Tuesday 28 January 2020
25 Pintail (+, 18 on Simmond’s handsome ‘Schooners’ sailing around.), 12 Black-tailed Godwit (Foraging on Pat’s ), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (1st Win), 1 Caspian Gull (3rd Win again. Elegant and instructive.) [Graham Fellows]
Monday 27 January 2020
4 Little Egret, 1 Greenshank [John Dicks]
12 Pintail (6 off Drakes, an away day off North Scrape.), 1 Red Kite (Ad bullied and mugged a sub-ad Male Marsh. Rapidly retrieved its prize, a female Teal. Eagerly devoured it on East bank of Simmond’s. Breathtaking! Worth stepping out the door for this pm. ), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Female, on station again, on her favourite gate.), 16 Ruff (Pat’s, then churned off SW.), 1 Caspian Gull (1st Win in at the dimming, around 4:15.), 1 Water Pipit (Rear of Simmond’s ) [Graham Fellows]
1 Greylag Goose (Resting on sea.), 12 Shoveler (West, mixed , 7 off Drakes.), 1 Eider (Drake through West), 1 Common Scoter (1st Win through West), 30 Red-throated Diver (Some movement but most foraging offshore), 2 Great Northern Diver (Two birds together East), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Foraging offshore), 5 Gannet (East.), 6 Knot (Odds and sods West.), 5 Guillemot (Foraging offshore.), 1 Razorbill (West), 10 Snow Bunting (+, East along shingle.) [Graham Fellows]
Sunday 26 January 2020
450 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field - rough estimate),
1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose (with Dark Bellied Brent in Eye field - ta to GF. Actually quite hard to pick this one out as all actively feeding and moving through vegetation and hollows. Seemingly much aggression towards this bird at times.), 1 Egyptian Goose (Watling Water), 650 Wigeon (around reserve), 19 Gadwall (N Scrape), 24 Pintail (Initially nil on N Scrape then 9 + 15 flying in from high NW and coming down to the scrape), 20 Shoveler (Pats), 73 Shoveler (a good number on N Scrape), 2 Common Scoter (females off CG), 6 Red-breasted Merganser (females flew west mid PM), 15 Red-throated Diver (Brief seawatch AM with 11 east and 4 on sea), 7 Little Grebe (on Main Drain early morning), 1 Great Crested Grebe (On sea off CG), 1 Red Kite (over North Foreland early PM), 6 Marsh Harrier (different birds through the day), 1 Peregrine Falcon (large female seen a couple of times PM. Wonderful sallies against Mallard on Billy's Wash and waders etc on Simmonds, and several interactions with some of the sub-adult Marsh Harriers pre-roost.), 9 Avocet (Pats), 45 Ringed Plover (Flying west but strangely across the northern element of the Eye Field.), 140 Dunlin (approx in three loose groups flying west before 09:00), 4 Ruff (Pats), 23 Curlew (Cleaning up and preening on Watling Water), 3 Turnstone (on beach at CG including the bird with injured wing), 1 Waxwing (in area of St Nicholas Church Salthouse at about 10:00), 3 Song Thrush (Walsey Hills), 1 Redwing (Walsey Hills), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing in CW drain east of VC), 1 Jay (in VC carpark), 6 Bullfinch (Walsey Hills), 28 Snow Bunting (6 initially in the scrub north of N Scrape and later 28 around Shingle Ridge ) [David Griffiths]
4 Mute Swan,
5 White-fronted Goose, 170 Greylag Goose, 4 Egyptian Goose, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron,
2 Red Kite, 3 Buzzard [Steve Hale]
Saturday 25 January 2020
1 Caspian Gull (Smart 2nd Win again. Instructive for those unfamiliar with Cach’s.) [Graham Fellows]
500 Pink-footed Goose (+ into roost at the pools at dusk),
550 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eye Field close in, then flew off west at dusk), 10 Marsh Harrier (into roost), 1 Stonechat (Beach Rd car-park), 40 Snow Bunting (mobile flock along the beach) [Steve Hale]
Friday 24 January 2020
4 Barnacle Goose (East over shingle. (EM)), 2 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Pair with ‘Green’ CR on both legs reported on Eyefield again, pers con.), 17 Pintail (+, Small group of 5 on Simmonds, incl 3 drakes plus 14 churned off North Scrape, stretching their wings before dropping back in.), 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (‘Intermedius’), 2 Caspian Gull (1st Win (eagle-eyed EM) plus 2nd Win. Both in with reasonable light, despite the dull overcast conditions. Different 2nd Win to the birds of late. Both in scope together. Once again worth scrutinising the roost.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Waxwing (in pine tree on Church Lane , Cross St end. flew to feed on hedge behind church) [Phil Borley]
Thursday 23 January 2020
1 Waxwing (Still at berry bushes on Old Woman's Lane. Sitting up in bushes and forays to feed on the limited, large berries.) [David Griffiths]
1 Waxwing (Feeding on berries along Old Woman's Lane) [Sue & Ian Griffin]
Wednesday 22 January 2020
