tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81389578098556257212024-03-05T08:22:41.148+00:00gobirding.eu Birding DiaryA diary of my birding activity covering highlights and photos from my birding adventures. Mainly Norfolk (UK), occasionally beyond. I might mention the odd thing that isn't avian, but for moth and other insect news check out my mothing diary.Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-4441377113235529232021-01-20T20:31:00.004+00:002021-01-21T08:56:40.575+00:00Review of 2019 and 2020 - Birds<div><b>
</b>I haven't posted anything on this blog since 2018. At the beginning of 2020 I planned to publish a review of the year for 2019 (covering all taxa, not just birds) but I didn't quite finish it before the 2020 season got busy, so in the end I decided to combine the two years.
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I've been focusing much more on insects and other taxa than in the past, and my birding activity has been more limited as a consequence. But just as big an impact on the variety of birds seen, if not the amount of time spent looking, is the fact that I've mostly stayed much more local - by choice in 2019 and more so by necesity during 2020 with its Covid-19 pandemic. Even so, it really struck me in preparing this review how few birds I saw in 2019 and 2020 - birds that normally I would see on multiple occasions during a year I hardly saw at all, or in some cases didn't see at all.
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For me staying local means North Elmham and as much as I enjoy walking round my local patch (the Cathedral Meadows), it really isn't a great location for birding when compared to many coastal locations or even a lot of inland sites, particularly those with more varied habitat. I have a view over the Wensum Valley and in the winter when the leaves are off the trees if I stand in just the right place I can just see a little bit of the park lake, but my views of freshwater are mainly restricted to a small dyke that runs alongside the edge of the patch or occasional floodwaters in the surrounding land.
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That said I did manage to pick up a few decent local birds, especially in the second half of 2020. These included <b>Quail </b>in July 2019, <b>Wryneck </b>in September 2020, <b>Jack Snipe </b>in October 2020 and <b>Great White Egret </b>and <b>Hen Harrier </b>in November 2020. Although arguably not countable, a rehabilitated <b>White Stork </b>was another notable patch bird in spring 2020. Surely the most extraordinary local sighting was another bird that benefited from human assistance (if indirectly), the <b>Lammergeier</b> which I saw from Billingford and then nipped back home just in time to glimpse it from my study window. I won't go into details, but a local find of <b>Long-eared Owl </b>was also a very unexpected surprise. <br />
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I did twitch a few birds in Norfolk before the pandemic including <b>Semipalmated Sandpiper</b>, <b>Grey-bellied Brant </b>and <b>Eastern Yellow Wagtail </b>(a bit of a James McCallum theme there - he found them all!), <b>Isabelline Wheatear </b>and most excitingly the <b>Kalij Pheasant</b>. Oh, and the <b>Eagle Owl </b>and, just across the Suffolk border, the fantastic <b>Mallard x Rosybill hybrids</b>. Twitching was largely out of the question during the pandemic but thankfully restrictions had been lifted sufficiently at the time of the <b>Rufous Bush Robin </b>to make it possible to see that safely, and I managed to see the <b>Brown Shrike</b> too.
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Other visits to the coast were few and far between but I only managed a handful of mediocre days hunting migrants or seawatching.<br />
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My first trip to Mull in June 2019 was great - the weather was amazing and there was plenty to look at. Of the birds, the <b>White-tailed Eagles </b>were maybe top of the list although I really enjoyed the boat trip to Staffa to see the <b>Puffins</b>.
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I timed a long weekend to Barcelona in February 2020 just right as Covid-19 hit Spain in a big way a week or two later and I wouldn't have been able to travel there then. The clear highlight here was my first <b>Wallcreeper</b>. <b>Iberian Green Woodpecker </b>was also new for me here.
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We were able to go to Cornwall in early October 2020 too, although it wasn't the best week for birding. Having missed it at Pendeen it was nice of the <b>American Golden Plover </b>to follow me to Porthgwarra, but the Red-eyed Vireo at Kenidjack refused to show its face.
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Two visits to the Lake District in 2019 to see family produced a few more birds - either there or on the journeyes to and from - including <b>Black Grouse</b> and a <b>Gadwall x Shoveler hybrid</b>.<br />
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Follow the links below to view details and photos of each group of birds, or just go to the <a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-gamebirds.html">first</a> and then use the "<b>Next page</b>" links at the bottom to move on through. Other non-avian parts of my review of the years will soon start being published on my <a href="http://gobirdingeu-mothing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mothing Diary blog</a>. After that I shall need to re-think my online presence - my main website www.gobirding.eu was suspended at the beginning of this year as a fall-out of Brexit - you have to be resident in the EU to retain registration of a .eu domain. As much as I wish I was still resident in the EU, our inevitable re-entry to the EU is sadly not yet on the horizon. The linked blogs remain live but as a platform Blogger is proving far from ideal and in any case the title of the blog linking to a now-defunct website no longer seems appropriate. So watch this space, but don't expect anything new very imminently.<br />
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-gamebirds.html">Gamebirds</a></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kalij Pheasant</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-geese.html">Geese, Swans and Shelducks</a></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey-bellied Brant</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-ducks.html">Ducks</a></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mallard x Rosybill hybrid</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-swifts.html">Swifts, Cuckoos, Doves and Pigeons, Rails and Coots, and Grebes</a><br /></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Turtle Dove</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-waders.html">Waders</a></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">American Golden Plover</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-gulls-and.html">Gulls and Terns</a></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Audouin's Gull</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-skuas.html">Skuas, Auks, Divers, Storm-Petrels, Fulmars and Shearwaters, Storks, Gannets, Cormorants, Spoonbills and Herons</a><br /></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White Stork in North Elmham</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cattle Egret, Brancaster, 1st June 2019</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-raptors.html">Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Harriers, Kites and Buzzards</a></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lammergeier - shortly before I saw it from my study window</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-owls.html">Owls, Hoopoes, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Falcons and Parakeets</a></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wryneck at the North Elmham Cathedral Meadows</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-shrikes.html">Shrikes, Crows, Tits, Larks and Hirundines</a><br /></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Brown Shrike</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-warblers.html">Warblers, Long-tailed Tits, Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, Treecreepers and Starlings</a></li></ul>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wallcreeper in Spain</span></div>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-thrushes.html">Thrushes, Chats and Flycatchers</a><br /></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-sparrows.html">Sparrows, Accentors, Wagtails and Pipits</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-of-2019-and-2020-birds-finches.html">Finches and Buntings</a></li></ul>
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<br /></div>Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-29882419047153647512021-01-20T20:27:00.003+00:002021-01-21T08:50:47.589+00:00Review of 2019 and 2020 - Birds: Finches and Buntings<b>FINCHES (family FRINGILLIDAE)</b>
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<b>Chaffinch </b><i>Fringilla coelebs </i>- Common at the meadows and at home. I rarely see more than a few but on 26th February 2020 there was a flock of 50 in one of the fields neighbouring the meadows.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chaffinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chaffinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 19th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chaffinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th March 2020</span></div>
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<b>Brambling </b><i>Fringilla montifringilla </i>- Singles at the meadows on 4 dates up to 27th March 2019 when one in song, and another present there on 18th April. None seen there the following winter (a poor season for most finches) but singles seen or heard on 4 dates between 12th October and 23rd November 2020. One heard over the garden on 14th November 2020 and 120 at Lynford on 23rd Febuary 2019. Otherwise smaller numbers recorded at Santon Downham, Burnham Overy, Brancaster, Titchwell and Bintree Wood.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Brambling, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Brambling, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Hawfinch </b><i>Coccothraustes coccothraustes </i>- 26 at Lynford on 23rd February 2019.
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<b>Bullfinch </b><i>Pyrrhula pyrrhula </i>- Common around the meadows and occasionally seen or heard at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bullfinches</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Greenfinch </b><i>Chloris chloris </i>- Reasonably frequent at the meadows.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenfinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenfinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th November 2020</span></div>
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Spanish birds apparently belong to race <i>chloratica</i>, apparently covering most of the species' Mediterranean range (though some authorities subdivide this into a number of additional races). Although variation between races of Greenfinch is described as slight I think if I saw this at the meadows it would give me quite a shock.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenfinch, Gava Mar (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Twite </b><i>Linaria flavirostris </i>- It's not just the Puffins that make Staffa a worthwhile trip when staying on Mull and a family of Twite nearly made me miss the boat back to Iona.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Twite, Staffa, 11th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Linnet </b><i>Linaria cannabina </i>- Common at the meadows although not always present. Counts in 2020 included 47 on 25th March and 32 on 25th October.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Linnet, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Linnet, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th April 2020</span></div>
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<b>Mealy Redpoll </b><i>Acanthis flammea </i>- At least one present with Lesser Redpolls at the meadows between 16th February and 1st March 2019. The flock also frequented the garden feeders along Church Lane and was a bit easier to see here. It is possible that more than one Mealy Redpoll was involved in all the sightings, however I couldn't convincingly establish the presence of more than one bird. The subspecific identity of a well-streaked white-rumped Redpoll on 9th June 2019 at Druimsornaig Cemetery on Mull was unclear to me - presumably one of the north-western or hybrid (?) types that seem to breed in the NW isles.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mealy Redpoll</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Church Lane, North Elmham, 16th February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mealy Redpoll</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Lesser Redpoll </b><i>Acanthis cabaret </i>- Seen at the meadows between January and early April 2019 with a flock of up to 15 birds present between mid February and mid March. They commuted between the meadows and the garden feeders along Church Lane, and probably also visited Millenium Wood. Towards the end of their stay they also fed in the willows along the railway and beyond. The 2019/20 winter was a complete void for redpolls at the meadows but there were a number of records later in the year starting with one heard on 22nd September and 30 Repdoll sp. and one confirmed Lesser Redpoll on 28th September. There were also a few at home including 12 on 24th October and elsewhere I saw 60 at Bintree Wood on 11th November.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Redpoll, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Redpoll, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Common Crossbill </b><i>Loxia curvirostris </i>- One on the Cumbria/Durham border in December 2019 was my only record.
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<b>Goldfinch </b><i>Carduelis carduelis </i>- Common at the meadows and also reasonably frequent at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldfinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 5th July 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldfinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 19th April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldfinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th April 2020</span></div>
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<b>Serin </b><i>Serinus serinus </i>- Plenty of these in Spain.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Serins, Gava Mar, 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Siskin </b><i>Spinus spinus </i>- Small numbers seen regularly at the meadows until late March 2019 then in autumn up to 10 recorded on two dates in October. 10 again on 28th February 2020 but it was a poor winter for this species and other finches. A more unexpected summer record of a pair flying over on 20th July and then numerous records of up to 10 from mid September to the end of the year. Occasionally seen at home and other reasonably local records included another summer record of 2 at Foxley Wood on 11th July 2020 and one at Bintree Wood. Much larger numbers in the Brecks, the Lakes and on Mull.<br />
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<b>LONGSPURS (family CALCARIIDAE)</b>
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<b>Lapland Bunting </b><i>Calcarius lapponicus </i>- At least one at Brancaster on 14th October 2020 and one at Stiffkey on 17th October.
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<b>BUNTINGS (family EMBERIZIDAE)</b>
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<b>Yellowhammer </b><i>Emberiza citrinella </i>- Common at the meadows though possibly declining even in the short time I've been watching there. Not always easy to find there in the winter.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellowhammer, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Cirl Bunting </b><i>Emberiza cirlus </i>- 2 near Emabalsa de Santa Ana (Spain) in February 2020.
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<b>Reed Bunting </b><i>Emberiza schoeniclus </i>- Seen at the meadows reasonably frequently.
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<b>House Sparrow </b><i>Passer domesticus </i>- Common at home and sometimes present at the meadows but I can go months without seeing them there (though they're always along Church Lane a few metres away).
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<b>Tree Sparrow </b><i>Passer montanus </i>- 4 at Fairburn Ings (Yorkshire) on 7th April 2019 and one at Llobregat Delta (Spain) in February 2020.
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<b>Rock Sparrow </b><i>Petronia petronia </i>- A flock of 12 along the road leading to the Emabalsa de Santa Ana (Spain) on 23rd February 2020.
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<b>ACCENTORS (family PRUNELLIDAE)</b>
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<b>Dunnock </b><i>Prunella modularis. </i>Common at the meadows and in the garden.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dunnock, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dunnock, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 21st June 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dunnock, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 16th March 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dunnock, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th April 2020</span></div>
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<b>WAGTAILS and PIPITS (family MOTACILLIDAE)</b>
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<b>Eastern Yellow Wagtail </b><i>Motacilla tschutchensis.</i> A new bird for me, one at Sedgeford on 24th December 2019 and again on 1st January 2020. Another great find by James McCallum and Kayne Forbes. Incredibly this was the only 'Yellow' Wagtail I saw in either year!
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Sedgeford, 24th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Sedgeford, 1st January 2020</span></div>
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<b>Grey Wagtail </b><i>Motacilla cinerea.</i> Singles flew over the meadows on 8th March and 8th November 2019 and 5th and 23rd September and 4th November 2020. None noted over my garden these years but at least 2 elsewhere in North Elmham. Also noted at Bintree Mill, Great Ryburgh, Bylaugh, Burham Overy, Stiffkey and Sedgeford. Out of county one in Cumbria, 4 on Mull, one in Spain and 15 in Cornwall.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Wagtail, Great Ryburgh, 17th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Wagtail, Porthgwarra (Cornwall), 8th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Pied Wagtail </b><i>Motacilla (alba) yarrellii.</i> Often seen at the meadows including a flock of up to 25 frequenting a sheep field in February 2019. Occasionally seen or heard from home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pied Wagtail, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 28th December 2020</span></div>
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<b>White Wagtail </b><i>Motacilla (alba) alba.</i> Small numbers seen at several locations in Spain in February 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White Wagtail, Gava Mar (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White Wagtails, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Meadow Pipit </b><i>Anthus pratensis.</i> Small numbers occasionally present at the meadows and more often flying over.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Meadow Pipit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Tree Pipit </b><i>Anthus trivialis.</i> One singing along the road to Carsaig (on Mull) on 11th and 12th June 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tree Pipit, Carsaig Road (Mull), 12th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Water Pipit </b><i>Anthus spinoletta</i> - 2 at Titchwell on 7th December 2019 and one at Llobregat Delta (Spain) on 22nd February 2020.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Water Pipit, Titchwell, 7th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Water Pipit, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Rock Pipit </b><i>Anthus petrosus </i>- Only a small number recorded and no significant records.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rock Pipit, between Carsaig and Rubha Dubh (Mull), 10th June 2019</span></div>
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Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-80801520817064081812021-01-20T20:26:00.006+00:002021-04-11T11:32:52.528+01:00Review of 2019 and 2020 - Birds: Warblers, Long-tailed Tits, Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, Treecreepers and Starlings<b>BUSH WARBLERS (family CETTIIDAE)</b>
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<b>Cetti's Warbler </b><i>Cettia cetti </i>- One singing at Bintree Mill on 19th April 2019 was the closest I've found this species to the meadows, but it must be on the cards to occur here sometime. Several on the north coast and in Spain; also at Fairburn Ings (Yorkshire) and Minsmere (Suffolk) in 2019.
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<b>LONG-TAILED TITS (family AEGITHALIDAE)</b>
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<b>Long-tailed Tit </b><i>Aegithalos caudatus </i>- Common at the meadows and sometimes seen in the garden. Also a flock of 36 noted at Burnham Overy on 7th October 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-tailed Tits, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-tailed Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 16th September 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-tailed Tits, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd September 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-tailed Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 13th November 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-tailed Tits, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 21st February 2020</span></div>
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<b>LEAF WARBLERS (family PHYLLOSCOPIDAE)</b>
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<b>Wood Warbler </b><i>Phylloscopus sibilatrix </i>- One singing just west of the carpark at Tiroran on Mull on 10th June 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wood Warbler, Tioran (Mull), 10th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Yellow-browed Warbler </b><i>Phylloscopus inornatus </i>- A very vocal individual by the sewage works at Kenidjack (Cornwall) on 6th October 2020 and another heard calling at Kelynack on 9th October.
