Tuesday 26 May 2020
1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard only,east bank), 5 Sedge Warbler, 2 Bearded Tit (Females,east bank), 2 Reed Bunting [Michael Roe]
1 Bittern (Still booming in reedbed behind Great Barnet pool this afternoon. ), 2 Little Gull (1s birds resting on Cley channel with 6 Common Gull @ low tide. ) [Richard Burton]
Monday 25 May 2020
2 Mediterranean Gull (Flying over Weybourne, calling) [Tony Pope]
1 Red Kite (Seen on and off during the day), 1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Mediterranean Gull (Flew west (c13.40) calling), 1 Cuckoo, 1 Song Thrush (Still singing), 2 Blackcap (Still 2 males singing), 1 Chiffchaff [David Fell]
2 Fulmar (west), 2 Little Egret (hunting edges of pool), 1 Knot (on water meadow), 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult SP over east),
1 Cuckoo (watched at length feeding on caterpillars on brambles west of the guns. Chased off by Meadow Pipits.), 5 Stonechat, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (in brambles north of pool and west of the guns. Reeling periodically.), 2 Lesser Whitethroat (food carrying near south end of lane), 7 Whitethroat (at least along paths and most carrying food ) [David Griffiths]
Sunday 24 May 2020
2 Grey Partridge (Pair still on Eye Field), 2 Spoonbill (Flew east over West Bank and settled on Bull Marsh) [Michael Harcup]
1 Red Kite (Flew west over village) [David Fell]
3 Tufted Duck (2 males, 1 female on Snipes),
3 Little Grebe (adult and 2 developing youngsters on Don's Pool.),
3 Crane (Seen flying along coast road near Walsey Hills at 07:10 fighting the wind and then undercarriage down to land somewhere on the main reserve. Later seen from west bank on southern end of Billy's Wash, feeding actively before moving onto grassy surrounds of Simmonds Scrape.), 2 Sanderling (summer plumaged birds west along coastline),
1 Spotted Flycatcher (Walsey Hills along path with a possible second (actively calling) from south end of the path by the sallows. ) [David Griffiths]
3 Crane (adults on Simmonds' Scrape all day till at least 9pm), 2 Little Ringed Plover (adults on North Scrape), 3 Dunlin (on the Serpentine), 1 Spotted Flycatcher (in Sea Lawn garden morning only) [Steve Gantlett]
Saturday 23 May 2020
1 Red Kite (Over garden,flying towards Holt CP.) [Michael Roe]
1 Knot (on Simmonds' Scrape), 1 Curlew Sandpiper (on Simmonds' Scrape), 2 Dunlin (on Simmonds' Scrape), 14 Black-tailed Godwit (on Pat's Pool) [Steve Gantlett]
Friday 22 May 2020
2 Black Swan (Two flew west over Beach Road at 8.20am. ) [Richard Petley]
2 Red Kite, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail [Richard Webb]
2 Black Swan (on North Scrape), 2 Wigeon (a pair on North Scrape still), 1 Spoonbill (on North Scrape), 1 Dunlin (on the Serpentine), 2 Turnstone (on Arnold's Marsh), 2 Greenland Wheatear (a male and a female on Eye Field Fence) [Steve Gantlett]
Thursday 21 May 2020
1 Kingfisher (Iron Road), 1 British Yellow Wagtail (Iron Road) [Richard Webb]
1 Red Kite, 2 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stock Dove (Heard singing), 1 Cuckoo (Heard several times during the day), 2 Blackcap (Both males singing against each other.), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Bullfinch (Heard piping) [David Fell]
1 Barnacle Goose (Serpentine), 1 Bittern (booming at c.07:15, sounded as if coming from the Freshes), 1 Spoonbill (ad of Serpentine), 1 Greenshank (Serpentine) [David & Pat Wileman]
2 Wigeon (a pair on North Scrape), 3 Avocet (the first chicks on Simmonds' Scrape), 2 Golden Plover (on the back of the Serpentine - the first I've seen since early March), 2 Knot (on Arnold's Marsh), 1 Sanderling (on Arnold's Marsh), 3 Dunlin (on Arnold's Marsh), 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Turnstone (on Arnold's Marsh), 4 Little Tern (on Arnold's Marsh), 2 Greenland Wheatear (males on Eye Field fence) [Steve Gantlett]
Wednesday 20 May 2020
