The Early Birder (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
The first port of call on day 2 was Salthouse to look for Snow and or Lapland Buntings but there was no evidence that yesterdays flock was still around. We again struggled against the wind and walked towards the 'Little Eye', that overlooks a small freshwater pool behind the shingle seawall, and located a single Avocet and 2 Redshanks, Curlew in the fields and a Stonechat appeared briefly on one of...
Fleetwood Birder (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
That's all I have to report today. The weather was so awful this morning when I got up, I didn't bother venturing forth outdoors at all, except to set a drop trap in my garden. With the trap baited with copious amounts of bird cake all I had to do was wait for the birds to come in, and they did. They descended on to the ground feeder enmasse and a few ventured into the trap. I pulled, and I had five...
Ash's Bird Blog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Oystercatcher-Pagham Harbour, W-Sussex. Black-winged Stilt(Sammy)-RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk. Redshank-Pagham Harbour, W-Sussex. Black-tailed Godwit(Summer Plumage)-Dinton Pastures, Berks. Black-tailed Godwit(Winter Plumage)-Pagham Harbour, W-Sussex. Whimbrel-Goldcliff, Gwent, Wales. Turnstone-Selsey, W-Sussex. Wilson's Phalarope-Hillesden Pools, Bucks.
One man and his Pond (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Just after 8am Dave, Colin and I were on the cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk watching the over night migration continue its westerly direction hugging the coastline. In one hour we managed 9750 Starling, 860 Chaffinch, 100 Meadow Pipit, 100 Skylark, 80 Brambling, 60 Siskin, 3 Whooper Swan and single Rock Pipit and that’s just the ones we could i.d. and logged so we must have missed a lot more....
Fleetwood Birder (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
I stepped outside the back door this morning and straight away I could hear the thin 'tseep' calls of Redwings and they were loud so they must have been low. Even though the sky was starting to lighten I couldn't see them and all I could do was count the calls/minute which at this time were 8 per minute. When I got to my office at Myerscough College I decided to have a walk round to see if I could...
Chris Taylor Photo Blog (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Had a windy one last weekend, Hester and Nick were married at Sussex Barn along the North Norfolk coast near Burnham Market. It’s a real shame it was so windy as Hester and the girls got ready at the Titchwell Manor hotel which has some really great outside areas for photos but the gusts were so great that Hester would have been in danger of having the intricate work on her hair completely undone!...
Words and Pictures (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Sanderling, originally uploaded by Roger B. Sanderling (Calidris alba). Photographed on the beach near Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk. This poor bird had its foot caught fast inside an old razor shell. We tried to catch it so that we could remove...
Diary of a Birding Medic (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
Chaffinch - Sculthorpe Moor Snow Bunting - Cley Snow Bunting - Cley Snow Bunting - Cley Snipe - Cley Grey Lag Geese - Walsey Hills Pink Footed Geese - Holkham Egyptian Geese - Redwell Marsh Black Tailed Godwit - Redwell Marsh Black Headed Gull - Titchwell Herring Gull - Titchwell Snow Bunting - Cley Disaster Shot 1 - Firecrest - Holkham Disaster Shot 2 - Firecrest - Holkham Disaster Shot 3 - Firecrest...
Words and Pictures (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
On Wednesday we caught the bus to Titchwell village, then walked down Gypsy Lane. The first part of the lane offers excellent cover for songbirds in an otherwise open landscape. As we walked along, we were accompanied by a dozen...
Hannah's Country Kitchen (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
I have just spent a lovely weekend in North Norfolk near Wells Next The Sea. We used to go camping here when we were childr en - my overriding memory of those holidays is our tent pole getting bent in a storm and me getting soaking wet when the tent collapsed. I am sure this is why I have an aversion to camping. However I do also remember spending every day in our beachhut that we had hired - having...
Words and Pictures (Free subscription) | 24/09/2009
If it's Wednesday, this must be Titchwell Marsh... Not a lot of birds on the reserve itself, due to the ongoing flood defence works and habitat management, but we had very close views of two snow buntings on the beach....
Connor's Birding Site (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
A thrash around Burnham Overy Dunes, from the A149 to Gun hill and then across to Holkham Pines and back to the main road, from dawn, was pretty unproductive. 4 Grey Wagtails flew west during the morning, as did a Yellow Wagtail, while a single Wheatear was in the dunes. The west end of Holkham pines was more productive, with 2 Pied Flycatchers of particular note. At least 15 Chiffchaffs, 4 Blackcaps...
Birds and Beer (Free subscription) | 31/08/2009
30th August 2009 In honour of our combined love for birds, and beer, myself, Gary & Adam decided to do a bank holiday trip combining the pubs and birding habitat of North Norfolk. Gary's wife Claire came with us to Titchwell via Choseley (not a bunting in sight) to ensure we started the day with a few birds. Titchwell was relatively poor, the resident Eider ,a Bar-tailed Godwit , one Greenshank...
Tricia's Tales (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
I'd arranged to spend Saturday in Norfolk with Pete so rather than have to get up at some ridiculously hour on Saturday, I went up the previous day. I'd decided to add about 15 minutes to my journey time and duly set off in sunshine and showers. Pete had reminded me that the rush hour traffic on the M25 on a Friday was bad but, I thought, being the school hols and wouldn't be as bad as usual. WRONG!!...
Young Birders (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
I recently spent 2 weeks birding with Connor and James in Poland. It was a brilliant experience and we clocked up 155 species! Highlights were Black and Middle-Spotted Woodpecker, White and Black Storks, loads of Common Cranes, Red-Backed Shrikes, Golden Orioles, and 16 species of Warbler including River, Savi's, Icterine, Marsh, Barred, Great Reed, and Aquatic! Read a full report of it on my diary:...
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