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<b>Pallas's Warbler </b><i>Phylloscopus proregulus </i>- One with Goldcrests at the south end of the wood beside Stiffkey Flood on 16th October, the first of this species that I've 'found' for quite a few years. In over an hour of looking through the crest flock I caught just two brief (but good, close) looks at it - it didn't call and I didn't come anywhere close to getting a photo of it.
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<b>Willow Warbler </b><i>Phylloscopus trochilus </i>- Not a common bird at the meadows though one bird sometimes seen or head down by the railway in the spring 2019 was probably breeding nearby but not inside the recording area. At least one record of a spring migrant moving through too. Singing birds heard in spring 2020 too but were a bit more distant.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Willow Warbler, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd May 2019</span></div>
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<b>Chiffchaff </b><i>Phylloscopus collybita </i>- Common at the meadows where first heard on 11th March in both 2019 and 2020. Also heard from home in early spring both years, probably involving migrant birds passing through. Elsewhere records included an over-wintering bird at Bylaugh on 17th February 2019, one at Titchwell on 7th December 2019 and good numbers (20+) at Llobregat Delta (Spain) in February 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chiffchaff, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chiffchaffs, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 5th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Siberian Chiffchaff </b><i>Phylloscopus (colybita) tristis </i>- One at Bylaugh on 4th January 2020, a great local find by Steve Connor.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Siberian Chiffchaff, Bylaugh, 4th January 2020</span></div>
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<b>Sedge Warbler </b><i>Acrocephalus schoenobaenus </i>- At (or rather heard from) the meadows, a bird singing along the river in June 2019 (as in 2018 but not repeated in 2020).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sedge Warbler, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th June 2020</span></div>
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<b>Reed Warbler </b><i>Acrocephalus scirpaceus </i>- One in sub-song in a hedgerow on 12th August 2019 is to date my only record for the meadows. Either a migrant moving through or perhaps a dispersing bird from a local reedbed? It was a very skulking bird, hard to get a glimpse of let alone a decent photo...
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Reed Warbler, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th August 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Reed Warbler, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th June 2020</span></div>
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<br /><b>CISTICOLAS (family CISTICOLIDAE)</b>
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<br /><b>Fan-tailed Warbler </b><i>Cisticola juncidis </i>- One singing at the Llobregat Delta (Spain) on 22nd February 2020.
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<b>SYLVIID WARBLERS (family SYLVIIDAE)</b>
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<b>Blackcap </b><i>Sylvia atricapilla </i>- Common at the meadows and regularly singing throughout the summer in the neighbour's garden too. 4 singing at Fairburn Ings (Yorkshire) on 7th April 2019 but not seen locally until the next day. First appeared at the meadows in 2020 on a similar date, 5th April, but I'd had one singing at home from 31st March.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackcap, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackcap, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 13th July 2020</span></div>
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<b>Garden Warbler </b><i>Sylvia borin </i>- I am yet to record this species at the meadows - in fact I don't appear to have logged it anywhere at all in 2019 or 2020.
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<b>Lesser Whitethroat </b><i>Sylvia curruca </i>- Having heard several singing at the meadows when I first started visiting there in spring 2018, one of which remained for much of the summer, I was disappointed not to find any there in 2019. However one singing there (at the same place as the lingering bird in 2018) from at least 22nd April to 8th May 2020. Elsewhere one singing at Beetley in May 2019 and one at Brancaster on 18th September 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Whitethroat, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th May 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Whitethroat, Brancaster, 18th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Whitethroat </b><i>Sylvia communis </i>- Common at the meadows with 2-3 territorial singers each year and a couple of additional migrants seen in spring 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Whitethroat, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 24th August 2020</span></div>
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<b>Dartford Warbler </b><i>Sylvia undulana </i>- 2 heard at Winterton on 19th August 2019.
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<b>Sardinian Warbler </b><i>Sylvia melanocephala </i>- Small numbers at several sites in Spain in February 2020.
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<b>Firecrest </b><i>Regulus ignicapilla </i>- 6 at Monistrol de Montserrat (Spain) in February 2020 then 3 in Cornwall in October - a bird in full song between Trevadran and St Loy on 5th, one at Kenidjack on 8th-9th and one at Lelant on 10th.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Firecrest, between Trevadran and St Loy, 5th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Goldcrest </b><i>Regulus regulus </i>- Regular at the meadows, mainly outside of the breeding season although odd singing birds are sometimes seen during the breeding season suggesting breeding nearby.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldcrest, Brancaster, 14th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Wren </b><i>Troglodytes troglodytes </i>- Common throughout the year at the meadows and breeds in my garden.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wren, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th August 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wren, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wrens, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th May 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wren, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Nuthatch </b><i>Sitta europaea </i>- Commonly seen and heard at the meadows. They're favoured area is by the chapel ruins and they have at least attempted to breed in this area but they're also often present along the railway, if slightly outside of the recording area (but easily audible from within it). Less often seen along the track or the other hedgerows. Several records at home in July-August 2019 but not recorded here in 2020. Elsewhere recorded at Lynford, Santon Downham, Lackford Lakes (Suffolk), Derwent Water (Cumbria), Swanton Novers and Bylaugh in 2019 and Hoe and Lelant (Cornwall) in 2020. One of my all-time favourite birds, right up there with Bee-eater and Swallow-tailed Kite, neither of which presented themselves to me in 2019/20 (unsurprisingly).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch, Lackford Lakes (Suffolk), 23rd February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th February 2019<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th August 2020</span></div>
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<b>WALLCREEPER (family THRICHODOMIDAE)</b>
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<b>Wallcreeper </b><i>Tichodroma muraria </i>- This was my main target for my long-weekend in and around Barcelona in February 2020. There have been quite a few records at Monistrol de Montserrat so we walked up the track from the monastery here to look for them first. It was a pretty hard climb for someone as unfit as me, on a hot and sunny day, and half way up my wife accidentally dropped our only bottle of water which fell irretrievably down a steep bank. At this point we decided it would be wise to turn back, but to be honest I'm not sure if the habitat was any better further up than it was round the monistery. Anyway, I couldn't find any round here so we decided to try another site where I'd seen there had been a number of recent records on E-bird, a 2-3 hour drive along a very boring road with the sun in my eyes and suncream dripping into them too. Still, it would be worth it if it produced the goods, and it did! I stopped at a suitable looking sunlit rock just before the damn and after maybe half an hour found a Wallcreeper moving around at the edge of a crevace (out of the sun). Pretty soon it flew off and I lost it, and a little later I realised a rock-climber was ascending the same rock so that might be why. I moved closer to the dam and tried another spot and saw another or the same Wallcreeper fly across the road and disappear into a very small crag mostly covered in vegetation. It seemed quite an unsuitable spot for it to go in but eventually it came out and flew over to the cliff just right of the dam where I got good scope views for a more prolonged period.
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I have looked for Wallcreepers on numerous previous trips to various places and always failed to find them, so this was all the sweeter!
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wallcreeper, Embalsa de Santa Ana (Spain), 23rd February </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2020</span></div>
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<b>TREECREEPERS (family CERTHIIDAE)</b>
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<b>Treecreeper </b><i>Certhia familiaris </i>- Regularly recorded at the meadows up to mid April 2019 and again from mid July, becoming scarcer again after October. Singing birds were often heard between February and April and again briefly in September. A similar story in 2020 but without any in March/April and an early post-breeding dispersal (?) on 20th June. Elsewhere recorded at Lynford and Swnton Novers in 2019 and Thompson Common, Gypsy Lane, Cockthorpe Common, Bintree Wood and Bylaugh in 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Treecreeper</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 1st March 2019<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Treecreeper</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, Bylaugh, 12th January 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Treecreepers</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Treecreeper</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 13th July 2020</span></div>
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<b>Short-toed Treecreeper </b><i>Certhia brachydactyla </i>- One at Monistrol de Montserrat (Spain) in February 2020.
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<br /><b>STARLINGS (family STURNIDAE)</b>
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<b>Starling </b><i>Sturnus vulgaris </i>- Common at the meadows and at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Starlings, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Starling, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 21st February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Starling, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th April 2020</span></div>
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<b>Ring Ouzel </b><i>Turdus torquatus </i>- One heard singing west of Carsaig (Mull) on 10th June 2019 and one at Burnham Overy on 6th October 2019.
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<b>Blackbird </b><i>Turdus merula </i>- Very common at the meadows and at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackbird, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th October 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackbird, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd March 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackbird, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd March 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackbird, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd June 2020</span></div>
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<b>Fieldfare </b><i>Turdus pilaris </i>- Only odd birds recorded at the meadows in the first winter period of 2019 but spring passage evident with a flock of 26 on 19th April. Then in late autumn some good movements including 100 west on 28th October and at least 120 moving through the hedgerows on 8th November. Not many at the start of 2020 but a few in March. Autumn passage pretty much restricted to October when the best count was 100 west on 12th. Only a few recorded at home and no significant records elsewhere.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fieldfares</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 19th April 2019</span></div>
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<b>Redwing </b><i>Turdus iliacus </i>- A flock of between 50 and 80 frequented the sheepfield south of the meadows in January and February 2019. Some evidence of spring passage included 30 (in 3 flocks) on 22nd March and 2 in with the Fieldfares on 19th April. Autumn migrants from 4th October when 30 in the meadows and several groups overhead. Best movement noted was 210 southwest on 15th October. After very little activity during the winter there was another spring arrival with up to 30 on 5th-7th April. Autumn migrants from 29th September with 150 west on 16th October. At home lots flying over at night.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redwings, Brancaster, 14th October 2020</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></div>
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<b>Song Thrush </b><i>Turdus philomelos </i>- Fairly common at the meadows and often seen at home. No significant more significant records than 30 at Burnham Overy on 6th October 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Song Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Song Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Mistle Thrush </b><i>Turdus viscivorus </i>- Often present at the meadows and not infrequently seen or heard at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mistle Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th June 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mistle Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mistle Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd March 2020</span></div>
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<b>CHATS and FLYCATCHERS (family MUSCICAPIDAE)</b>
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<b>Eastern Rufous Bushchat </b><i>Cercotrichas (galactotes) syriaca </i>or Rufous Bush Robin or Rufous Scrub Robin or Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin, not to be confused with the Rufous-tailed Robin I saw nearby a few years ago :) Whatever its called nowadays, one at Stiffkey on 17th October 2020 was a very welcome UK lifer. I decided I would prefer to keep social distancing than join the scrum that was close enough to take decent photos, so here are a couple of rubbish photos instead.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rufous Bushchat, Stiffkey, 17th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Spotted Flycatcher </b><i>Muscicapa striata -</i> At the meadows recorded near the chapel in July 2019, in the same area as I saw them in 2018. I only saw them on one occasion but heard some squeaks which I thought were probably coming from them on other occasions too and I suspect they may be breeding in nearby gardens. Elswhere at the meadows I had two records of birds along the track and on one of these occasions (26th August) I had a further two birds (adult feeding a juvenile) along the disused railway - proving that they have bred somewhere nearby. In 2020 one singing near the chapel on 3rd June and 2 seen on 13th July.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spotted Flycatcher, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th August 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spotted Flycatcher</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd June 2020<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spotted Flycatcher, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 13th July 2020</span></div>
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<b>Robin </b><i>Erithacus rubecula -</i> Very common at the meadows and in the garden.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Robin, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Black Redstart </b><i>Phoenicurus ochruros -</i> 6 at 4 sites in Spain in February 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Redstart, Platje de les filipines (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Redstart, Gava Mar (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Redstart </b><i>Phoenicurus phoenicurus -</i> One at Warham Greens on 18th September 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redstart, Warham Greens, 18th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Blue Rock Thrush </b><i>Monticola solitarius -</i> A probable heard singing briefly at Monistrol de Montserrat (Spain) and at least one singing male (and possibly up to 3) at Emabalsa de Santa Ana on 23rd February 2020.
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<b>Whinchat </b><i>Saxicola rubetra -</i> On Mull one along the road to Carsaig on 10th June 2019.
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<b>Stonechat </b><i>Saxicola rubicola -</i> Getting on for 70 recorded in 2019-20 but none locally and no records of any significance.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stonechat, between Carsaig and Rubha Dubh (Mull), 10th June 2019<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stonechat, Burnham Overy, 6th October 2019<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stonechat, Burnham Overy, 12th June 2020<br /></span></div>
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<b>Wheatear </b><i>Oenanthe oenanthe -</i> Remarkably few in Norfolk in either year - just one at Winterton in August in 2019 and in 2020 one at Burnham Overy on 12th June and one at Brancaster in September. I hope that reflects on my lack of coastal birding rather than anything more sinister. A record at the meadows must be on the cards but it hasn't happened yet. Elsewhere singing birds at Honister (Cumbria) in April 2019 and 13 on Mull/Iona in June 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wheatear, Honister Pass, 6th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wheatears, Iona, 11th June 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wheatear, Burnham Overy, 12th June 2020</span></div>
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<b>Isabelline Wheatear </b><i>Oenanthe isabellina -</i> One at Cley on 12th November 2019, a superb find by Mark Golley.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Isabelline Wheatear, Cley, 12th November 2019</span></div>
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Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-24434648285907367122021-01-20T20:26:00.003+00:002021-01-21T08:45:09.768+00:00Review of 2019 and 2020 - Birds: Shrikes, Crows, Tits, Larks and Hirundines<b>SHRIKES (family LANIIDAE)</b>
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<b>Brown Shrike </b><i>Lanius cristatus </i>- One at Warham Greens on 18th September 2020.
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<b>CROWS (family CORVIDAE)</b>
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<br /><b>Jay </b><i>Garrulus glandarius </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows and occasionally at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jay, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jay, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jay, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th April 2020</span></div><p>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Choughs, Porthgwarra (Cornwall), 8th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Jackdaw </b><i>Corvus monedula </i>- A constant presence at the meadows and also at home where they have an annoying habit of falling down the chimney.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jackdaw, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jackdaw, Blakeney, 17th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jackdaws, Blakeney, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Rook </b><i>Corvus frugilegus </i>- Another constant presence at the meadows and also at home but unlike the Jackdaws they keep out of the chimney.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rooks, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rook, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th January 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rook, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd March 2020</span></div>
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<b>Carrion Crow </b><i>Corvus corone </i>- Regularly seen from the meadows but bizarrely never on the meadows themselves.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Carrion Crow, West Runton, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Hooded Crow </b><i>Corvus cornix </i>- Lots on Mull in June 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hooded Crow, somewhere near Loch na Kael, 12th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Raven </b><i>Corvus corax </i>- 3 seen in Spain in February 2020 and about 9 in Cornwall in October.
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<b>Coal Tit </b><i>Periparus ater </i>- Sometimes seen at the meadows outside of the breeding season but particularly scarce in 2020 when it was the 101st and last addition to the patch year list in mid December. Occasional in the garden.
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<b>Marsh Tit </b><i>Poecile palustris </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows in winter. In 2019 they appeared post-breeding from July but in 2020 I didn't see them post-breeding until September. Also recorded from quite a few other locations.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th March 2020</span></div>
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<b>Blue Tit </b><i>Cyanistes caeruleus </i>- Commonly seen at the meadows and at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Tit, Lackford Lakes, 23rd February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 16th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Great Tit </b><i>Parus major </i>- Commonly seen at the meadows and at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th October 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Tit (with wasp), North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 13th January 2020</span></div>
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<b>BEARDED TITS (family PANURIDAE)</b>
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<br /><b>Bearded Tit </b><i>Panurus biarmicus </i>- Small numbers seen at Titchwell, Brancaster and Burnham Overy in 2019 and Brancaster in 2020.
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<br /><b>Woodlark </b><i>Lullula arborea </i>- One in the Brecks on 23rd February 2019.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Woodlark, Brecks, 23rd February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Skylark </b><i>Alauda arvensis </i>- Sometimes seen and more often heard at the meadows, though the meadows themselves are too disturbed for them to pitch in much so they're usually either flying over or singing over the surrounding farmland. Also heard singing from home on occasion.
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<b>Crested Lark </b><i>Galerida cristata </i>- Up to 4 seen at 3 locations in Spain in February 2020.