2 Spotted Flycatcher (First seen around 11 30 am this morning in the garden , very active around the Coach House Wysteria ( where one bird at least was inspecting the nest box ) at my house and then in the blossoming Judas tree and then on the wires ; then again from around 2 pm . They used to breed here apparently and I have seen them most years but in the Spring only for a day . Still , crossing fingers !) [Richard Price]
8 Ringed Plover ('Tundra' Ringed Plovers) [Richard Webb]
31 Barnacle Goose (Flying across harbour, heading west. ), 1 Bittern (Booming in Reed bed, South of Great Barnett pool, continuously from 08.43, every couple of minutes ), 1 Spoonbill (Flying onto North harbour at low tide. 08.42), 27 Bar-tailed Godwit (Put up from Harbour by overhead microlight. Flew east @ 09.07. ), 1 Cuckoo [Richard Burton]
2 Turtle Dove (a displaying pair the square - the only one?) [Steve Gantlett]
2 Black Swan (East over shingle ridge) [Tom Whiley]
1 Montagu's Harrier (female well watched in evening), 1 Cuckoo (male calling briefly), 1 Woodchat Shrike (well watched in afternoon and evening in hedge NE of water meadow) [Steve Gantlett]
Tuesday 19 May 2020
5 Ringed Plover (On pool west of Gramborough, including 3 juveniles), 1 Yellow Wagtail (On fence off meadow lane, then flew high off west.), 4 Stonechat (Pair near Kelling hard, and another pair at Gramborough hill.), 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Heard, though seen by others near Kelling hard.), 1 Whitethroat (Gramborough) [John Fairey]
2 Red Kite (Lots of sightings with a pair whistling and carrying nesting material), 1 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel (The resident pair not very pleased with the kites), 1 Cuckoo (Heard several times during the day), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Song Thrush (Singing), 1 Blackcap (Both males singing against each other.), 1 Lesser Whitethroat (Heard singing Leatherpool Lane), 1 Chiffchaff [David Fell]
4 Skylark (2 birds have been regularly song flighting especially early in the morning . Today , four were in the air together as the grass cutting machine approached . ), 77 Rook (At least 77 feeding in the field opposite my house , with a number of large young birds begging for food and being fed . This field was cut yesterday for silage and today the grass was being bagged . Unfortunately , the field also was the breeding site for two pairs of Skylark which seemed to have nests less than fifty yards from my windows . They are unlikely to have survived and indeed there was no sign of the birds today ( there was to be one on the morning of 20 May ) . ) [Richard Price]
2 Red Kite (Pair circling over Wiveton farm woods, viewed from Friary Hills @ 15.45.), 2 Hobby (Pair flew over garden, @ 07.30, towards Kettlehill. ) [Richard Burton]
1 Stone Curlew (in evening) [Steve Gantlett]
Monday 18 May 2020
1 Hobby [John Threadgold]
1 Bittern (Booming on Blakeney Freshes) [Chris Halsall]
2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Stonechat (Male, near car park), 3 Whitethroat (At various locations.),
1 Yellowhammer (Landed in tree about 20 feet away. ) [John Fairey]
3 Barnacle Goose (on the Serpentine), 1 Garganey (drake distant on North Scrape still), 3 Ringed Plover (on Arnold's Marsh), 1 Dunlin (on Arnold's Marsh), 3 Black-tailed Godwit (on North scrape), 1 Greenshank (on Simmonds' Scrape still), 1 Turnstone (on Arnold's Marsh), 6 Sandwich Tern (west), 2 Common Tern (west over East Bank), 7 Little Tern (on Arnold's Marsh), 2 Swift (we're down to just one pair in our nestboxes) [Steve Gantlett]
Sunday 17 May 2020
4 House Martin (Over garden,two of them inspecting an eave.) [Michael Roe]
2 Red Kite (High over Walsey hills, sparring with a buzzard.),
2 Yellow Wagtail (NW corner of eye field.), 1 Cetti's Warbler (In the drain opposite Old Woman's lane.(Heard only)),
6 Sedge Warbler (At least; 4 along east bank, a couple along beach road, and at least one along the main road path.) [John Fairey]
