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Thursday, 31 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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MARSH SANDPIPER reported yesterday at Cley NWT
Great White Egret, Spoonbills x 3 at Cley NWT
Short-eared Owl, Wood Sandpiper, Little Gulls x 4 at Titchwell RSPB
Black Tern at Winterton
Red-backed Shrike male west of Stiffkey Fen
Garganey at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Spoonbills x 2, Arctic Tern at Brancaster Staithe
Black Tern at Welney WWT
Spoonbill at Holme
Great White Egrets x 5 at Rush Hill Scrape, Hickling Broad NWT
Red-backed Shrike fem at Kelling Hard
Short-toed Lark at Blakeney Point

MEGA NEWS
None

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Internet Now At Holme!

At last, we are now on the Internet at Holme! The BT Engineer was here for over three hours, putting in a new BT socket, new wires outside the house and after several trips to the exchange on the main road at Holme, discovered that the new router was faulty too!!! With new Router installed, we now have Broadband!

RBA Weekly Round-Up 23rd to 29th May!

By Jon Dunn
https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/WeeklyRoundup2018-22.aspx?s_id=826798812

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Garganey, Little Gulls x 6 at Titchwell RSPB
Short-toed Lark, Marsh Warbler at Blakeney Point
Turtle Dove at Holme NOA
Temminck's Stints x 2, Spoonbill at Cley NWT
Wood Sandpiper at Postwick Park & Ride, Norwich
Garganey x 3 at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Bluethroat male at Kelling Water Meadows
Spoonbills x 2 flew over Snettisham Coastal Park
Great White Egrets x 2 at Rush Hill Scrape, Hickling Broad NWT
Savi's Warbler (probable) at Hickling Broad NWT
Caspian Gulls x 2 at Burrell Way, Thetford

MEGA NEWS
MOLTONI'S SUBALPINE WARBLER
probable, at Duncanspy Head, Highland, Scotland
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Skellig Island, County Kerry, Ireland
FORSTER'S TERN
Tacumshin,County Wexford, Ireland

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Garganey, Little Gulls x 3 at Titchwell RSPB
Black Redstart in Norwich
Turtle Dove in Seething
Curlew Sandpiper, Grey Plover at Potter Heigham Marshes
Garganey at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB
Turtle Dove at Holme
Pied Flycatcher, Redstart, Whinchats x 2 at Blakeney Point
Caspian Gull at Nunnery Lakes Nature Reserve, Thetford
Temminck's Stints x 2 at Cley NWT

MEGA NEWS
MOLTONI'S SUBALPINE WARBLER
probable, at Duncanspy Head, Highland, Scotland

Link To My Snowy Owl Footage on Springwatch!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b57s68/springwatch-2018-episode-1 
On iplayer for 30 days – scroll along to 54.4 minutes to see my video clips or watch the full video and others here on Sunday 11th March!

Monday, 28 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Wood Sandpipers x 2, Great White Egrets x 3 at Rush Hill Scrape, Hickling Broad NWT
Black Terns x 3, Great White Egrets x 4, Spoonbill, Garganey x 3 at Potter Heigham Marshes
Temminck's Stints x 2, Spoonbills x 6, Wood Sandpiper at Cley NWT
Wood Sandpiper at Salthouse
Honey Buzzard flew over Great Bircham
Spoonbill at Breydon Water
Grey-headed Wagtail, Little Gulls x 7 at Titchwell RSPB
Turtle Doves x 2 at Holme Dunes NWT

MEGA NEWS
MOLTONI'S SUBALPINE WARBLER
probable, at Duncanspy Head, Highland, Scotland

Sunday, 27 May 2018

My Snowy Owl Footage on Spring Watch!

My Snowy Owl footage at Snettisham RSPB is being shown tomorrow on Bank Holiday Monday in a special feature on ‘Beast from the East’ in the first episode of Springwatch at 8pm to 9.30pm on BBC2!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b57s68/springwatch-2018-episode-1

BT Broad Band - Utterley Rubbish!

‘Titan’ a BT technical advisor told me on the 25th May that there was a technical fault on the line and that was why we could not log into our new internet account. It would take 48 hours to complete he told me and instructed me to turn the Router off for 30 seconds and then back on again after 7pm on Sunday, which I did this evening and guess what? Still not working and no one to contact until Tuesday!!!! Very pissed off is an understatement! This is the third evening I have had drive a few miles along the coast road to find 4G and type up the blog, one fingered on iphone - not happy!