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<br /><b>Sand Martin </b><i>Riparia riparia </i>- No records of any significance and none seen in the North Elmham area since 2018.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sand Martin, Fairburn Ings, 7th April 2019</span></div>
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<b>Swallow </b><i>Hirundo rustica </i>- Very few seen at the meadows except in the autumn when a small group could often be found around the meadows or over the river valley. Despite breeding in next door's property and sometimes singing on the wires outside my study in the first year or two that I lived here they've been virtually absent for 3-4 years - one in September 2020 was the first I saw here for 2-3 years.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Swallow, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Swallows, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 5th September 2020<br /></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Swallow, Brancaster, 18th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Crag Martin </b><i>Ptyonoprogne rupestris </i>- Small numbers (up to at least 10) at 5 sites in Spain in February 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Crag Martins, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>House Martin </b><i>Delichon urbicum </i>- Sometimes seen from the meadows, occasionally with a small flock lingering for a few days. No longer expected from home unfortunately.
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Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-75161226421669509162021-01-20T20:25:00.004+00:002021-01-21T08:43:39.141+00:00Review of 2019 and 2020 - Birds: Owls, Hoopoes, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Falcons and Parakeets<b><b>BARN OWLS (family TYTONIDAE)</b>
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Barn Owl </b><i>Tyto alba </i>- At the Cathedral Meadows up to 2 regularly seen in the valley looking from the railway between late January and mid February 2019, at least one of the birds sometimes seen hunting the meadows themselves. After this heard calling after dark a few times during the spring and then 1-2 seen on 3 occasions in different places in July and August. Fewer records in 2020 but singles in March, June (4 records) and November. One heard calling from home in May 2019 and a small number of records elsewhere.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Barn Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Barn Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 13th June 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Barn Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 13th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Eagle Owl </b><i>Bubo bubo </i>- I couldn't resist popping over to Winterton to see the Eagle Owl in December 2019. Contrary to some messages put out by RBA it didn't have a ring, and the locals who were reported to be saying it was theirs (Angus) didn't seem to think it was theirs when I spoke to them, although I gather they might have changed their mind about that later. Either way I think anyone would have a hard time claiming it was a wild bird, even if that possibility wasn't completely eliminated. A great bird to see anyway and the best look I've ever had of one outside of a cage.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Eagle Owl, Winterton, 2nd December 2019<br /></span></div>
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<b>Tawny Owl </b><i>Strix aluco </i>- I found a day-roosting bird near the chapel at North Elmham on 24th December 2018 and this remained very reliable in all but the wettest or windiest of weathers until the end of February 2019. It was then seen less consistently until 18th March. It wasn't seen again all summer but reappeared on 29th November raising hopes that it would resume its habit for the winter, but with Jackdaws still frequenting the hole (they had nested in it) it wasn't seen again in 2019. I saw it again on 6 dates between 25th January and 7th March 2020 but it wasn't as reliable as it had been the previous winter. There were no more sightings in 2020 (although it reappeared in January 2021). Birds heard at the meadows regularly throughout the year. At home one was watched at 4.00 am on 1st July 2020 flying up to next-door's Birch where it sat in full view (but silhouetted in pre-dawn half-light) for a minute or so before flying off again - despite hearing them here on a regular basis, often very close, this was the first time I'd managed to see one from the house/garden. Elsewhere very few seen - one along the Low Road at Hellesdon and one in Spain.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd January 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th January 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 1st March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 29th November 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl (with Jackdaw), North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 28th February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd March 2020</span></div>
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<b>Little Owl </b><i>Athene noctua </i>- Frequently heard calling at the meadows in 2019 but only seen on a few occasions, although some really good views on some of those times. Harder to find there in 2020 and only seen briefly on one occasion and heard on 4 dates in March-April. Heard from home in March 2019 and elsewhere just one on roadside wires between North Elmham and Broom Green on 24th May 2019.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 24th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 30th April 2019</span></div>
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<b>Long-eared Owl </b><i>Asio otus </i>- A very unexpected local sighting in 2020. Despite much searching over the following nights no further sign.
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<b>Short-eared Owl </b><i>Asio flammeus </i>- One west at sea at Sheringham on 21st October 2019 followed by one at St Benet's Abbey and 2-3 at Burnham Overy in December. Another at Burnham Overy in June 2020 was more of a surprise.
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<b>HOOPOES (family UPUPIDAE)</b>
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<b>Hoopoe </b><i>Upupa epops </i>- One at Llobregat Delta (Spain) on 22nd February 2020 which, if I correctly understood what one of the locals said, was their first of the spring.
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<b>Kingfisher </b><i>Alcedo atthis </i>- Just one record at the meadows in 2019, a bird that flew along the dyke next to the railway and then over the field to the river on 13th July. Recorded there twice in 2020 with one briefly perched by the same dyke on 8th April and one heard only on 5th September. A surprise addition to the garden list when one flew over calling early in the morning of 1st August 2019 - unfortunately I had my head down looking at moths and didn't manage to look up quickly enough to see it. Elsewhere recorded at Fairburn Ings (Yorkshire), Great Ryburgh and Burnham Overy (2) in 2019. 3 at Llobregat Delta (Spain) in February 2020 and recorded at 3 different sites in the Stiffkey area in mid October.
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<b>Wryneck </b><i>Jynx torquilla </i>- One along the disused railway on 22nd September 2020 was probably the best bird I've found at the meadows to date. It was in an area that has plenty of ants and where I have often fancied finding a Wryneck, but it still came as a big surprise when I first flushed it. A largish passerine-like bird flew up from the grass and disappeared into a tree, for a moment leaving me wondering what on earth it was. After a bit of thought I'd joined up the dots and realised it could only have been a Wryneck, but hadn't really seen enough to feel I could claim it, so retreated to a safe distance and hoped it would come back down to where it had been flushed from. Thankfully, after quite a wait, it did and I got a decent look at it on a fence post before it disappeared again. After another wait it must have returned but this time I didn't see it until a cyclist came past and flushed it again. Sadly this was the last time I saw it and despite torrential rain during the night and into the following morning there was no sign of it the next day.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wryneck, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Lesser Spotted Woodpecker </b><i>Dendrocopos minor </i>- It was good to see a pair of these during a visit to a far too well-known site in the Brecks in February 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, Brecks, 23rd February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Great Spotted Woodpecker </b><i>Dendrocopos major </i>- Regularly recorded at the meadows throughout both years. Heard from home in July 2020 and several records from other locations.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Spotted Woodpecker, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 19th July 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Spotted Woodpecker, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd March 2020</span></div>
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<b>Green Woodpecker </b><i>Picus viridis </i>- Regularly recorded at the meadows, though heard far more often than seen. Recorded at all seasons but some long gaps without any records. I'm pretty sure they bred in the chapel area in 2019. Occasionally heard from home and a handful of records from elsewhere.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Woodpecker, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th January 2019<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Woodpecker, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd May 2019<br /></span></div>
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<b>Iberian Green Woodpecker </b><i>Picus sharpei </i>- One seen and heard at Gava Mar upon arrival. It moved off pretty quickly and although I heard it a few more times (initially distantly and then much closer) I never managed to see it again. Thanks to Ash for the site tips.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Iberian Green Woodpecker, Gava Mar (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>FALCONS (family FALCONIDAE)</b>
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<b>Kestrel </b><i>Falco tinnunculus </i>- Regularly recorded at the meadows and occasionally from home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kestrel, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd January 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kestrel, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 1st March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kestrel, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kestrel, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 10th July 2020</span></div>
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<b>Hobby </b><i>Falco subbuteo </i>- Three records at the meadows, on 29th July 2019, 24th April 2020 and 2nd May 2020. Also one from my study window on 12th August 2019 which was new for the house and another on 26th May 2020. Elsewhere recorded at Guist and Winterton in 2019 and Frost's Common and Little Barningham in 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hobby, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd May 2020</span></div>
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<b>Peregrine </b><i>Falco peregrinus </i>- One seen at the meadows on 2nd January 2019. An indirect drive home after one of my visits to the coast in October 2019 took me past Norman's
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Peregrine and Woodpigeon, Norman's Burrow Wood, 7th October 2019</span></div>
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<b>PARROTS (family PSICADULIDAE)</b>
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<b>Monk Parakeet </b><i>Myiopsitta monachus </i>- A vocal flock of 12 seen a little distantly in flight from El Prat station (Spain).
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<b>Ring-necked Parakeet </b><i>Psittacula krameri </i>- One of the Hellesdon flock seen in flight from Laura's garden on 15th July 2019, the first time I've seen any from this recently-established population. Visits to family in Kent were generally not very productive for birding but did provide an opportunity to familiarise myself with this species' call - a dozen or so seen in December 2019. Also recorded in Spain with 5 at Gava Mar and one in the middle of Barcelona.
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<b>Lammergeier </b><i>Gypaetus barbatus </i>- News of a Lammergeier summering in Derbyshire had been of some interest but never really excited me enough to think it worth travelling up to see it during a pandemic. It hadn't been seen for a while and wasn't on many people's minds when James Lowen found a huge raptor just down the road here. He was in a hurry and assumed it was a White-tailed Eagle, but thankfully wasted no time posting pictures of it on Twitter. I saw his message and immediately wondered if it might be something a whole lot more interesting, but he was reporting that it was in a field south of Foxley and frankly even if it was "just" a White-tailed Eagle, I didn't want to waste any time getting to it. So, rather than lookng at the photos closely enough to make sure of the ID I jumped straight into the car, put foot to the ground and sped to Foxley, not entirely sure if I was going to see an eagle or a Lammergeier when I got there.
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Five minutes later I arrived but there was no sign of any large raptor nor anyone looking at it. By now Twitter and WhatsApp were buzzing and James had been made aware that his photos did in fact show the Lammergeier - but he was half way to the coast. I called him for more details and although he wasn't sure of the road numbers I worked out that he'd seen it in the field at the junction of the B1145 and the A1067 which I had just passed (so Bawdeswell really), but more to the point it had flown off low to the west - i.e. towards where I had come from! So I headed back to North Elmham, keeping my eyes out as I went, but couldn't see it. I decided the higer ground the the north west of North Elmham muight be a good place to look from and set up there. After seeing a few Buzzards I picked up a large raptor in my bins that looked more interesting, and went to find it in my scope. At this point James called to say Mike had relocated it, but James didn't know where and suggested I call him. After scrambling around to find Mike's number I called him, but couldn't get through, and now I couldn't see the bird again. Fortunately Mike messaged me back to say he was watching it from the Bintree to Billingford road (so it may well have been the bird I had picked up which was in that direction). I got back in my car and sped back to Billingford. I'd been in touch with Dave N and he arrived before me so was able to direct me as I arrived to see it flying directly overhead, slowly moving west with Buzzards. What an amazing thing to see less than 2 miles from my house!
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Having enjoyed watching the Lammergeier for um, not very long, it occurred to me that it was flying straight towards my house, and not very fast. Not as fast as I could drive. How cool would it be to see a Lammergeier from my house? A couple of mintes later I was tumbling out of my car in my drive and running upstairs to my study with its east-facing window. After 2-3 minutes Buzzards started coming into view. They were circling around going in and out of view behind houses and trees, but they were coming this way, and then YES, there's a HUGE raptor among them! I switched to my scope as it disappeared behind a tree and that was it. The whole flock seemed to be veering further south, so out of view from my position. That briefest of views of what obviously was the Lammergeier (but frankly could have been any raptor that's at least 3 times the size of a Buzzard) was going to be all I could get from my house and I'm still not convinced I made the right decision to leave it where it was showing well just to be able to say Ive seen a Lammergeier from my house.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lammergeier, Billingford, 28th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Golden Eagle </b><i>Aquila chrysaetos </i>- A first for me was seeing Golden Eagle chicks in an eyrie on Mull in June 2019. Although I was watching from a safe distance I didn't feel like spending too long there and so didn't see the adults.
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<b>Sparrowhawk </b><i>Accipiter nisus </i>- Despite evidence of breeding locally I don't see this species as often as I would expect at the meadows (and still less at home). 8 records at the meadow in 2019 and only 2 in 2020, but a good handful of other local records.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sparrowhawk, Lobregat Delta (Spain) 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sparrowhawk, Gava Mar (Spain) 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Marsh Harrier </b><i>Circus aeuginosus </i>- 2 records at the meadows in 2019, on 26th April and 25th August, the latter a bird with red wing-tags that was hunting the meadows. Unfortunately I wasn't able to read the tags. 4 records there in the last quarter of 2020 involving at least 2 birds but one that seems to be overwintering locally (seen again in 2021). One flew over my garden on 30th May 2020, my first record here. Another red wing-tagged bird was at St Benet's Abbey on (this one inscribed CC, a female ringed near Thorpe Haddiscoe on 9th June 2019).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 25th August 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier, St Benet's Abbey, 2nd December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier, Burnham Overy, 25th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier, Llobregat Delta, 21st February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier, Llobregat Delta, 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th November 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 28th December 2020</span></div>
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<br /><b>Hen Harrier </b><i>Circus cyaneus </i>- An adult female flew low over the meadows on 27th November 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hen Harrier, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Red Kite<i> </i></b><i>Milvus milvus </i>- One at the meadows on 15th February 2019 was, surprisingly, the only bird I saw there in my first 2 years of watching. 2020 was slightly better with birds seen on 27th May and 18th September. Also one from the house on 3rd and 8th June, my first here. A few other records from other locations both years.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Kite, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th February 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Kite, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 18th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>White-tailed Eagle</b><i> Haliaeetus albicilla</i><b> </b>- 3 adults on Mull including a pair at a nest site.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White-tailed Eagles (and Hooded Crow), NE Mull, 9th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Rough-legged Buzzard </b><i>Buteo lagopus </i>- One at Wells on 1st January 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rough-legged Buzzard, Wells, 1st January 2020</span></div>
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<b>Buzzard </b><i>Buteo lagopus </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows with up to 10 in the air at once and birds sometimes roosting around the meadows. Sometimes seen from home too.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Buzzard, Carsaig Road (Mull), 13th June 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Buzzard, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th December 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Buzzard, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 23rd March 2020</span></div>
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<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-38114121277642653192021-01-20T20:24:00.005+00:002021-01-21T08:54:12.197+00:00Review of 2019 and 2020 - Birds: Skuas, Auks, Divers, Tubenoses, Storks, Gannets, Cormorants, Spoonbills and Herons<b>SKUAS (family STERCORARIIDAE)</b>
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<b>Great Skua </b><i>Stercorarius skua </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Skuas, Staffa, 11th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Pomarine Skua </b><i>Stercorarius pomarinus </i>- 2 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019 (adult and juvenile).
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<b>Arctic Skua </b><i>Stercorarius parasiticus </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<b>AUKS (family ALCIDAE)</b>
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<b>Little Auk </b><i>Alle alle </i>- 4 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<b>Guillemot </b><i>Uria aalge </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<b>Razorbill </b><i>Alca torda </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<b>Black Guillemot </b><i>Cepphus grylle </i>- At least on and around Mull and Staffa in June 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Guillemot, Tobermory (Mull), 12th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Puffin </b><i>Fratercula arctica </i>- 100 at Staffa in June 2019 and an excellent movement of 32 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Puffins, Staffa, 11th June 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Puffin, between Staffa and Iona, 11th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Sooty Shearwater </b><i>Ardenna grisea </i>- One past Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<b>Manx Shearwater </b><i>Puffinus puffinus </i>- Up to 11 past Pendeen (Cornwall) on 4 dates between 4th and 8th October 2020. None in Norfolk in either year, which is probably more a reflection of how little time I spent at the coast than any lack of birds passing.
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<b>Balearic Shearwater </b><i>Puffinus mauretanicus </i>- 5 past Pendeen (Cornwall) on 5th October 2020 and 2 past on 8th.
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<b>White Stork </b><i>Ciconia ciconia </i>- One roosting on North Elmham Church on 6th April 2020. The following morning it was feeding in Church Field. This bird, with blue ring inscribed GB46, was a wild-bred bird from Poland, brought to the Wintershall Estate in Surrey for rehabilitation following an injury. It left there in 2019 and toured the country before spending the night in North Elmham. It then returned to the south coast but came back to Norfolk in August (but not North Elmham this time).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White Stork, North Elmham, 6th April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White Stork, North Elmham, 7th April 2020</span></div>
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<b>Gannet </b><i>Morus bassanus </i>- 900 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019; no other records worth mentioning.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Gannet from the Oban to Craigmure ferry, 9th June 2019</span></div>
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<b>CORMORANTS (family PHALACROCORACIDAE)</b>
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<b>Shag </b><i>Phalacrocorax aristotelis </i>- A few seen on Mull in June 2019 and more in Cornwall in October 2020.