2 Barn Owl (The female is still sitting on at least four eggs in the nest box in my garden . I estimate the first egg will hatch around 31 May . At 6 15 pm in broad daylight , a second bird was hunting on both sides of the river 50 yards or so from the nest box . It quickly caught a prey item , carrying it initially in its bill and then in its feet . It did not however go to the nest box but to a hole in a an elderly Alder close by .), 2 Swift (At least one , sometimes two around all day . In past years a pair nest under the pantiles immediately above two Swift nest boxes which they ignore . ), 2 Swallow ( At least two being a pair around all day on the wires by the house and regularly flying into the Cart Shed . This would be a new nesting site and different from the one occupied last year in the Coach House 50 yards away . ), 2 House Martin (At least two , a pair regularly visiting their last year's artificial nest site under the eaves on the north side of the house .), 1 Blackbird (A male early this morning flew in and momentarily perched on the edge of the stone trough by my kitchen door , before plunging into the water and bathing . The water is about eighteen inches deep . It then rose effortlessly from the water and flew off . At 9 20 pm in twilight a male collecting food on the lawn . ) [Richard Price]
1 Pink-footed Goose (on the Serpentine), 5 Barnacle Goose (on Pope's pool), 1 Garganey (drake distant on North Scrape still), 1 Grey Partridge (in Eye Field), 1 Spoonbill (on the Serpentine), 2 Greenshank (on Simmonds' Scrape), 1 Common Sandpiper (in main cut), 200 Wood Pigeon (circa, feeding in the Eye Field), 6 Yellow Wagtail (in Eye Field with the cattle) [Steve Gantlett]
2 Tawny Owl (Calling @12.20, from wood, East of Wiveton Bridge ),
1 Grey Wagtail (Summer male, late morning, at Water treatment plant. ) [Richard Burton]
5 Yellowhammer (singing males) [Steve Gantlett]
Saturday 16 May 2020
1 Red-necked Phalarope (on Watling Water, very distant from Walsey Hills) [Steve Gantlett]
Friday 15 May 2020
2 Hobby (Hawking over lake), 1 Peregrine Falcon (High over the hall for some time), 3 Grey Wagtail (Female plus two fledglings Natural Surroundings) [Richard Webb]
1 Garganey (drake distant on North Scrape), 1 Lapwing (at least one week-old chick distant on North Scrape), 1 Greenshank, 1 Red-necked Phalarope (distant on Simmonds' Scrape in evening), 1 Cuckoo (west behind Walsey Hills), 2 Bee-eater (08.28 west low and fast together across reserve, after RM find and tip-off from Kelling Water Meadow; no tip-off from Weybourne Camp, as usual), 4 Stonechat (the pair have at least two new fledglings) [Steve Gantlett]
2 Turtle Dove [Gary Bunting]
1 Cuckoo (Feeding on caterpillars) [Gary Bunting]
Thursday 14 May 2020
2 Greenshank (Also on Pat's Pool), 1 Red-necked Phalarope (Female, spinning nicely on Pat's Pool, seen distantly from Hilltop.) [Trevor Davies]
2 Red Kite (Together drifting north), 4 Buzzard (All together high over garden), 1 Kestrel, 1 Cuckoo (Heard twice during the day), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Blackcap (Only one singing today) [David Fell]
1 Bittern (Booming in Reed bed, behind Great Barnett pool. ), 1 Whimbrel (New Cut ), 2 Common Sandpiper (Quayside ), 3 Sand Martin, 1 Wheatear (Freshes ) [Richard Burton]
1 Fulmar (west over Cricket Marsh), 2 Greenshank, 1 Red-necked Phalarope (fine summer plumaged female distant on Pat's Pool) [Steve Gantlett]
1 Grasshopper Warbler (singing still) [Steve Gantlett]
Wednesday 13 May 2020
1 Thrush Nightingale (Probably this species, sang continuously for 10 minutes at a private location, not seen. No sign since, probably chased off by resident Robins with young.) [Trevor Davies]
1 Red Kite (Over garden ), 1 Cuckoo (Heard over garden @.5.00 ), 16 Swift (Over Freshes, pm), 2 Wheatear (Freshes ) [Richard Burton]
10 Dunlin (on Arnold's Marsh), 11 Little Tern (on Arnold's Marsh) [Steve Gantlett]
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