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Short-toed Lark still, Osprey at Blakeney Point
Rose-coloured Starling adult flew south over Holkham
Black Terns x 2, Garganey x 5, Little Stint at Potter Heigham Marshes
Garganey x 2 between Burnham Deepdale and Burnham Norton
Black Redstart in Norwich
Turtle Doves x 3 at Seething
BEE-EATERS x 5+ flew south over Burnham Norton
Temminck’s Stints x 4, Spoonbill at Cley NWT
Honey Buzzard (possible) flew over Snetterton
Honey Buzzard (possible) flew over Norwich
Turtle Dove near Sea Palling
Little Gull, Turtle Dove at Holme
Ruddy Shelduck at Holkham Freshmarsh
Spoonbills x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
Spoonbills x 3 at Blakeney Harbour

MEGA NEWS
FORSTER'S TERN
Tacumshin,County Wexford, Ireland
SPECTACLED WARBLER
Possible at Spurn Point, Yorkshire

Saturday, 26 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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White-winged Black Tern still east of junction of paths at Burnham Overy Dunes
Red-backed Shrike, Turtle Dove, Garganey, Spoonbill, Short-eared Owl at Holme Dunes NWT
Short-eared Owl yesterday at Holme Dunes NWT
BEE-EATER early morning only at Limpenhoe
Short-toed LarkIcterine Warblers x 2, Blyth’s Reed Warbler at Blakeney Point
Serin yesterday, flew over South Beach, Heacham
Great White Egret flew over Stiffkey
Little Gulls x 3 at Titchwell RSPB
Garganey, Wood Sandpiper at Burnham Deepdale
Black Terns x 2, Little Stint, Garganey x 3 at Potter Heigham Marshes
Serin male singing at Beeston Bump, Sheringham
Great White Egrets x 2 at Hickling Broad NWT
Icterine Warbler yesterday and Arctic Redpoll, Common Rosefinch last week at Scolt Head Island
Turtle Dove is Snettisham Coastal Park

MEGA NEWS
FORSTER'S TERN
Tacumshin,County Wexford, Ireland

Friday, 25 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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GREENISH WARBLER singing at Titchwell RSPB
White-winged Black Tern still east of junction of paths, Pied Flycatcher, Pale-bellied Brent Goose at Burnham Overy Dunes
Turtle Dove at Seething
Marsh Warbler east of South Beach at Hunstanton
Serin in garden at Hunstanton
Red-backed Shrike, Turtle Dove at Holme Dunes NWT
Short-toed Lark, Icterine Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Black Redstart, Redstarts x 4 at Blakeney Point
Spoonbill at Stiffkey
Icterine Warbler yesterday at Stiffkey
Black Redstart in Norwich
Whinchat at Cley
Black Tern at Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park
Great White Egrets x 2 at Hickling Broad NWT
BEE-EATER at Limpenhoe

MEGA NEWS
None

Thursday, 24 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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GREENISH WARBLER singing, Garganey, Little Gulls x 2 at Titchwell RSPB
White-winged Black Tern still east of junction of paths, Great White Egret at Burnham Overy Dunes
Turtle Dove at Seething
Great White Egret flew past Weybourne Camp
Black Redstart in Norwich
Grey Headed Wagtail on golfcourse then flew east at Cromer
Turtle Doves x 3 at Waxham
Spoonbills x 3 at Holme
BLYTH’S REED WARBLER probable (heard) east of Lady Anne’s Drive, Holkham
Black Redstart at Blakeney Point
Great White Egret east of Stiffkey
Great White Egret, Spoonbills x 2 at Holkham Freshmarsh

MEGA NEWS
None

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Garganey, Little Gulls x 4, Spoonbill at Titchwell RSPB
Wood Sandpiper on Quaries Marsh, Wells
White-winged Black Tern, Great White Egrets x 2, Spoonbill, Montagu's Harrier at Burnham Overy Dunes
Garganey at Buckenham Marshes RSPB
Black Redstart in Norwich
Spoonbill at Cley NWT
ALBATROSS sp flew past (1.45pm) Holme Dunes NWT

MEGA NEWS
ALBATROSS sp
Holme Dunes NWT, Norfolk
FORSTER'S TERN
Tacumshin,County Wexford, Ireland
AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian, Scotland

RBA Weekly Round-Up 16th to 22nd May!