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<b>Cormorant </b><i>Phalacrocorax carbo </i>- Small numbers regularly seen flying over the meadows.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cormorant, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cormorant, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>SPOONBILLS (family THRESKIORNITHIDAE)</b>
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<b>Spoonbill </b><i>Platalea leucorodia </i>- Small numbers seen at Fairburn Ings (Yorkshire), Titchwell, Burnham Overy, Brancaster Staithe and Llobregat Delta (Spain).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spoonbill, Burnham Overy, 12th June 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spoonbill (and Grey Heron), Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>HERONS (family ARDEIDAE)</b>
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<b>Cattle Egret </b><i>Bubulcus ibis </i>- 2 at Brancaster on 1st June 2019, 7 at Burnham Overy 6th October and 8 there the next day. 3 at Burnham Overy on 12th June 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cattle Egret, Brancaster, 1st June 2019</span></div>
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<b>Grey Heron </b><i>Ardea cinerea </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows and occasionally at home.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Heron, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Heron, North Elmham, 27th April 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Heron, Higher Bosistow (Cornwall), 7th October 2020 - sadly it was only a few wing-coverts that showed rusty colouration and the thighs were whitish-grey</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rook and Grey Heron, North Elmham, 6th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Great White Egret </b><i>Ardea alba </i>- Not the rarity it once was but I was still happy to find this species in the Wensum Valley in both years, at Rybugh on 4th October 2019 and flying over the meadows on 4th November 2020. Elsewhere recorded at Burnham Overy/Holkham on 2 occasions in 2019, Llobregat Delta (Spain) (2 in February 2020) and Brancaster (2 over on 14th October 2020).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great White Egret, Great Ryburgh, 4th October 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great White Egret and Grey Heron, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great White Egret, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Little Egret </b><i>Egretta garzetta </i>- A new species for the house in 2020 when one flew over on 24th April. Sometimes seen at the meadows (12 dates in 2019 and 9 dates in 2020) - mostly involving single birds (but 2 on 4th January 2020) and mostly just flying over (but one viewable as it fed in the river on 2nd March 2020). Elsewhere records included 65 at Stiffkey Flood on 14th October 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Egret, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 15th May 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Egret, Stiffkey, 14th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Kittiwake </b><i>Rissa tridactyla </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kittiwakes, Minsmere, 11th May 2019</span></div>
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<b>Black-headed Gull </b><i>Chroicocephalus ridibundus </i>- 120 at Ryburgh in October 2019 was my only record but the species is common over here and at the meadows.
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<b>Little Gull </b><i>Hydrocoloeus minutus </i>- 35 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019 and 2 at the staithe at Burnham Overy on 12th June 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Gull, Burnham Overy, 12th June 2020</span></div>
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<b>Audouin's Gull </b><i>Ichthyaetus audouinii </i>- 2 at Platje de les filipines and 3 at Llobregat Delta in Spain on 21st/22nd February 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Audouin's Gull, Platje de les filipines (Spain), 21st February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Mediterranean Gull </b><i>Ichthyaetus audouinii </i>- I added this species to both my garden list and the meadows list in spring 2020 with one heard flying over the meadows on 19th April, 2 flying over on 27th April and then 2 over the house on 8th May. Elsewhere up to 20-30 at several coastal locations during the two years and 80 at Hayle on 10th October 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mediterranean Gull, Titchwell, 21st July 2019</span></div>
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<b>Common Gull </b><i>Larus canus </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<b>Herring Gull </b><i>Larus argentatus </i>- A concentration of gulls in and around early-mid April 2019 included at least 80 Herring Gulls. Sadly I wasn't able to find any Yellow-legged Gulls or anything better among these.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Herring Gull, Blakeney, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 14th April 2019</span></div>
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<b>Herring Gull x Caspian Gull </b><i>Larus argentatus x Larus cachinnas </i>- One at West Runton on 18th March 2019, yellow-ringed bird X053.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Herring Gull x Caspian Gull hybrid, West Runton, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull </b><i>Larus argentatus x Larus fuscus </i>- My attempts to see the Ring-billed Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid at Blakeney in March 2019 all failed, and I had to make do with the regularly returning Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid (which was paired to a Herring Gull)
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid (with Herring Gull attempting to copulate with it), Blakeney, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull hybrid, Blakeney, 20th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Yellow-legged Gull </b><i>Larus michahellis </i>- One at Buxton on 9th September 2020 but apart from this only seen in Spain.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow-legged Gull, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Lesser Black-backed Gull </b><i>Larus fuscus </i>- Regular at the meadows including 30 on 27th May 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Black-backed Gull, Blakeney, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Black-backed Gull, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 25th May 2020</span></div>
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<b>Sandwich Tern </b><i>Thalasseus sandvicensis </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<b>Common Tern </b><i>Sterna hirundo</i> - Often seen along the river from the meadows and one heard over the house on August 2019.
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<b>Arctic Tern </b><i>Sterna paradisaea </i>- One between Staffa and Iona in June 2019 and singles past Pendeen (Cornwall) on 6th and 8th October 2020.
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<b>Black Tern </b><i>Chlidonias niger </i>- One at Sparham Pools on 19th April 2019 was a nice surprise - the first one I've found in the valley for a while. Also one at Titchwell on 21st July 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Tern, Titchwell, 21st July 2019</span></div>
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<b>Stone-Curlew </b><i>Burhinus oedicnemus </i>- Calling birds heard while out mothing on one night each year, one site in the Brecks and the other quite close to another known breeding area.
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<b>OYSTERCATCHERS (family HAEMATOPODIDAE)</b>
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<b>Oystercatcher </b><i>Haematopus ostralegus </i>- Occasionally seen flying over the house and the meadows during the summers.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Oystercatcher, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd May 2020</span></div>
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<b>PLOVERS (family CHARADRIIDAE)</b>
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<b>Lapwing </b><i>Vanellus vanellus </i>- At least one pair bred in farmland adjacent to the meadows raising well-grown chicks in 2019, though I was unable to confirm they definitely fledged. Small numbers occasionally seen flying over (max 57 migrating west on 30th October 2019).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lapwings, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Golden Plover </b><i>Pluvialis apricaria </i>- Heard after dark at the meadows on 2 dates in February 2019 and during the day on 15th August 2019. One seen flying over there on 30th November 2020. 75 at Pendeen (Cornwall) on 4th October 2020 and 60 at Porthgwarra Moor on 6th.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Golden Plovers, Porthgwarra Moor (Cornwall), 7th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>American Golden Plover </b><i>Pluvialis dominica </i>- I missed one at Pendeen (Cornwall) on 4th October 2020 but got a second chance when it later reappeared on Porthgwarra Moor two days later.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">American Golden Plover, Porthgwarra Moor (Cornwall), 6th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Ringed Plover </b><i>Charadrius hiaticula </i>- No records worth mentioning.
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<b>Little Ringed Plover </b><i>Charadrius dubius </i>- Recorded at the local gravel pits and at Tichwell in 2019.
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<b>Curlew </b><i>Numenius arquata </i>- At least 2 heard calling as they flew over the meadows in the wee small hours of the morning while I was mothing on 8th July 2019. One heard flying over home on 9th August 2020.
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<b>Black-tailed Godwit </b><i>Limosa limosa </i>- A ringed Continental bird (race <i>limosa</i>) at Titchwell on 21st July 2019.
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<b>Turnstone </b><i>Arenaria interpres </i>- No noteworthy records.
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<b>Curlew Sandpiper </b><i>Calidris ferruginea </i>- One at Titchwell on 21st July 2019 and one at Hayle (Cornwall) on 10th October 2020.
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<b>Dunlin </b><i>Calidris alpina </i>- One heard flying over the meadows while I was out mothing at 25 past midnight on 1st July 2019.
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<b>Purple Sandpiper </b><i>Calidris maritima </i>- Singles at West Runton on 18th March and Cley on 12th November 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Purple Sandpiper, Cley, 12th November 2019</span></div>
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<b>Semipalmated Sandpiper </b><i>Calidris pusilla </i>- One at Titchwell on 21st July 2019 was a belated Norfolk tick for me - another great James McCallum find.
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<b>Woodcock </b><i>Scolopax rusticola </i>- At the meadows 2 flew low over the railway at dusk on 9th February 2019 and on 17th
February I found at least 2, probably 3, feeding on the meadows by torchlight. Another found there by torchlight on 4th January 2020. Elsewhere singles heard at Sculthorpe Moor and on Mull in 2019 and a migrant flushed at Brancaster on 17th October 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Woodcock, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 17th February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Jack Snipe </b><i>Lymnocryptes minimus </i>- One seen in flight with Snipes from the meadows on 16th October 2020. They had been flushed from an inaccessible part of the valley by a Marsh Harrier.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jack Snipe, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 16th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Snipe </b><i>Gallinago gallinago </i>-
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Snipe, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Snipe, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>Grey Phalarope </b><i>Phalaropus fulicarius </i>- One east past Sheringham on 21st October 2019. Compared to others I've seen on seawatches previously I got an unusually good look at this one.
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<b>Common Sandpiper </b><i>Actitis hypoleucos </i>- A nocturnal migrant heard over the meadows on 23rd June 2019. Also seen at Minsmere and Titchwell in 2019 and at numerous sites around Mull.
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<b>Green Sandpiper </b><i>Tringa ochropus </i>- One heard flying upriver at the meadows on 25th April 2020 - despite calling 4 times I didn't manage to see it. Elsewhere one at Ryburgh in April 2019 and singles in Spain and at Warham Greens in 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Sandpiper, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Spotted Redshank </b><i>Tringa erythropus </i>- 2 at Titchwell in December 2019 and one heard at Stiffkey in October 2020.
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<b>Greenshank </b><i>Tringa nebularia </i>- Singles at Bintree Mill on 17th April and Bittering on 18th May 2019 were my only local records but half a dozen more at the coast.
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<b>Swift </b><i>Apus apus </i>- Seen regularly at home and at the meadows, as well as elsewhere, but seems to be getting fewer of them every year.
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<b>CUCKOOS (family CUCULIDAE)</b>
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<b>Cuckoo </b><i>Cuculus canorus </i>- This species continues to hang on locally and I'm fortunate to hear them regularly from home and from the meadows (possibly involving the same birds). In 2019 they were heard between 21st April and 15th June and in 2020 between 23rd April and 13th June. At least 2 males and one female were heard at the meadows in 2020 but despite at least one bird being heard on most visits (at least those early morning and evening visits) I only got to actually see a bird on one or two occasions, and then quite distantly. Elsewhere recorded at Titchwell in 2019 and Frost's Common in 2020, plus at several sites on Mull in June 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cuckoo, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 9th May 2020</span></div>
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<b>DOVES and PIGEONS (family COLUMBIDAE)</b>
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<b>Rock Dove </b><i>Columba livia </i>- 6 at 3 locations on Mull in June 2019. A Feral Pigeon flew through the meadows on 12th October 2020 and at least some of the Rock Doves seen in Spain in February 2020 were feral types.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rock Dove, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Stock Dove </b><i>Columba oenas </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows and occasionally at home (one sometimes sings in next door's garden).
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stock Dove, Worthing, 19th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stock Dove, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 22nd March 2020</span></div>
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<b>Woodpigeon </b><i>Columba palumbus </i>- Common at home and at the meadows.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Woodpigeon, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Woodpigeons, North Elmham, 29th September 2020</span></div>
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<b>Turtle Dove </b><i>Streptopelia turtura </i>- One in the carpark at Titchwell on 1st June and one singing by the green here in North Elmham on 7th August 2019. None locally in 2020 but one at Arden Sawah in Cornwall on 7th October.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Turtle Dove, Titchwell, 1st June 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Turtle Dove, Arden Sawah (Cornwall), 7th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Collared Dove </b><i>Streptopelia decaocto </i>- Common at the meadows (the chapel area rather than the meadows themselves) and at home. The only mildly noteworthy record was one in from the north at Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Collared Dove, North Elmham chapel, 6th November 2020</span></div>
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<b>RAILS and COOTS (family RALLIDAE)</b>
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<b>Water Rail </b><i>Rallus aquaticus </i>- One seen in the ditch where it runs under the railway on 18th February and the same or another in the same place on 20th March 2019. In addition one was heard flying over after dark on 22nd March. Elsewhere one at Santon Downham on 23rd February and heard at Burnham Overy in October. None locally in 2020 but heard at Frost's Common and also at the Llobregat Delta in Spain.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Water Rail, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Corncrake </b><i>Crex crex </i>- One heard behind the abbey on Iona on 11th June 2019.
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<b>Purple (Western) Swamphen </b><i>Porphytio porphyrio </i>- one heard calling at Llobregat Delta (Spain) on 22nd February 2020.
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<b>Moorhen </b><i>Gallinula chloropus </i>- Usually seen from the meadows. One on next-door's pond in January 2019 which was probably the same bird that appeared in my garden a couple of times in February including once on the bird table.
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<b>Coot </b><i>Fulica atra </i>- Heard overnight over the garden on 3 occasions and over the meadows twice, all in 2019. Also one flushed from the ditch under the railway at the meadows on 11th February 2019.
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<b>GREBES (family PODICIPEDIDAE)</b>
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<b>Little Grebe </b><i>Tachybaptus ruficollis </i>- No sight records of any grebes at the meadows yet but one heard calling on the river on 19th April and one heard flying over during the night of 22nd April 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Grebes, Llobregat Delta (Spain), 22nd February 2020</span></div>
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<b>Great Crested Grebe </b><i>Podiceps cristatus </i>- No records were of any significance.
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<b>Mandarin </b><i>Aix galericulata </i>- 3 at Santon Downham on 23rd February 2019.
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<b>Shoveler </b><i>Spatula clypeata </i>- Very occasionally seen from the meadows including 3 over in January 2019.
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<b>Shoveler x Gadwall hybrid </b><i>Spatula clypeata x Mareca strepera </i>- On the way home from a family visit to the Lakes I stopped off at Nosterfield in Yorkshire to see this gorgeous hybrid on 31st December 2019. It was a bit distant for photos, so you'll have to trust me when I say it was one of the finest birds I saw all year.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Gadwall x Shoveler hybrid, Nosterfield LNR, 31st December 2019</span></div>
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<b>Gadwall </b><i>Mareca strepera </i>- Occasionally seen from the meadows including a flock of 6 over on 25th August 2019.
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<b>Wigeon </b><i>Mareca penelope </i>- Heard flying over the garden on 29th October 2019. Also heard over the meadows on a couple of occasions but rarely seen from here despite the presence of a flock of 15 on my only visit to the park lake in October 2019.
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<b>Mallard </b><i>Anas platyrhynchos </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows, or rather from the meadows. A count of 100 at Ryburgh on 4th October 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mallard, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th April 2020</span></div>
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<b>Mallard x Rosybill hybrid </b><i>Anas platyrhynchos x Netta peposaca </i>- As regular readers will know, I can't resist a good hybrid so knowing
there had recently been a couple of Mallard x Rosybill hybrids at Lackford Lakes I took an opportunity to see if they were still there. Well there was no sign of them on the lake they had been reported fron but I continued round the lakes and eventually managed to locate them. Two males, and what utterly splendid birds they were too...
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mallard x Rosybill hybrids, Lackford Lakes, 23rd February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Pintail </b><i>Anas acuta </i>- Seen at the coast but no noteworthy records in 2019-20.
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<b>Teal </b><i>Anas crecca </i>- A flock of 158 seen distantly from the meadows in flight on 26th January 2019, possibly having been disturbed from the park lake during shooting. Also often seen in the flooded field at the bottom of the lane, including about 150 flushed from here on 29th November 2019 and 83 flushed from further downstream by a Marsh Harrier on 28th December 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Teal, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 28th December 2020</span></div>
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<b>Teal x Yellow-billed Teal </b><i>Anas crecca x Anas flavirostris </i>- One in captivity, a rare hybrid that I've not come across before.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">captive Teal x Yellow-billed Teal hybrid, Blakeney Collection, 16th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Red-crested Pochard </b><i>Netta rufina </i>- Two males at Titchwell on 1st June 2019.
