lack-necked Grebe, Little Gulls x 20, Hen Harrier at Titchwell RSPB

Spotted Redshank at Welney WWT

Little Stints x 4, Caspian Gulls x 6 at Cley NWT

Short-eared Owls x 2 west of Cley

Hen Harrier at Roydon Common NWT

Pallid Harrier juv., Hen Harriers x 2 south of East Hills at Wells 

Pallid Swift over paddocks at Attleborough

Pallid Swift over Thursford Green, Thursford

Hooded Crow at Warham Greens

 

MEGA NEWS

WILSON'S SNIPE

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly

RBA Weekly Round-Up 25th to 31st November!

By John Dunn

https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/WeeklyRoundup2022_44.aspx?s_id=91741507

Thank you very much to the RBA Team, for including my Alpine Accentor in their Weekly Round-Up!