By Jon Dunn
https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/WeeklyRoundup2018-21.aspx?s_id=661890088

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Family Update!

Things have been extremely difficult since mother left hospital and that's putting it mildly. Vivien and I don't have a clue what we are doing or supposed to be doing and it feels like everything is spiralling out of control. Our mother is getting weaker daily and hardly eating at all and is asleep more than she is awake – her pain is increasing and we have to administer Oramorph to relieve her symptoms on top of her 'pain patch'. It is tearing me apart to see her like this, as she has always been such a tough cookie. We have have had an OT out to support us and other health professionals. I have been caring for her since she came out of hospital on Friday until Sunday – this period included phoning 111 and doctor visits and my complete breakdown in the early hours of Sunday morning. Vivien joined me on Sunday and we have both been with mother since then.

It has been extremely time consuming, attempting to update my blog with the RBA bird news via my iphone, which just has enough signal upstairs in my mother's house to get the internet. Many of you may think this is completely unimportant right now, but my blog is important to me and this helps me to have a tiny bit of normality in my life – not giving up the blog after eight years hard work! I have changed my mother's BT package to a Broadband package (which works out cheaper than her current package anyway) and from Wednesday we will have the internet in the family home, which will be useful for obvious reasons, including doing the on-line food shop!

I have not been in my house much, but returned today after an appointment with a health professional at 3pm to discuss the current situation and then arrived back home at 5.30pm. My baby Blackbirds are now teenagers and were being fed by parents on the top of my fence, which was sweet to watch and the garden is now a jungle! I managed to change the bird ponds and top up the bird table for the Blackbirds, which they seemed very pleased about and after that fell asleep on the sofa. I have no food in the fridge aside from margerine and a few eggs, so all I had when I woke up was jam on toast, before doing the on-line food shop for mother and Vivien. Good night!

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Temminck's Stint, Spoonbills x 2 at Cley NWT
Black Redstart in Norwich
Spoonbills x 2 at Burnham Overy Staithe
Garganey x 3, Little Stint, Common Crane at Potter Heigham Marshes
Spoonbills x 4 at Holkham
Garganey x 4 at Hockwold Washes, Lakenheath Fen RSPB
BEE-EATER flew west past Trimingham
Turtle Dove flew past Horsey
Great White Egret at Hickling Broad NWT
Black Brant, Dark-bellied Brent Geese x 780 at Stiffkey
Little Gulls x 4 at Titchwell RSPB

MEGA NEWS
FORSTER'S TERN
Tacumshin,County Wexford, Ireland
AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian, Scotland

Monday, 21 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Little Gulls x 5, Spoonbill at Titchwell RSPB
Wood Sandpiper, Knot at Potter Heigham Marshes
Black Terns x 9 at Rush Hill Scrape, Hickling Broad NWT
Great White Egrets x 2, Grey Plover at Hickling Broad NWT
Red-backed Shrike Male at South Dunes, Winterton
Black Redstart in Norwich
Curlew Sandpiper, Spoonbills x 4 at Breydon Water
Turtle Dove at Snettisham Coastal Park
Black Tern at Rockland Broad
Turtle Dove, Spoonbills x 2 at Holme
Savi’s Warbler at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

MEGA NEWS
None

Sunday, 20 May 2018

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

SUMMARY OF TODAY'S BIRD NEWS VIA "RARE BIRD ALERT
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Turtle Doves x 2 at Snettisham Coastal Park
Little Stint, Sanderling at Potter Heigham Marshes
Red-backed Shrike Male at South Dunes, Winterton
Curlew Sandpiper, Little Gulls x 7 at Titchwell RSPB
Turtle Dove near golf course at Holme
Black-necked Grebe on pit near Wissington Beet Factory
Grey-headed Wagtail, Temminck’s Stints x 2, Spoonbills x 2 at Cley NWT
Spoonbills x 4 at Breydon Water
Glaucous Gull flew past Kelling Quags
Osprey at Acle
Great Whit Egret on flood east of Stiffkey

MEGA NEWS
FORSTER'S TERN
Tacumshin,County Wexford, Ireland
AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
Musselburgh Lagoons, Lothian, Scotland

Saturday, 19 May 2018

Life After Hospital!

Mother returned home from her operation on Friday afternoon after one night’s stay. She was understandably exhausted and in my opinion should have stayed in hospital longer. We had a rough night between us for various reasons and today only got worse.