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<br /><b>Rosybill </b><i>Netta peposaca </i>- Only captive birds, but including an unfamiliar (to me) plumage.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">captive Rosybill, Blakeney Collection, 16th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Pochard </b><i>Aythya ferina </i>- One on the park lake in October 2019 and January 2020. The lake is private but a small part of it is just visible in winter from the chapel ruins (which are inside the Cathedral Meadows recording area)
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<b>Pochard x Ferruginous Duck </b><i>Aythya ferina x Aythya nyroca </i>- A female with Pochards at Llobregat Delta in Spain on 22nd February 2020.
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<b>Tufted Duck<i> </i></b><i>Aythya fuligula </i>- Sometimes seen on the park lake distantly from the chapel (which is inside the meadows recording area). Surprising that I've not yet managed to see this species from the meadows any other way.
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<b>Scaup </b><i>Aythya marila </i>- One at Nosterfield (Yorkshire) on 31st December 2019.
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<b>Eider </b><i>Somateria mollissima </i>- The only noteworthy record was 70 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Eider, Sheringham, 21st October 2019</span></div>
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<b>Velvet Scoter </b><i>Melanitta fusca </i>- One past Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<b>Common Scoter </b><i>Melanitta nigra </i>- 160 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Common Scoter, Pendeen, 5th October 2020</span></div>
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<b>Long-tailed Duck </b><i>Clangula hyemalis </i>-One past Sheringham on 21st October and one at Cley on 12th November 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-tailed Duck, Cley, 12th November 2019</span></div>
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<b>Goldeneye </b><i>Bucephala clangula </i>- Small numbers recorded at several sites in 2019, mostly during the 2-3 times I left the county.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldeneye, Lackford Lakes, 23rd February 2019</span></div>
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<b>Smew </b><i>Mergellus albellus </i>- One at Nosterfield (Yorkshire) on 31st December 2019.
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<b>Goosander </b><i>Mergellus merganser </i>- One at Rydal Water (Cumbria) during a visit to family in December 2019.
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<b>Red-breasted Merganser </b><i>Mergus serrator </i>- A few records but none significant.
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<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-7670051863372474102021-01-20T20:22:00.005+00:002021-01-21T08:33:30.818+00:00Review of 2019 and 2020 - Birds: Gamebirds<b><b>GAMEBIRDS (family PHASIANIDAE)</b><br />
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Black Grouse </b><i>Lyrurus tetrix </i>- 15 at a not-very-secret secret location in County Durham on the way home from a family visit to the Lake District in December 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Grouse, County Durham, 31st December 2019</span></div>
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<b>Red-legged Partridge </b><i>Alectoris rufa </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows and sometimes in next door's garden.
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<b>Grey Partridge </b><i>Perdix perdix </i>- A pair at the meadows in April and August 2019 and on 3 occasions in March 2020; also one calling there in June.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Partridges, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th August 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Partridge, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 8th June 2020</span></div>
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<b>Quail </b><i>Coturnix coturnix </i>- Probably the best bird I found at the meadows in 2019 was a Quail heard calling overnight while I was looking for moths on 27th July. I heard it once and then again 3-4 times in quick succession. At the time I was unaware that Quails sung in flight on migration so I assumed it was calling from the meadows, but they had been cut recently so they weren't really suitable. In hindsight I wonder if it was actually flying over - I don't think there was too much time between the first call and the second series of calls for this to be possible.
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<b>Kalij Pheasant </b><i>Lophura leucomelanos </i>- Dave Norgate found this extraordinary bird in farmland near Colkirk - easily the bird of the decade...
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kalij Pheasant, near Colkirk, 19th April 2019</span></div>
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<b>Common Pheasant </b><i>Phasianus colchicus </i>- Regularly seen at the meadows, at home and elsewhere.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pheasant, near Buttermere (Cumbria), 6th April 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pheasant, Great Ryburgh, 4th October 2019</span></div>
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<br /><b>Dark-bellied Brent Goose </b><i>Branta bernicla </i>- 300 past Sheringham on 21st October 2019.
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<b>Grey-bellied Brant </b><i>Branta bernicla [nigricans?] </i>- It was great to see this amazing goose again on New Year's Day 2020 having first seen it on Boxing Day 2018.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey-bellied Brant, Fring, 1st January 2020</span></div>
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<b>Canada Goose </b><i>Branta canadensis </i>- Occasionally seen (up to 25) flying over or past at the meadows.
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<b>Canada Goose x Greylag Goose hybrid </b><i>Branta canadensis x Anser anser </i>-
Given that I don't see many Greylag or Canada Geese at the meadows I
did quite well to see a hybrid on two occasions (11th February and 24th
August 2019), quite possibly both involving the same individual, both
times seen flying with Canada Geese. Also one at Fairburn Ings on the
way home from the Lakes.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Canada Goose (left) and Canada Goose x Greylag Goose hybrid (right), North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 24th August 2019</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greylag Goose x Canada Goose hybrid, Fairburn Ings, 7th April 2019</span></div>
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<b>Barnacle Goose </b><i>Branta leucoptera </i>- One flew over the
meadows on 2nd May 2019. Further afield 2 presumed wild birds with
Pink-feet at Fring on 1st January 2020 and in 2019, 85 at Burnham Overy,
12+ at Minsmere (Suffolk) and 60 at Derwentwater (Cumbria).
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<b>Greylag Goose </b><i>Anser anser </i>- The most frequently-recorded goose flying over the meadows though 30 on 28th September 2020 was unusual.
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<b>Greylag Goose x Swan Goose hybrid </b><i>Anser anser x Anser cygnoides </i>-
One of a pair of "Greylag" Geese seen flying over the meadows in spring
2020 showed a dark nail which is not present on pure Greylag Geese.
Such birds are normally presumed to be backcrossed hybrids with domestic
Swan Goose. The other bird in the pair had a rather deep-based bill
and a suggestion of a knob, so it appears that both birds were hybrids.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greylag Goose x Swan Goose hybrids, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th March 2020</span></div>
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<b>Pink-footed Goose </b><i>Anser brachyrhynchus </i>- Several records
of birds flying over home including about 400 on 7th January 2019 and
about 150 on 28th November 2020. Also several records over the meadows
including 226 (in four flocks) on 2nd Janaury 2019. Elsewhere records
included 3 lingering at Great Ryburgh on 17th April 2019 and 7 on the
Hayle Estuary (Cornwall) on 10th October 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pink-footed Geese, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd January 2019</span></div>
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<b>Tundra Bean Goose </b><i>Anser serrirostris </i>- One at Choseley on 1st January 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tundra Bean Goose, Chosely, 1st January 2020</span></div>
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<b>White-fronted Goose </b><i>Anser albifrons </i>- 18 at Lyng Easthaugh on 12th January, 2 over Stiffkey Fen on 16th October and 4 at Bittering on Christmas Day, all in 2020.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White-fronted Geese, Lyng Easthaugh, 12th January 2020</span></div>
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<b>Lesser White-fronted Goose </b><i>Anser erythropus </i>- An
absolutely tiny goose was seen flying with 2 Greylag Geese on 26th April
2019 but way too distant to get anything on it at all. It was probably
an escaped Lesser White-fronted Goose, perhaps the individual that was
seen at various places around the county during the year, but with such
poor views (and no telescope with me) I couldn't nail it.
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<b>Black Swan </b><i>Cygnus atratus </i>- One at Nosterfield (Yorkshire) on 31st December 2019.
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<b>Mute Swan </b><i>Cygnus olor </i>- Regularly seen in the valley below the meadows or in adjacent meadows.
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<b>Bewick's Swan </b><i>Cygnus columbianus </i>- 2 at St Benet's Abbey on 1st December 2019.
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<b>Whooper Swan </b><i>Cygnus cygnus </i>- One at Fairburn Ings (Yorkshire) on 7th April and 14 at St Benet's Abbey on 1st December 2019.
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<b>Egyptian Goose </b><i>Alopochen aegyptiaca </i>- Sometimes seen flying over the meadows or in adjacent farmland.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Egyptian Geese, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th January 2020</span></div>
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<b>Shelduck </b><i>Tadorna tadorna </i>- One flew over the meadows on
9th May 2020, my only record there so far. Elsewhere records included
165 at Blakeney Harbour on 16th October 2020.
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<b>Ruddy Shelduck </b><i>Tadorna ferruginea </i>- One at Gateley on 18th March and 19th April 2019.
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ruddy Shelduck (right, with Egyptian Goose), Gateley, 18th March 2019</span></div>
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<b>Cape (South African) Shelduck </b><i>Tadorna cana </i>- only in captivity...
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">captive Cape (South African) Shelduck, Blakeney Collection, 16th October 2020</span></div>
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<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-13601539601258455362019-05-06T14:12:00.000+01:002019-05-06T14:12:00.476+01:00King Eider, Siberian Chiffchaff and Grey-bellied BrantApart from Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Redpolls, Siskins, Bullfinches and a Brambling at the local meadows, the only birding worth mentioning in the first week of November was a quick visit to Sheringham. I found the <b>King Eider </b>reasonably easily, opposite the west end of the golf course. There was a <b>Common Scoter </b>in the same bit of sea and <b>4 Redshanks </b>flew west.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">King Eider (with Common Scoter in bottom image), Sheringham, 5th November</span></div>
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Local birding didn't improve the following week except that there were up to <b>4 Lesser Redpolls </b>and <b>Siskin </b>at home.<br />
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A visit to Burnham Overy on 17th November was interesting enough, though perhaps not as much as I would have liked. There were 20 Barnacle Geese, which are normally assumed to be the local feral flock. That may indeed have been the case for all of them, but I did wonder about these two as I picked them up over the dunes apparently flying in from the NNW. Maybe they were part of the feral flock that had just had a bit of a fly around, or maybe they were genuine immigrants arriving from the north...? I suspect the former.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Barnacle Geese, Burnham Overy, 17th November</span></div>
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There was a large raft of <b>Common Scoter </b>just off the mouth of the Burn.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Common Scoter, Burnham Overy, 17th November</span></div>
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Sadly I couldn't find any more unusual scoters among them, though there were <b>6 Red-breasted Mergansers </b>knocking around. Also <b>4 Tufted Ducks </b>east and <b>3 Razorbills</b>.<br />
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There was a <b>Great White Egret </b>in the estuary, and I saw 2 <b>Avocets</b>, <b>Kingfisher</b>, <b>Short-eared Owl</b> and <b>2 Red Kites</b>. But so far as passerine migrants were concerned it was pretty tough going. There was one <b>Blackcap </b>and at least <b>100 Blackbirds </b>but precious little else.<br />
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Mike Buckland had fared a little better at the west end of Holkham Pines finding a nice <b>Siberian Chiffchaff </b>there, so I went along to join him looking at that. It was an interesting bird. Not quite as obvious as they can be with distinct greenish tones visible in the scapulars in some lights - enough that would once upon a time have disqualified it but apparently not any more. In other lights it looked really good - compare the two images below.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Siberian Chiffcahff, Holkham Pines, 17th November</span></div>
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Mike had tried playing its call in order to elicit a response as the bird had failed to call at all. This hadn't worked but someone else came along and played a quick burst of Siberian Chiffchaff song. The bird's response was instantateous! Immediately it popped up high and started engaging in an amazing wing-shimmering display. It still remained silent, but this was enough to disperse any remaining doubts as to its identity. The other Chiffchaff that was alongside it didn't respond at all (in fact there were at least <b>3 Chiffchaffs </b>here).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chiffcahff, Holkham Pines, 17th November</span></div>
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For the rest of the month I stayed local and consequently saw little. I heard <b>Barn Owl </b>from my study and at the meadows heard a <b>Brambling</b>, saw <b>Sparrowhawk</b>, <b>Green </b>and <b>Great Spotted Woodpeckers</b>, <b>Nuthatch </b>and <b>Treecreepers</b>, <b>Siskins </b>and up to <b>5 Bullfinches</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stock Dove, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 21st November</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Skylark, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 21st November</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Robin, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 21st November</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bullfinch, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 21st November</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mistle Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 25th November</span></div>
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December started with <b>Pink-footed Geese </b>heard over the house on 1st and <b>2 Redpolls </b>on 3rd. A quick stop at Wroxham Broad when I was passing on 5th produced <b>2 Pink-footed Geese </b>among 200+ Greylags.<br />
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Local birding was generally slow. Despite overlooking the river Wensum the only duck species I'd recorded at the Cathedral Meadows between the end of April and December was Mallard. So it was a surprise to see a <b>Shoveler </b>and <b>3 Gadwall </b>fly over heading towards the park on 8th. I don't think I've ever been so excited to see a Shoveler and some Gadwall before in my life!<br />
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I went along to Bittering on 17th December where the highlight was these <b>3 Whooper Swans</b>, a good local bird though not the first time I've seen them here.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Whooper Swans, Bittering, 17th December</span></div>
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<b>Nuthatch </b>and <b>Treecreeper </b>continued to be regular at the meadows, and also <b>Marsh Tits </b>were now appearing more often.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Coal Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 17th December</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 17th December</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 17th December</span></div>
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A distant flock of <b>62 Golden Plover </b>were new for the meadows on 22nd (also <b>213 Lapwings</b>) and <b>29 Pink-footed Geese </b>flew east on Christmas Eve. Also this day a newly-formed puddle viewable from the corner of the meadows provided some new habitat and with it some new species for the patch - <b>2 Wigeon </b>and <b>12 Teal</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Treecreeper, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 22nd December</span></div>
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I could hear a right old commotion in the larger trees behind the chapel ruins with tits, Blackbirds, finches and Jackdaws all making alarm calls. Clearly something was up, but the birds seemed well spaced around the top of the tree and it wasn't immediately clear where their cause for concern was. I wondered if it was a Tawny Owl, but couldn't see one, and then 2 Jays appeared in the tree. I've seen birds mobbing Jays so maybe these were the cause, but I wasn't convinced. The Jays flew off and the noise continued, so I walked round the other side and sure enough, there was a <b>Tawny Owl</b>, sat in full view in a hole at the very top of the trunk - an unusually exposed position for one of these to roost I thought. Well it liked it enough as it remained more-or-less reliable there through into March, and a staggering number of birders came to see it during that time. Interestingly though, I never saw the other birds getting remotely bothered by it again.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tawny Owl, North Elmham Cathedral Meaodws, 24th December</span></div>
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On the way down to Kent on Christmas morning <b>2 Ring-necked Parakeets </b>flew over the M25 near Stapleford Tawney. Then on Boxing Day, on the way up to the Lake District, I saw a Red Kite near Harrogate and then <b>8 Black Grouse </b>at a well-known spot followed by <b>Red Grouse </b>and a <b>Barn Owl</b> around Alston Moor. Not sure how common Barn Owl are up here - I don't recall seeing them up north before.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Grouse, up north, 26th December</span></div>
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The final family visit on the whistle-stop tour of the UK was in Dundee on 27th, where we also dipped on Waxwings. Finally it was back to Norfolk on 28th where first stop was Docking to see the extremely interesting <b>Grey-bellied Brent Goose</b>. I've looked at photos of one or two putative Grey-bellied before and thought, why aren't they just Dark-bellied x Pale-bellied? Well, in one or two cases they probably were. You won't be able to tell from my rubbishy photos but this was quite different. Very interesting, and I was very grateful to get a second chance after missing it last winter.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey-bellied Brent Goose, near Docking, 28th December</span></div>
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-23654982942230152452019-04-24T11:25:00.000+01:002019-04-24T11:25:18.547+01:00October birding - Yellow-brows and WaxwingsAfter returning from <a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2019/04/cornwall-birding.html" target="_blank">Cornwall</a>, local birding produced the likes of <b>Marsh Tit </b>and <b>Redwings</b>, but nothing exciting.<br />
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A trip to Brancaster on 11th October was worthwhile. I started off at Broad Lane where there were plenty of thrushes but little else, so I moved on to the golf-course. As I walked along the beach it was clear that there were a lot of birds arriving from the north, particularly <b>Skylarks </b>and <b>thrushes</b>. There were also <b>32 Red-breasted Mergansers </b>on the sea, and <b>36 Lapwings </b>flew west. With wall to wall sunshine I didn't expect so much to be happening, although the wind was in the right direction.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackbird in off the sea, Brancaster, 11th October</span></div>
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The dunes by the beach huts held <b>Chiffchaff </b>but apart from <b>thrushes </b>I'd seen very little else by the time I approached the far eastern point.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Song Thrush, Brancaster, 11th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redwing, Brancaster, 11th October</span></div>
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There there was a group of <b>3 Bramblings </b>(a fourth flew over too), quickly followed by a lovely <b>Redstart</b>. Almost as soon as I finished watching this a <b>Whinchat</b> appeared. Suddenly it was getting good!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redstart, Brancaster, 11th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Whinchat, Brancaster, 11th October</span></div>
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I'm not sure if all the Woodpigeons on the point were newly arrived migrants or local birds.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Woodpigeon, Brancaster, 11th October</span></div>
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Walking east along the edge of the golf-course the sun had been in my eyes so I hoped that as I turned round and went back I might find some new birds. And so I did: a second <b>Redstart </b>and this cracking <b>Yellow-browed Warbler</b>!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow-browed Warbler, Brancaster, 11th October</span></div>
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After that excitement it all calmed down again. A nice <b>Red Kite </b>drifted over and I heard a <b>Water Rail </b>as I returned to the car. There was also a <b>Brambling </b>at the chalk pit in Titchwell but nothing else, apart from a <b>Tawny Owl </b>calling at 2.55 pm.<br />
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A visit to Lynford on 13th October was focused on <a href="https://gobirdingeu-mothing.blogspot.com/2019/04/lynford-leafmines.html" target="_blank">leaf-mines</a> not birds so only the usual expected species noted like <b>Marsh Tit</b>, <b>Nuthatch</b>, <b>Treecreeper </b>and <b>Siskins</b>.<br />
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A bit of passage was evident at the meadows on 20th October with the likes of Meadow Pipits, <b>Brambling</b>, <b>Redpoll </b>sp. and a various thrushes noted. Much more excitingly though was a group of <b>3 Dark-bellied Brent Geese</b> that flew over - an excellent record this far inland.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dark-bellied Brent Geese, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Song Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Woodpigeon, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 20th October</span></div>