45 Ruff (Through Simmond’s powering East over main reedbed.), 1 Caspian Gull (Sub-Ad, (3rd Win), elegant individual first seen on Friday but not since. Once again great to eye-ball in fairly reasonable light.) [Graham Fellows]
Tuesday 21 January 2020
1 Kingfisher (Flew off as we walked passed it) [John Kenyon]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Flew over church.),
1 Black Redstart (Still on St Margaret's Church and feeding continuously. Loving it in the church gutters and picking insects off the stonework.) [David Griffiths]
Monday 20 January 2020
1 Black Redstart (still on church roof ) [Nik Borrow]
300 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (crop-field behind the Obs),
8 Robin (more than I usually record here) [Steve Hale]
Sunday 19 January 2020
1 Water Rail (Foraging through reed-bed front of Daukes.), 200 Golden Plover (+, Spooked off Eye Field.), 250 Lapwing (+, Constantly being churned off by large female Peregrine, Microlight flyover and Marsh Harrier.), 4 Ruff (Mixed in with roosting Lapwing, Simmond’s.), 1 Caspian Gull (3rd Win in early but all too short, churned off by two Microlight’s flying over Simmond’s. A large individual not seen before. Yet another addition to the current run of magnetic Cach’s. A delight.) [Graham Fellows]
600 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (On fields south of Walsey Hills AM and intent on stripping emergent crop!),
50 Shelduck (at least across scrapes),
800 Wigeon (Reserve wide), 500 Teal (Reserve wide), 2 Common Scoter (West), 6 Red-throated Diver (East), 2 Great Crested Grebe (on sea), 5 Marsh Harrier (different birds and ages through the day - not around though for roosting birds.), 1 Sparrowhawk (large female again terrorising scrapes mid AM), 2 Kestrel (Males - sparring and calling over woods), 1 Peregrine Falcon (one out on bank between Arnolds and Serpentine in the morning and possibly different bird on Billy's Wash fences PM), 1 Water Rail (in front of Daukes late PM), 10 Avocet (Pats - still strange to see them here but feeding well and intent on being here when the water levels drop.), 60 Golden Plover (Eye Field), 300 Lapwing (Reserve wide - mainly on grassland east of East Bank.), 12 Curlew (8 Eye Field, 4 Arnolds), 1 Caspian Gull (3rd winter on Simmonds - GF finder - soon pushed off by the microlight flying display team. ),
1 Tawny Owl (One at roost Blakeney (west) during lunchtime sojourn away from reserve duties. Clearly both enjoying the warm sunshine.), 1 Kingfisher (flew across Pats towards main reedbeds), 3 Skylark (at least three in full song and flight - Eye Field, Serpentine and behind VC. Quite mad!), 3 Song Thrush (Walsey Hills), 1 Cetti's Warbler (singing full song - weird for time of year!), 20 Bearded Tit (approx coming and going around path to Bishops Hide and taking grit at times from path - about time we put up a grit tray somewhere to both see them and avoid disturbing them when we walk along to the hide!!),
18 Long-tailed Tit (flocking at Walsey Hills. Aggressive behaviour from some. ? weather related.), 2 Jay (Walsey Hills), 12 Greenfinch (at least around feeders), 2 Bullfinch (male and female at Walsey Hills AM), 28 Snow Bunting (Shingle Ridge and being chased towards Suffolk again by the long lens tribe. If you wait - they will come... remember the film??) [David Griffiths]
Saturday 18 January 2020
2 Goosander (Drakes beating West. Excellent Winter period for Goosander, unparalleled, winter sea-watching gems.), 10 Red-throated Diver (+, Numbers East and West. Weather displacement.), 3 Great Crested Grebe (Tide hopping East.), 4 Fulmar (2+1+1 leisurely shearing West. ), 1 Sooty Shearwater (Towering West at pace.), 1 Gannet (Distant shearing East.), 1 Grey Plover (Through West.), 5 Dunlin (Tight posse West.), 5 Guillemot (Several West, singles foraging close inshore.) [Graham Fellows]
Friday 17 January 2020
3 Pintail (Duck and 2 off Drakes refugees from North Scrape.), 11 Avocet (No change from yesterday.), 4 Ruff (Mixed as usual with numbers of Lapwing.), 3 Caspian Gull (Handsome 3rd Win in early, a surprise and, educational. Then first of two off 2nd Win. Another example of how variable in maturity individuals can be. Always learning.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Skylark (Singing), 21 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush (!), 22 Greenfinch (inc a single group of 18 birds), 3 Bullfinch [Steve Hale]
Thursday 16 January 2020
2 Caspian Gull (Different 2nd Win to our usual star, waited to the dimming to drop in though. 1st Win German muck hybrid, scruffy thing too.) [Graham Fellows]
4 Tundra Bean Goose (2 off singles plus 2 together.), 6000 Pink-footed Goose (+, B1156 Langham, Blakeney Short Lane X Road.), 1 White-fronted Goose (1st Win associated with 2 Tundra’s, conspicuous trio. Imprinted maybe? Interesting anyway.) [Graham Fellows]
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