NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

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WHITE-TAILED EAGLE imm., Great White Egret at Horsey & Waxham

Black Redstart at South Denes, Great Yarmouth

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE at Cley NWT & Blakeney Freshmarsh

Long-tailed Duck at Ormesby Little Broad

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE at Breydon Water

Cattle Egrets x 11, Common Cranes x 2 at Welney WWT

Spoonbill at Sheringham

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE imm. flew over Aylmerton

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE juv., Spoonbill flew over Weybourne Camp

WHITE-TAILED EAGLES x 2 (both imm.) flew over Winterton

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE flew over Felmingham

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE imm. flew over Hickling Broad NWT

Iceland Gull flew over Kelling

Large Tortoiseshell Butterfly at Kelling Heath

Black Redstart at Martham

Dusky Warbler at Nunnery Lakes NR, Thetford

Water Pipit, Common Crane at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

 

MEGA NEWS 

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

In garden at Exmouth, Devon

DUSKY THRUSH 1w.

In February, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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

By Jon Dunn

https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/weeklyRoundup2021_12.aspx?s_id=199737239

In Remembrance

So far, 126,284 people have died of Coronavirus over the last twelve months

 

Some of our colleagues that you and I have worked with in the NHS and Care Homes have died

💙

Sending love to all those who have been affected, through bereavement, suffering with Covid-19 and for everyone who has suffered mentally, which is more than probably all of us

💔💙💔

 

 

In the darkness there is always light

 

In the light there is always hope

 

In hope there is always love

 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56503948

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WHITE-TAILED EAGLE presumed released at Snettisham Coastal Park

Garganey at Hockwold Washes

Water Pipit at Salthouse

Spoonbill at Breydon Water

Scaup at Rollesby Broad

Slavonian Grebes x 2 at Ormesby Broad

Crossbill, Great White Egret at Surlingham

Water Pipit at Titchwell RSPB

WHITE-TAILED EAGLE between Winterton & Horsey

Tundra Bean Geese x 2, Hen Harrier near Winterton

Black Redstart at Martham

Black Redstart at Wiveton

Nightingale (unconfirmed report) singing at Felbrigg

Short-eared Owl flew past California

White Wagtail at Buckenham Marshes RSPB

 

MEGA NEWS 

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

In garden at Exmouth, Devon

EYEBROWED THRUSH 1w.

Still on 3rd March, but no sign since, east of county, Kent

Live Feed From Iceland Volcano!

https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/20/live-feed-from-iceland-volcano?fbclid=IwAR2B0sQeZN2S1u3LP6vFojf0JgoZ6B_UES12TgbCBiGh3IyqK66LGKr8u8w

'Sonic Boom' In Dorset Blamed On 'Fireball Meteor'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56475333

Walrus Caught On Camera On Pembrokeshire Coast!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-56476760

Also seen off the Irish Coast last Sunday:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-56403630

NORFOLK BIRD NEWS & MEGAS!

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Common Crane flew over Coastguards at Cley

Iceland Gull, Hen Harrier at Cley NWT

Hen Harrier flew over Weybourne

Glaucous Gull, Lapland Bunting flew past, Iceland Gull at Weybourne Camp

Kittiwake at Hockwold Washes

Spoonbills x 3 at Burnham Overy Dunes

Garganey, Water Pipits x 2 at Cantley Beet Factory

Water Pipit, Little Gull at Titchwell RSPB

Black Redstart at Hungry Hill, Northrepps

Rough-legged Buzzard reported at Kenninghall

Hen Harrier at Hickling

Garganey, Short-eared Owl at Seamere Fen, Hingham

 

MEGA NEWS 

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

In garden at Exmouth, Devon

Weekend Update!

Not much to report really, just ticking the days away until Monday 29th March! The last time I walked on a beach was at Snettisham RSPB on 30th December 2020! I miss coastal birding SO much. I don't feel safe walking/birding around King's Lynn – its not much fun. I'm still feeling extremely fatigued and can only put this down to long-term Covid symptoms. The last time I saw Vivien was back in December!

PLANS: 

Monday 29th March: See Lucy and Vivien together!

Tuesday 30th March: Beach, birding along the coast!

Good Friday 2nd April to Tuesday 6th April: Coastal birding!!!

I messaged my hairdresser yesterday, to ask when she will be ringing to re-book appointments. My appointment should have been on 23rd February. All the people who had appointments booked in January and first half of February will be seen before me, so I can't see me having my hair done on the first day of the hairdressers opening on 12th April! Oh well!

Lucy did have bad side effects after having her Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday 12th March – she felt hot/cold and basically, as Lucy put it "felt like sh*t" and had a sore arm on the Saturday. She was fine by Sunday though and just had a sore arm for a few days after that. Vivien had her first Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine today in Ely and Ray had his recently too. My second Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is on 16th April.

Completed the Census on line this evening. Looking forward to the Easter break and have booked annual leave for 21st, 22nd & 23rd April – because I only work Wednesday to Friday now, that means I have a week off!

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Hen Harrier, Black Brant, Dark-bellied Brent Geese x 800, Pale-bellied Brent Geese x 3 at North Point Pools, Wells

Spoonbill at Burnham Norton

Great White Egret, Bar-tailed Godwit at Buckenham Marshes RSPB

Hen Harrier at Terrington Marsh

Spoonbills x 2, Great White Egret, Hen Harrier at Cley NWT

Water Pipits x 2 at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB

Great White Egret at Sparham Pools, Lyng

Common Scoter (ID'd from sound recording) flew over Norwich

Russian White-fronted Geese x 9, Bittern at Cantley Marshes RSPB

 

MEGA NEWS 

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

In garden at Exmouth, Devon

BELTED KINGFISHER

Still at Castletown Bearhaven, County Cork, Ireland