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After this I headed up to Beeston Common for a fungus foray which was very interesting. Overhead raptors included <b>Sparrowhawk </b>and <b>Marsh Harrier</b>. I pointed out the latter to the warden who was very pleased as it was the first time he had seen one there.<br />
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I then went along to Salthouse where the <b>Stejneger's Stonechat </b>remained. Unfortunately I'd forgotten to put my scope in the car so I had to borrow other people's scopes to get decent views. The two forms of Siberian Stonechat (<i>maura </i>and <i>stejnegeri</i>) have now been split and although there are average differences that are detectable in the field, it is not yet fully accepted by all authorities that these are possible to separate with absolute confidence in the field. This bird was subsequently seen to leave some droppings on some pathside vegetation and these were duly collected and sent off for DNA analysis, enabling it to be confirmed as Stejneger's, the first proven record for Norfolk. Although it was my first proven Stejneger's I am not counting it as a new species yet as I have never seen a proven <i>maura</i>. Some of the Siberian Stonechats I have seen in the past have almost certainly been <i>maura </i>(while others were almost certainly <i>stejnegeri</i>) but until such time as the identification criteria are sufficiently well established that past records can be accepted as one or other taxon without DNA I'm happy to count only the proven ones.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stejneger's Stonechat, Salthouse, 20th October</span></div>
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The following day I was back up at the coast, this time to look at another first for Norfolk. Earlier in the day a Red-backed Shrike had been reported at Weybourne and I wondered whether, given the date, it might in fact turn out to be a Brown Shrike. Late Red-backed Shrikes do turn up sometimes but the odds of Brown are proportionately much higher, and Norfolk is well overdue its first. Well I couldn't make it up in the morning to check, but others did, and sure enough it WAS a <b>Brown Shrike</b>. I managed to get up later in the afternoon and with some difficulty managed to see it a few times.<br />
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I also popped along to Weybourne where a <b>Canada Goose </b>was present with Pink-feet. The race of this has been hotly debated and I am by no means sure, but whatever the taxon it was surely a wild bird from North America. A lot of people are saying it's Todd's (race <i>interior</i>) but it's certainly not a typical example. Others have suggested it is Atlantic (race <i>canadensis</i>) and it does show some real similarities to that form. I'm not saying it is <i>canadensis</i>, but there seems to be a lot of confusion about that race. Some references suggest that the feral British birds are <i>canadensis</i>, and if that is the case then this bird was quite obviously different. Some of the conversations I've had seem to go along the lines of it can't be Atlantic because that's what the feral birds are and it doesn't look like them. However other references suggest that feral British birds are in fact a mix including Giant Canada Goose (race <i>maxima</i>), or a mix of <i>maxima </i>and <i>moffitti</i>. Comparison with feral birds doesn't seem a very helpful starting point when it comes to identfying races of vagrant Canada Geese.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">vagrant Canada Goose with Pink-footed Geese, Weybourne, 21st October</span></div>
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It was much the same sort of stuff at the meadows, without so much overhead passage, on 24th October. <b>3 Redpolls </b>over, <b>3 Bullfinches </b>in the hedges, <b>30 Redwings </b>and a <b>Fieldfare </b>knocking around and both <b>Green </b>and <b>Great Spotted Woodpeckers</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Spotted Woodpecker, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 24th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redwings, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 24th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Song Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 24th October</span></div>
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A <b>Grey Wagtail </b>flew over County School station as I wandered down that way - amazingly the species had eluded me so far at the meadows themselves. I then went on to Great Ryburgh where the highlight was a pair of <b>Stonechats</b>. Also <b>Sparrowhawk </b>and <b>Kingfisher</b>.<br />
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I headed up to Sheringham for a seawatch on 27th October, seeing <b>Barn Owl </b>at Thornage on the way. I didn't see everything but my highlights included a <b>Black Guillemot</b>, <b>2 Little Auks</b>, <b>4 Pomarine Skuas</b>, <b>Long-eared Owl </b>and <b>4-5 Short-eared Owls</b>. Also <b>Great Northern Diver</b>, <b>Purple Sandpiper</b>, while commoner seabirds included <b>2 Manx Shearwaters</b>, <b>8 Great Skuas</b>, <b>3 Arctic Skuas</b>, <b>~500 Kittiwakes </b>and a <b>Little Gull</b>. There were hundreds of Wigeon, Teal and Common Scoter moving, and a selection of other species including <b>3 Scaup</b>, <b>8 Goldeneye </b>and <b>Red-breasted Merganser</b>. Afterwards I had a quick look at a few spots like Friary Hills in search of migrant passerines but apart from lots of <b>Blackbirds </b>I didn't find much.<br />
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I was back at the coast two days later, at Burnham Overy. A little bit of seawatching produced a <b>Pomarine Skua</b>,<b> </b>a <b>Short-eared Owl</b> and a flock of <b>11 Eider </b>west. A <b>Velvet Scoter </b>was among <b>50+ Common Scoters </b>off Gun Hill, and there were <b>2 Red-breasted Mergansers</b>, but I couldn't find the treasure at the end of the rainbow...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">rainbow, Burnham Overy, 29th October</span></div>
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A flock of <b>61 Ringed Plovers </b>on the beach contained a single bird that appeared to have paler wing-coverts. I had an inkling that this was a feature of Semipalmated Plover, a bird that I have long hoped to find at Burnham Overy. But this bird was fast asleep and absolutely no other identification features were discernible on it. I stayed with it for what seemed like hours, only for it to eventually shift position slightly and the apparently paler wing-coverts now at a different angle to the light simply vanished. Then it woke up and was indeed an obvious Ringed Plover! Ah well, it was worth a try!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ringed Plovers, Burnham Overy, 29th October</span></div>
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A <b>Grey Wagtail </b>was about the only overhead passerine migrant and there wasn't a great deal in the bushes either apart from a few <b>Goldcrests</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldcrest, Burnham Overy, 29th October</span></div>
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In the fields there were <b>28 Barnacle Geese </b>and the <b>Black Brant x Dark-bellied Brent Goose hybrid</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black Brant x Dark-bellied Brent Goose hybrid with Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Burnham Overy, 29th October</span></div>
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I then moved on to Stiffkey where I checked out the path alongside the flood south of the road. There wasn't anything noteworthy on the flood itself but I found a nice <b>Yellow-browed Warbler </b>in the wood along the side. There was <b>Chiffchaff </b>in here too as well as the usual <b>Bullfinches</b>. The Chiffchaff was a little less camera-shy than the Yellow-browed...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellow-browed Warbler, Stiffkey, 29th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chiffchaff, Stiffkey, 29th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redwing, Stiffkey, 29th October</span></div>
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This Cormorant on the bank of the ditch at the start of Cockthorpe Common didn't look too healthy. I doubt if it ever left this spot unless it was in the jaws of a fox or something.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cormorant, Stiffkey, 29th October</span></div>
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I had a quick look at the fen but apart from a couple of Chiffchaffs there wasn't much doing so I decided to call it quits and head back home. As I turned off the coast road at Morston I noticed quite a few birds flitting around the bushes by the pond, so pulled in to have a look at them. They were mostly thrushes and tits, but then I noticed a couple of <b>Waxwings </b>munching on the haws. Fantastic!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Waxwings, Morston, 29th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Waxwings, Morston, 29th October</span></div>
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A lovely end to the day!<br />
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A couple of days later there were a few birds around the meadows with about <b>30 Redwings</b>, a <b>Brambling</b>, <b>2 Bullfinches</b>, <b>Nuthatch </b>and <b>2 Treecreepers</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redwings, Cathedral Meadows, 31st October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bullfinch, Cathedral Meadows, 31st October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Treecreeper, Cathedral Meadows, 31st October</span></div>
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-91242390084754702332019-04-13T18:23:00.000+01:002019-04-13T18:59:34.276+01:00Cornwall birdingWe spent six nigths in SW Cornwall in early October. The place we usually try and stay at in Porthgwarra was booked up so we stayed inland of there in the hamlet of Tresidder at the top of the Penberth valley. The garden was good for moths (<a href="https://gobirdingeu-mothing.blogspot.com/2019/04/cornwall-part-1-mothing-at-tresidder.html" target="_blank">which you can read about here</a>) and other insects (<a href="https://gobirdingeu-mothing.blogspot.com/2019/04/cornwall-part-2-other-insects-at.html" target="_blank">which you can read about here</a>), but this post is about the birding during this week.<br />
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It started off with <b>3 Red Kites </b>along the M4 on the way down on 1st October and there wasn't enough time to do much birding when arrived later that day.<br />
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It wasn't ideal seawatching weather on 2nd October, but there was enough of a NW wind to make me think it was worth a shot - after all, it looked like it would be the best chance all week. So I headed up to Pendeen fairly early. I didn't expect a huge amount, but it was even quieter than I thought it should be. Eventually I notched up <b>28 Balearic Shearwaters</b>, <b>27 Max Shearwaters </b>and a couple of <b>Sooty Shearwaters</b>. One bird made it worthwhile though, as a fantastic <b>Great Shearwater </b>cruised by giving some pretty decent views. There were also a couple of <b>Great Skuas </b>and a <b>Mediterranean Gull</b>, but very small numbers of other birds (e.g. just a couple of Kittiwakes).<br />
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I spent the rest of the day with the Mrs hoping to earn enough brownie points to be able to spend more time birding later in the week.<br />
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Next day we walked from our cottage down the Penberth valley. It was pretty quiet, though one bush that was in the sun during one of the short periods it came out had about <b>5 Chiffchaffs </b>in it, and there was also a <b>Firecrest </b>there. There were at least <b>30 Meadow Pipits </b>on Treen Cliffs as we headed over to St Levan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Meadow Pipit, Treen Cliffs, 3rd October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Robin, Treen Cliffs, 3rd October</span></div>
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I couldn't find much at St Levan and with mist preventing nice views along the coastal path we cut across the fields to Porthgwarra where we quickly located the juvenile <b>Rose-coloured Starling </b>in the mist at Rosketal Farm.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rose-coloured Starling, Rosketal Farm, Porthgwarra, 3rd October</span></div>
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The mist was quite patchy so we carried on up to the moor at Porthgwarra, stopping to watch this <b>Peregrine </b>on the cliffs.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Peregrine, Porthgwarra, 3rd October</span></div>
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We'd heard <b>Choughs </b>on the moor but couldn't see them in the mist but as we passed Faraway Cottage and headed up to Higher Bosistow there was a pair on the wires that stayed put even as we walked beneath them. I think these were the best view of Chough I've ever had!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Choughs, Higher Bosistow, 3rd October</span></div>
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I was keen to photograph them in flight but not wanting to deliberately flush them I had to stick around a while before they eventually decided to fly on their own accord!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Chough, Higher Bosistow, 3rd October</span></div>
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Next day I headed back to Porthgwarra for some early birding and had a quick walk round. A <b>Spotted Flycatcher </b>was the best I could muster up, with <b>Lesser Whitethroat </b>the only other migrant apart from Chiffchaffs.<br />
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There were some <b>Golden Plovers </b>in the fields near where we were staying at Tresidder, and a drive round the south coast produced a <b>Guillemot </b>in Mousehole harbour.<br />
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It was hard going at Porthgwarra the next morning too, with <b>2 Wheatears </b>being about the best in the way of passerine migrants. There were at least <b>40 Golden Plovers</b>, <b>2 Snipe</b>, <b>Raven </b>and <b>Chough</b>. Apparently there were a few migrants turning up that morning, but they weren't giving themselves up to me!<br />
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I heard another <b>Chough </b>at Lands End but the best I could find between there and Sennen was a couple of Chiffchaffs. I love going to Kenidjack Valley - not sure if it's the views or the memories of that Yellow-throated Vireo (probably both) but it's always a pleasure even when I don't see anything, as was the case this time (at least a dozen <b>Chiffchaffs </b>but nothing better).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kenidjack Valley, 5th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kestrel, Kenidjack Valley, 5th October</span></div>
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My wife had been nagging me about visiting St Ives all weeks so on 6th I finally took here there. There were at least <b>3 Mediterranean Gulls </b>in the bay, and a couple of <b>Kittiwakes</b>. But no, the fact that we were tripping over Turnstones does NOT mean we were birding...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Turnstone, St Ives, 6th October</span></div>
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After we were done there we headed up to St Gothian Sands, a place I always fancy for finding something good like an American duck. No such luck today - a <b>Wheatear </b>was best.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stonechat, St Gothian Sands, 6th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Carrion Crow, St Gothian Sands, 6th October</span></div>
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Hayle Estuary was quite disappointing. I couldn't find anything of interest on the main estuary, except for at least <b>30 Mediterranean Gulls</b>. There were a few waders at Ryan's Field including a <b>Whimbrel</b>, both godwits and <b>148 Curlew</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Curlew, Hayle, 6th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Carrion Crow, Hayle, 6th October</span></div>
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I didn't have very long before we needed to leave the cottage on our final morning, so just long enough to have a rapid whizz round Porthgwarra. I glimpsed what I thought was the <b>Wryneck </b>at Faraway Cottage but couldn't get a confirmatory view (but it was seen in exactly that spot a little later on) and I heard a <b>Firecrest</b>. There were <b>2 Ravens </b>and a <b>Wheatear</b>, and finally as I headed back towards Three Chimneys I flushed a <b>Short-eared Owl</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Wagtail, Trevean Pool, 7th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Robin, Porthgwarra, 7th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Short-eared Owl (with Rook), Porthgwarra, 7th October</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">the wader pools at Davidstow Airfield, 7th October</span></div>
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Saw a <b>Kingfisher </b>in Padstow and then <b>6 Red Kites </b>on the way home the next day.<br />
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-87388719173977330112019-04-13T15:04:00.001+01:002019-04-13T15:04:30.214+01:00Stonechat at the meadowsIn the excitement of <a href="https://gobirdingeu-birding.blogspot.com/2019/02/if-only-birding-was-always-as-good-as.html" target="_blank">re-living my memories of 5th September</a> I forgot to mention a few of the less exciting birds seen that day, like the <b>2 Wheatears</b>, Whitethroat and <b>Whimbrel</b>, and the <b>Green Sandpiper </b>I heard over the staithe at dusk. On my way home I saw <b>2 Tawny Owls </b>on the road, one near Sculthorpe and one near Colkirk.<br />
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There was still a <b>Hobby </b>and a good flock of <b>House Martins </b>at the meadows on 7th September and other birds seen there over the next 2-3 weeks included <b>Sparrowhawk</b>, <b>Green </b>and <b>Great Spotted Woodpeckers</b>, <b>Nuthatch </b>and <b>Treecreepers</b>, <b>Marsh Tits</b>, and the first <b>Siskin </b>of the autumn over on 14th September (I'd had <b>Siskin</b> over the garden earlier on 9th September).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sparrowhawk, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th September</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">House Martins, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th September</span></div>
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I'd also seen <b>Hobby </b>at Ryburgh on 8th but the highlight then was a ringtail <b>Hen Harrier</b> which had spent the night there, and excellent bird anywhere in the Wensum Valley.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackcap, Great Ryburgh, 8th September</span></div>
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A good seawatch at Sheringham on 23rd September included <b>3 Leach's Petrels</b>, a <b>Balearic Shearwater</b>, <b>12 Sooty Shearwaters</b>, <b>55 Manx Shearwaters</b>, <b>Red-necked Grebe</b>, <b>Shag</b>, <b>Purple Sandpiper</b>, <b>Puffin</b>, <b>2 Pomarine Skuas</b>, <b>18 Great Skuas </b>and <b>7 Arctic Skuas</b>.<br />
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The following day it was still blowy so I returned, but as is often the case on the second day, it was more wildfowl moving and fewer seabirds moving. Indeed in the two hours I stuck it out there was just 1 <b>Manx Shearwater</b>, 3 <b>Great Skuas </b>and an <b>Arctic Skua</b>. Wildfowl included <b>650 Teal</b>, <b>250 Wigeon</b>, <b>11 Pintail </b>and <b>130 Common Scoter</b>.<br />
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A <b>Marsh Harrier </b>was the avian highlight at the meadows a couple of days later.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harrier (and Pheasants), North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 26th September</span></div>
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There's a riverside field east of the meadows viewable from the railway where I have often thought I might see a <b>Stonechat</b>, and with autumn coming along I'd been scanning it carefully on every visit. On 28th September I scored, with a bird at the edge of this field on fenceposts. As I watched it it flew straight towards me, landing on some vegetation along the railway close by. It soon moved onto the meadows proper and then up one of the hedgerows before I lost it to view. Although not entirely unexpected this was one of the best birds I'd seen at the meadows so far.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Stonechat, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 28th September</span></div>
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There was also <b>Marsh Tit</b>, <b>Bullfinch </b>and <b>Red Fox</b>.<br />
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A quick but unsuccessful look for an Alexandrine Parakeet at Fustyweed resulted in just <b>2 Kingfishers</b> on 30th.<br />
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Then I headed off to Cornwall for a few days, so I think I need to start a new post for that...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenish Warbler, Burnham Overy, 5th September</span></div>
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Having done very little coastal birding this summer I was keen to take advantage of some moderately interesting weather and headed up to Burnham Overy on 5th September. I wasn’t going to be able to spend the whole day there but rather than go early as usual I thought an afternoon visit might be more productive. The forecast had suggested that the northerly winds in the morning were originating from the north west, whereas by the afternoon there was a chance they might be winds originating from Scandinavia. In the end I arrived later than planned, beginning at the staithe at 3.10 pm. My walk down to the dunes was uneventful save for my first <b>5 Pink-footed Geese </b>of the autumn. As I reached the final bend in the seawall I met other birders coming back including Andy Clements who informed me that the dunes were very quiet – the only migrant they had seen was a single Willow Warbler in the Suaeda. <br />
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I guess it must have only been 2-3 minutes later that I reached the start of the boardwalk and saw a Phyllosc flying from the bushes to my right. It flew back past me but I immediately lost it behind the big hawthorn I was standing next too. It seemed a clean bright bird, but rather small and compact and relatively short-winged. I was aware that there had been a Greenish Warbler on Blakeney Point in the morning and was mindful of the possibility that this might be another. After some time I saw the bird again, but it showed only occasionally and so briefly that it was hard to get anything on it, though it looked increasingly interesting from the jizz. Eventually I got a glimpse of it in side view – it was definitely either a Greenish Warbler or an Arctic Warbler. It didn’t have the jizz of an Arctic Warbler but I wasn’t prepared to rule that out until I had seen more objective criteria – especially as two Arctic Warblers had been found on the east coast (Yorkshire and Shetland) during the day. It then flew over the bushes to my right and continued along the bank of the seawall completely ignoring the first couple of bushes it passed along the fence-line. Was it going to stop? I feared it was heading inland and would get away without me positively identifying it.
Thankfully it dived into the biggest of the bushes along the fence. I ran back along the seawall to get closer and after a while I saw a movement at the back of the bush. It came out and on to some rose briefly allowing me to rattle off some photos.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenish Warbler, Burnham Overy, 5th September</span></div>
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It disappeared again without me having a chance to actually look at it properly. It felt like a Greenish on jizz, and what I could see of my photos on the back of my camera supported that ID but the details were hard to see on the screen. Eventually further views enabled me to be 100% satisfied that it was indeed a <b>Greenish Warbler</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenish Warbler, Burnham Overy, 5th September</span></div>
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While I was watching it a <b>Redstart </b>appeared next to it before dropping to the ground to feed just in front of me. This was clearly a freshly-arrived migrant, and I presume both the Redstart and Greenish Warbler had just arrived - for once in my life I had timed it well!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Redstart, Burnham Overy, 5th September</span></div>
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A small number of birders arrived to look at the Greenish Warbler and while we were looking a couple of us had independently got brief glimpses of an intriguing long-tailed bird in flight. I had seen it drop into the clump north east of the main boardwalk bushes and had got the impression that it might possibly be a Wryneck, though I was far from certain. The jizz fitted Wryneck and I even thought I might have seen barring on the tail, but I had got such a poor view I wasn't sure. I spent ages looking for it but couldn't find it, though the Greenish Warbler did move to the same clump for a bit. I was pretty much ready to give up and moved round the clump for what was going to be the last time when I saw a movement deep inside the vegetation. Looking in I could just make out the rear flanks of a bird. There was some barred feathers. Surely this was a Wryneck! I couldn't think of anything else that would show such a pattern on its flanks, but I could only see a tiny bit of the bird. Then it shuffled slightly - I could still only see a little bit of the bird, but now I could see its mantle - greyish brown with a broad dark line going up the middle. It was a <b>Wryneck</b>! That was the best view I ever got of it, and as far as I know that anyone got of it. I hung around a bit longer in the hope of getting better views, but that was not to be.<br />
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Anyway, I was a happy man. Although Greenish Warblers are pretty frequent in Norfolk this was the first one I'd ever found myself, and a find-tick is worth a lot to me these days, especially in a year that I have done so little coastal birding and on a day that most other birders seemed to have gone away empty-handed. And with Wryneck and a showy Redstart as bonus extras! If only birding was always as good as this...<br />
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-11629489799480504252019-02-22T16:56:00.001+00:002019-02-22T16:56:36.484+00:00Summer birding (or lack thereof)In July I did very little birding away from the local area - well, like none really! Apart from a <b>Red Kite </b>near Lenwade all my bird records in July are from North Elmham, either home or Cathedral Meadows. The clear highlight at home was hearing a <b>Turtle Dove </b>purring in next door's garden early on 19th July, a new bird for the house and one I wasn't really expecting now that they're so hard to find anywhere. I heard <b>Siskins </b>calling a couple of times around then too which is something I've not had in the summer here before. I heard <b>Little Owl </b>calling here too, and regular <b>Green Woodpecker</b> and <b>Bullfinch</b>.<br />
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At the Cathedral Meadows I also heard <b>Little Owl</b>, had numerous records of <b>Green Woodpecker </b>and <b>Bullfinch</b>, a <b>Treecreeper </b>and a pre-roost gathering of <b>30 Swallows </b>over the river.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Long-tailed Tit, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 2nd July</span></div>
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August started the same way with <b>Little Owl</b>, Great Spotted Woodpecker, <b>Nuthatch </b>and <b>Treecreeper</b> at the meadows.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blackcaps, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th July</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Starlings, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th August</span></div>
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Then on 6th August I was surprised to hear the <b>Turtle Dove </b>singing again in next door's garden, this time in the middle of the day. I managed to locate it sitting on top of one their trees. My first attempts at photographing it were with the DSLR, but it was too far and looking into the sun...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Turtle Dove, North Elmham, 6th August</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Turtle Dove, North Elmham, 6th August</span></div>
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So not a photographic success but a great bird to see from the bedroom window, especially now that they have become so rare.<br />
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I had to visit Titchwell to collect my repaired eye-piece from In-focus on 11th August. It would be cherlish not to visit the reserve while I was there. There were <b>6 Spoonbills</b>, <b>2 Green Sandpipers</b>, <b>2 Common Sandpipers</b>, <b>Turtle Dove </b>and some <b>Bearded Tits</b>. Also heard <b>Greenshank </b>and at least <b>2 Whimbrel</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Sandpipers, Titchwell, 11th August</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ruff, Titchwell, 11th August</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">House Martins, Titchwell, 11th August</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pied Wagtail, Titchwell, 11th August</span></div>
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One or two visits to the Beetley/Bittering gravel pits produced nothing better than a single <b>Common Sandpiper</b>. <br />
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Other birds seen, or mostly just heard, from the garden included <b>Grey Wagtails</b>, a <b>Yellow Wagtail </b>on 21st (another very decent garden record!), and <b>Barn Owl</b>.<br />
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The meadows continued to produce similar birds - regular <b>Nuthatch</b>, <b>Treecreeper</b>, <b>Green Woodpecker</b>; also <b>Little Owls</b>, <b>Kingfisher </b>and, on 26th, <b>2 Spotted Flycatchers</b>.<br />
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Towards the end of August a flock of hirundines (mostly <b>House Martins </b>- up to 25) became regular at the meadows and it was probably no coincidence that I started to get regular sightings of up to 2 <b>Hobbies </b>for a short while.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hobby, North Elmham Cathedrasl Meadows, 1st September</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Woodpecker, North Elmham Cathedrasl Meadows, 1st September</span></div>
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-78685029689265095682018-12-07T20:17:00.002+00:002018-12-07T20:17:13.690+00:00Singing Greenish, White-winged Black & Pied FlyIt's been a long time since I updated my diaries... a busy summer got in the way I'm afraid. Actually I did write most of this at the time, but never managed to finish it off and post it. Well, now I have, but no promises as to how soon it will be before I'm fully up to date.<br />
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The forecast for Friday 25th May showed a cloudy start following pre-dawn rain combined with winds coming from far to the east and clear skies to the east. It looked perfect for late spring migrants! I got up early, checked the moth trap in torrential rain and thought I'd better do a last minute check of the weather. If it was going to be raining like this at the coast I'd be better off going back to bed and heading up later. The forecast for here was heavy rain for the next 3 hours, so going back to bed seemed a good bet, but the forecast for Burnham Overy painted a different picture. There it was fine - just light rain on and off over the next 2-3 hours - enough to drop some migrants in maybe but not so much to make birding difficult. So I resistsed the temptation to return to bed and headed up to the coast. The roads were like rivers and the rain showed no sign of letting up by the time I reached Burnham Overy - and another check of the forecast and it had changed completely. Now it was showing heavy rain for the next 3 hours. So I put the seat back and went to sleep.<br />
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Some time later I awoke. It was still raining but I'd had a message from a friend to say the Greenish Warbler was still singing at Titchwell. After my snooze I really needed some facilities, the likes of which are pretty hard to find in and around Burnham Overy at 6.30 in the morning, so I opted for driving over to Titchwell. By now the rain had eased right off so I figured it would be worth a quick squint at the Greenish Warbler - I'd particularly be interested to hear it singing as I don't think I've had a singing bird before. I headed straight to Meadow Trail as that's where RBA had been saying it was, and found no sign of the Greenish Warbler or any people looking for it. A quick check with some friends on site and it became clear that it was actually nearer the visitor centre, and sure enough as I joined Fen Trail and started walking towards the visitor centre I picked up an unfamiliar song that was surely the <b>Greenish Warbler</b>. There were a couple of others looking and in no time I got some good views of it fairly high in the trees, constantly singing and frequently showing. In the gloom and murk my photos were never going to be much cop, but here are the best.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenish Warbler, Titchwell, 25th May</span></div>
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There was a constant backdrop of calling <b>Mediterranean Gulls </b>which was lovely, but rather than head out on to the marsh I was keen to resume my original plan of finding rares at Burnham Overy. So I hopped back in the car and headed over. It was like the rain hadn't actually stopped that side of Brancaster - still chucking it down there, but conveniently it did start drying up on my arrival at the staithe.<br />
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I wanted to see the White-winged Black Tern that had been present there for the best part of a week. Yoav had already seen and photographed it this morning so it was looking hopeful as I walked down. But I arrived at the reedy pool to find one forlorn twitcher bemoaning the fact that he hadn't seen it and had only seen one other birder who also hadn't seen it. It clearly wasn't around, but that didn't overly concern me as I know it comes and goes from time to time. I wandered on to the dunes in the hope that it would appear by the time I went back.<br />
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I bumped into Yoav in the dunes - he'd already done the Gun Hill end and been disappointed by the lack of migrants. I tried to reassure him that it was late in the season for numbers - "the big one travels alone" and all that. I don't think it helped! What may have helped is when I wandered over to one of my favourite clumps of spindle and a superb male <b>Pied Flycatcher </b>popped up on the top. As soon as I got my bins on it and pointed it out it flew, again perching out in full view on the top of some bushes. Unfortunately it was now directly behind Yoav for me and due to the nature of the path we were on I couldn't manouevre to a position where I could see it quickly enough to get any shots before it flew again. So if you want to see a very nice photo of it, you won't find one here so check out <a href="http://www.yoavperlman.com/2018/05/high-expectations-slim-pickings.html" target="_blank">Yoav's blog</a> instead. I had a quick attempt to relocate it but failed, and didn't see it again when I came back through this area later on either.<br />
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Sadly that wasn't the padder before the mega, it was the star of the day. I managed a few other migrants like <b>Reed Warbler</b>, <b>Tree Pipit </b>and <b>Wheatear</b>, but it was hard going - certainly not the arrival of rare and scarce migrants we were all hoping for. Other nice birds included <b>Spoonbills</b>, <b>Great White Egret(s?)</b>, <b>Mediterranean Gulls</b>, <b>Cuckoo</b>, <b>Barn Owl</b>, etc. but wer were all a little bit disappointed given the seemingly favourable conditions.<br />
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Fortunately though the <b>White-winged Black Tern </b>did return. I heard it was back over the marsh but it took a while to pick it up from the dunes. I did eventually see it distantly but hoped it would stick around until I headed back. Conveniently it did - it was performing nicely at the reedy pool as I returned past there.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">White-winged Black Tern, Burnham Overy, 25th May</span></div>
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Pleased enough with having seen and heard my first singing Greenish Warbler, found a stonking spring male Pied Flycatcher and seen the equally stonking White-winged Black Tern I decided to call it quits and head back home. I went out again locally, but nothing better than <b>Nuthatch </b>and <b>Green Woodpecker </b>to report from there (bird-wise - plenty of non-avian interest that I've written about in my <a href="https://gobirdingeu-mothing.blogspot.com/2018/06/small-yellow-underwings-variety-of.html" target="_blank">mothing diary</a>).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Red-legged Partridge, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 25th May</span></div>
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Since then I've been hearing a <b>Cuckoo </b>calling from home some mornings but most of my birding activity has been confined to the Cathedral Meadows in North Elmham.<br />
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OK, so that's as far as I got writing this up to the end of May, before things got crazy and I had to stop. So now the catch-up begins...<br />
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On 1st June I headed up to Brancaster where migrants on the golf-course included <b>2 Wheatears </b>and a <b>Reed Warbler</b>. A <b>Cuckoo </b>was calling and a <b>Spoonbill </b>was on the saltmarsh. There was another <b>Cuckoo </b>along Gypsy Lane, along with <b>Yellow Wagtail </b>and an unexpected drake <b>Garganey</b>. Also plenty of <b>Bearded Tits </b>showing along here.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Garganey, Brancaster, 1st June</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bearded Tits, Brancaster, 1st June</span></div>
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Most of my birding throughout the rest of June was restricted to the local North Elmham Cathedral Meadows where the highlight was a pair of <b>Spotted Flycatchers </b>on 6th. Other observations here included <b>Hobby</b>, <b>Nuthatches</b>, <b>Green </b>and <b>Great Spotted Woodpeckers</b>, <b>Bullfinches</b>, <b>Little </b>and <b>Tawny Owls</b>, <b>Sparrowhawk </b>and <b>Kingfisher</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Egret, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 3rd June</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spotted Flycatcher, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th June</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Magpie, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 6th June</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black-headed Gull, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th June</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">House Martin, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 11th June</span></div>
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Apart from that <b>Barn Owl </b>at Derby Fen, <b>Red Kite </b>in Lenwade and a <b>Curlew </b>over the house one evening were about all I found in June.<br />
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-85736516214998831342018-05-31T22:16:00.000+01:002018-05-31T22:16:38.315+01:00Keeping localA <b>Cuckoo </b>was the avian highlight of a few more visits to the Cathedral Meadows, heard on most visis though not yet seen. It's great to see and hear so many <b>Yellowhammers </b>there. Other birds during these visits included <b>Little Egrets </b>over, <b>Great Spotted Woodpeckers</b>, <b>Bullfinches </b>and my first newly-fledged passerines of the year, Mistle Thrushes (closely followed by Blackbirds).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yellowhammer, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 5th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mistle Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rook, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 7th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Whitethroat, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 9th May</span></div>
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<b>Swifts </b>finally made it back to North Elmham on 9th May. In fact they may have made it a couple of days earlier - I could have sworn I heard one late on 7th but didn't eyeball it, and I wasn't around on 8th.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Buzzard, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Red-legged Partridge, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Robins, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Whitethroat, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 12th May</span></div>
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The highlight of a visit to Great Ryburgh on 18th was a pair of <b>Siskins</b>, a species I'd not seen there before. I say a pair, but although I had good prolonged views of at least one male I never got good views of a female. At one point a second bird visited the feeders but remained directly behind the feeder for the whole time so I could only see such a tiny part of it I was unable to tell if it was male or female - when it flew it flew directly away and disappeared straight into the hedgerow.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Siskin, Great Ryburgh, 18th May</span></div>
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A pair of Common Terns visited the scrape briefly, displaying for the whole time they were here.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Common Terns, Great Ryburgh, 18th May</span></div>
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There was also a <b>Sedge Warbler </b>singing and at least <b>10 Barnacle Geese </b>from Pensthorpe.<br />
Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-48524850011547199412018-05-05T14:36:00.000+01:002018-05-05T14:36:11.121+01:00Birding out east and locallyAn appointment out east on 18th was an opportunity to do some birding round Waxham and Horsey. My first <b>Whitethroat </b>of
the year was singing along the road between West Somerton and Horsey,
my first of 3-4 that day. As I headed down the dunes from Waxham <b>3 Cranes </b>flew over and I got distant views of a ringtail <b>Hen Harrier</b>.
At least I'm pretty sure it was a Hen Harrier though to be honest I
identified it primarily on jizz, especially the breadth of its hand, as
plumage details were barely discernible at that range. A female Pallid
Harrier was found in the area a few days later which in some photos
seemed to show a surprisingly (for me) broad hand, which made me wonder
if I could have stuffed up, but I really don't think so - my bird just
looked like a bog standard Hen.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cranes, Waxham, 18th April</span></div>
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There was a White Wagtail at the holiday camp and my first of <b>2-3 Lesser Whitethroats </b>was singing at Horsey Gap. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Whitethroat, Horsey Gap, 18th April</span></div>
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A group of <b>7 Cranes </b>spent
a lot of time in the air viewed from here, very slowly moving north.
Apparently 2 dropped off at Waxham so perhaps the others were the same 5
Cranes that were later seen at Cromer? At least one <b>Yellow Wagtail </b>flew south and a <b>Whimbrel </b>called as I returned past Horsey Gap and then this <b>Red Kite </b>flew south.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Kite, Waxham, 18th April</span></div>
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As I was getting into the car I heard a call that instantly put me in mind of <b>Serin</b>. Sadly it didn't call again and I couldn't locate it, so I shall consign that one to the bin. Two <b>Yellow Wagtails </b>flew past me while I was searching for it and further down the road a <b>Wheatear </b>was seen.<br />
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gave it very long, but a surprise and surely a Felthorpe-mega was a <b>Yellow Wagtail </b>feeding around a puddle before flying off. I also stopped at St Faith's Common where a <b>Treecreeper </b>was the only bird I noted. Back at the patch later, <b>2 Green Sandpipers</b> were the highlight.<br />
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A Willow Warbler was singing in my garden early on 24th April. Later I had a look round the Cathedral Meadows which I'm now surveying for moths and butterflies (and anything else). The avian highlights were a <b>Cuckoo</b>, pair of <b>Nuthatches</b>, 2 <b>Lesser Whitethroats</b>, 2 <b>Bullfinches</b>, <b>Sparrowhawk</b>, <b>Green </b>and <b>Great Spotted Woodpeckers </b>and <b>2 Little Egrets </b>over.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatches, North Elmham Chapel, 25th April</span></div>
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I moved on to Ryburgh where a <b>Wheatear </b>was the clear highlight, a species rarely recorded at this site. There was also <b>Red Kite</b>, <b>2 Sparrowhawks</b>, at least <b>6 Buzzards</b>, <b>2 Snipe </b>and <b>Grey Wagtail</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Pheasant, Ryburgh, 25th April</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 27th April</span></div>
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After an early start at the meadows I went on to the patch where the highlights were a <b>Yellow Wagtail</b> south, a <b>Whimbrel</b> and a migrant singing <b>Reed Warbler</b>. Also at least <b>6 Little Ringed Plovers</b>.<br />
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On Tuesday 2nd May a <b>Cuckoo </b>was calling by the Cathedral Meadows at North Elmham and <b>2 Barnacle Geese </b>flew over. On the patch a <b>Hobby </b>was the clear highlight, with <b>Little Ringed Plovers</b>, <b>Great Spotted Woodpecker</b>, <b>Marsh Tits </b>and <b>Bullfinch </b>bring up the rear. Sadly no sign of Dave's Pied Flycatcher or 5 Wheatears. <b>Cuckoo</b>, <b>Barn Owl </b>and <b>Great Spotted Woodpecker </b>were the highlights at the Cathedral Meadows that evening.<br />
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The Cathedral Meadows were very quiet yesterday, at least in respect of non-local birds (there was plenty of activity from the locally-breeding birds first thing).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wren, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Song Thrush, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Linnet, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th May</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dunnock, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows, 4th May</span></div>
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8138957809855625721.post-33201088109754780002018-04-29T11:56:00.001+01:002018-04-29T11:56:48.626+01:00Arctic Redpolls and Little Gulls in the valleyOn 4th April I finally got a chance to go and look for the Arctic Redpolls at Felthorpe. The birds were mostly hidden in the crop/weed patch but every now and then a small part of the flock would fly up to the wires where they showed for a few nanoseconds before dropping down. I was looking into the light and if there were more than a dozen birds on the wires I didn't even have time to scan along the whole flock before they were back down and out of sight again. But I did manage a couple of views of single <b>Arctic Redpolls</b>, both different, as well as a snall number of Mealy Redpolls. The total flock size was difficult to ascertain (most were Lessers) - at one point I had over 100 birds flying around. This was more than I'd heard being reported here up to now, but now most of them were heading off into the distance. It was now quite a long wait before birds started to reappear, but before long I was getting brief views of another <b>Arctic Redpoll</b>. I say another - I am not 100% sure it wasn't the first one again as I didn't get any objective detail on it that ruled that out, but my overall impression was that this was a much smarter bird - verging on <i>hornemanni </i>almost. I suppose it's just about possible that the first one looked duller in different light but I'm 95% sure this was a third Arctic Redpoll.<br />
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Later on I got a more prolonged view of another interesting Redpoll in one of the roadside trees, but although views were prolonged it was very obscured and I couldn't do much with it. I was 99% sure it was Arctic but never saw its rump and didn't feel able to claim it definitely was one - however if it was then it was a different bird from the 3 I'd seen earlier based on the pattern of the undertail-coverts and flanks. I was now strongly suspecting this was my 4th Arctic Redpoll of the morning. Finally a Redpoll appeared on the ground and we got reasonable views of it on the deck. It was perhaps on the dark side by Arctic standards, but not too dark, and it had a lot going for it. Unfortunately I couldn't see either its undertail coverts or its rump at all, so I cannot claim it, but I've a strong suspicion this was a 5th Arctic Redpoll. After over 5 hours with the flock I'd now managed 5 views of birds I thought were different Arctics but I could only be certain I'd seen 2 different Arctics, and even those weren't really seen well enough to put together a proper description of them had I been the finder. All in all a bit unsatisfactory, though somehow enjoyable at the same time.<br />
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I've been hearing a nunber of reports from the coast suggesting low numbers of Little Egrets since the Beast from the East, but locally they seem to be in good supply and I've seen odd birds in some new places like the roadside pond at Broom Green. The floodwaters between Billingford and Worthing have been a good place to see them too and as I drove past on 5th April there were <b>6 Little Egrets </b>- the largest count I've ever had in the Wensum Valley.<br />
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Another bird that has been reported as having experienced something of a population crash as a result of the Beast is <b>Cetti's Warbler</b>. They have been reported to have become much harder to find than usual along the coast and along the Yare Valley at least, but there have been several in the Wensum Valley including some in places where I at least hadn't seen them before. One of those was singing at Bylaugh on 5th April and another singing at Guist on 7th.<br />
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Also at Guist on 7th was a pair of <b>Garganey </b>- there were in fact 2 pairs there the night before I think, and I think someone saw all four on 7th too, but I could only see the one pair. Perhaps a better bird in local terms, or if not very close, a <b>Black-tailed Godwit </b>flew across the flood and began to feed right next to where the Garganey were. If you squint hard enough and use plenty of imagination you can see both in this photo.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Black-tailed Godwit, Black-headed Gull and Garganey, Guist, 7th April</span></div>
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A <b>Marsh Harrier </b>was huting here and as I arrived a little while later at Great Ryburgh another <b>Marsh Harrier </b>was hunting over the scrape. That meant there were few birds on the scrape (though I did arrive just in time to see <b>40+ Teal </b>and <b>4 Snipe </b>flying off).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldfinch, Ryburgh, 7th April</span></div>
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I just had time to pop in to the patch before heading down to Minsmere, and <b>2 Avocet </b>were the highlight there. At Minsmere I joined the group and headed first to Bittern Hide where a single flight view of a <b>Bittern </b>was all some of us managed, though there was plenty of booming going on all morning. A couple of distant <b>Swallows </b>were my first hirundines of the year but <b>Sand Martins </b>soon appeared too (at least 35 by the visitor centre later on). A brief snippet of <b>Sedge Warbler </b>song was also my first this year. Scoping over to one of the pools over the back towards Island Mere I picked up a redhead <b>Goosander</b>. A flock of <b>77 Barnacle Geese </b>in the distance contained a hybrid but at that distance I couldn't be sure if it was Snow x Baracle or Ross's x Barnacle.<br />
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We saw a couple of <b>Mediterranean Gulls </b>from Island Mere but of course there were far more on the main scrapes - a very quick scan/count produced <b>80 </b>birds but I believe there are well into triple figures here now. A <b>Sandwich Tern </b>on the scrape was my first this year. There was a pair of <b>Stonechat </b>near the sluice and a <b>Red-throated Diver </b>on the sea. As we headed back along the north wall to the centre I looked back to see a <b>Glaucous Gull</b> flying along the beach. Finally a <b>Blackcap </b>was singing and showing by the dipping pool.<br />
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I decided to take the slighltly longer route out via Eastbridge and in doing so ended up driving past the <b>Glossy Ibis </b>feeding in the floods there. It wasn't very exciting quite honestly.<br />
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As I was driving back home through Beccles someone was photographing an American Bittern just down the road at Carlton Marshes. Unfortunately I didn't know about it until later that evening, but to be fair neither did the photographer who thought he was photographing an ordinary Bittern. The following day hopeful twitchers managed to get a couple of flight views of the American Bittern and so I headed down during the afternoon, ready to get there well before the time it had showed well the previous day. A large crowd was assembled and they'd all got a reasonable if brief flight view of it as I was walking down the track. It would only be a matter of time before it appeared again I though - at least I would get a decent flight view, and very possibly it would come out in the open where it had been photographed the night before which was more or less exactly where it had dropped in just before I arrived. Well it did show - it walked across an open area in full view allowing half the crowd good if brief views. Sadly I was in the other half of the crowd and secured absolutely no views at all. Later a Bittern sp. was seen in flight, apparently coming up from a very different place, and it divided opinion. Some were adamant that it was the American Bittern while others didn't see much contrast in the wings and were pretty sure it was an ordinary Bittern. I didn't see it at all, so couldn't help with that one. There was one final very brief and distant view of a Bittern in flight - I did see it this time but only momentarily and not clearly - I don't think anyone was claiming this one either way. It wasn't really worth the drive plus several hours wait to see a few <b>Chinese Water Deer </b>and a <b>Barn Owl</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">American Bittern twitchers, Carlton Marshes, 8th April</span></div>
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A singing <b>Blackcap </b>returned to my garden on 9th April, followed by <b>Chiffchaff </b>the next day.<br />
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On 11th I joined Dave at Bylaugh so he could show me where some Butterbur was growing, a species of flower that I'd not previously seen but more importantly the host plant of a couple of micro moths that I've not seen. As we returned to our cars I heard a call which instantly recalled White Wagtail. The difference between the calls of White and Pied Wagtails is subtle at best and often I can't detect any differences at all between the two taxa's calls, but I have detected a slight difference on occasion. It's hard for me to describe what it was about this one that made me call it as White Wagtail - perhaps a little flat? Not sure, but I was oddly confident given that I don't think I've ever found one on call before. We quickly found 2 Pied/White Wagtails at the sewage works, one Pied and the other more interesting, a candidate female White. But we hadn't resolved it when they both flew off. We spent a while longer there, seeing at least <b>3 Grey Wagtails </b>and a few Pied Wagtails coming and going, but the original White candidate wasn't among them. Finally it reappeared - the same bird we were sure, and this time it stuck around for a good grilling, and was indeed a <b>White Wagtail</b>.<br />
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We stopped briefly at Swanton Morley where Steve had seen a couple of Wheatears earlier. No sign of them but a small fock of Redpolls dropped in briefly - <b>6 Lesser </b>and <b>1 Mealy Redpoll</b>. There was a <b>Common Tern</b>, my first of the year, at Worthing.<br />
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Little Ringed Plover and Green Sandpiper were among the waders on the patch on 13th but a flock of 87 Golden Plovers were looking lovely in their varying extents of summer dress.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Golden Plovers, Bittering, 13th April</span></div>
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I took the scenic route home from Norwich on 15th and would have stopped to look over Sparham Pools even if I hadn't already heard that there were Little Gulls there. From my vantage point I could see at least <b>17 Little Gulls</b>, mostly adults but including at least one second and one third calendar-year birds. I couldn't see the whole section of lake that they were using and suspected the true number was higher, and indeed Steve Chapman later counted 24 there.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Gulls, Sparham Pools, 15th April</span></div>
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Next day at Ryburgh <b>Barn Owl </b>and <b>Kingfisher </b>were the highlights.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Barn Owl, Ryburgh, 16th April</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Spotted Woodpecker, Ryburgh, 16th April</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Egrets, Ryburgh, 16th April</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Willow Warbler, Ryburgh, 16th April</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Goldfinch, Ryburgh, 16th April</span></div>
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Other birds worth noting that day included <b>Nuthatch </b>at Gateley and <b>Green Sandpiper </b>at Bittering.<br />
<br />Dave Appletonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.com0