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Norfolk

Posted on November 14, 2020 by hootbot

As October came around, so did our annual trip to Norfolk. Day One We went up by train as usual, via Cambridge to Kings Lynn, and then got the bus across the coast to Wells. After settling in we went … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, bearded tit, birdtour, Black-tailed Godwit, blackbird, Blackcap, blakeney, blue tit, brambling, Brent Goose, buzzard, cattle egret, Cetti's Warbler, cettis warbler, chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Cley, Coal Tit, Curlew, Dunlin, Fieldfare, friary hills, Gannet, godwit, Goldcrest, Golden Plover, great egret, great tit, Great White Egret, Green Woodpecker, Greenshank, Grey Partridge, grey phalarope, Grey Plover, Guillemot, Holkham, hooded merganser, jack snipe, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Little Stint, long-tailed tit, Marsh Harrier, mediterranean gull, Norfolk, Oystercatcher, peregrine, pink-footed goose, Pintail, Razorbill, red kite, Red-breasted Merganser, red-throated diver, Redshank, Redwing, Ring Ouzel, ruff, Sanderling, sheringham, siskin, Song Thrush, Spoonbill, Stiffkey, stiffkey fen, stone curlew, Stone-curlew, Stonechat, thornham, Titchwell, Turnstone, walsey hills, warham greens, water rail, water shrew, wells woods, wells-next-the-sea, whinchat, yellow-browed warbler, yellowhammer | Leave a comment

Norfolk in Spring

Posted on August 21, 2018 by hootbot

Ah, mid-May and it’s time to return to Norfolk with Marcus of the Bird ID Company. We go at least once a year but this was the first time we’d gone in spring, with arriving migrants being the main targets. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged avocte, Bar-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl, bearded tit, bittern, Black-tailed Godwit, Blackcap, Brown Hare, buzzard, Chiffchaff, Cley, common sandpiper, Common Scoter, Common Tern, cuckoo, Curlew, Dunlin, fulmar, garganey, Greenshank, Grey Plover, Hobby, Holkham, holme, House Martin, kelling, kestrel, Kittiwake, lesser whitethroat, Linnet, little gull, Little Ringed Plover, Little Stint, Little Tern, Marsh Harrier, mediterranean gull, Norfolk, orange tip, peregrine, Pied Wagtail, red kite, Redshank, Reed Warbler, ringed plover, sandwich tern, Sedge Warbler, siskin, Spoonbill, stiffkey fen, Stonechat, Swallow, temmnck's stint, Titchwell, Turnstone, turtle dove, wells, Wheatear, whimbrel, whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail | Leave a comment

The Missing Year

Posted on May 19, 2018 by hootbot

I didn’t update my blog at all in 2017, and there are two reasons for this. Firstly, during the first half of the year I was just a bit lazy. I fully intended to update my blog as normal, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aquatic warbler, arctic warbler, Barn Owl, barred warbler, bee-eater, biaowieza, biebrza, bison, bittern, Black-necked Grebe, black-winged stilt, bluethroat, brambling, Bullfinch, buzzard, Caspian Gull, citrine wagtail, Cley, collared flycatcher, common sandpiper, corncrake, crossbill, cuckoo, Curlew, curlew sandpiper, Dartford Warbler, dipper, elmley marshes, firecrest, forest of dean, Goldcrest, goosander, goshawk, great grey shrike, Great White Egret, green sandpiper, Greenshank, grey-headed woodpecker, hawfinch, Hobby, jack snipe, Kingfisher, lesser spotted eagle, Little Egret, Little Owl, Little Stint, mandarin, marsh warbler, montagu's harrier, naturetrek, Norfolk, Penduline Tit, peregrine, photography, poland, Pygmy Owl, red-backed shrike, red-breasted flycatcher, red-necked grebe, red-necked phalarope, Redshank, Ring Ouzel, river warbler, rosefinch, ruff, sheppey, short-eared owl, spotted eagle, spotted flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, Stiffkey, Stonechat, tawny owl, temminck's stint, three-toed woodpecker, thrush nightingale, Titchwell, Walthamstow Reservoirs, walthamstow wetlands, whimbrel, whinchat, whiskered tern, white stork, white-backed woodpecker, White-tailed Eagle, white-winged tern, Wryneck, Yellow Wagtail, yellow-browed warbler, yellowhammer | Leave a comment

Review of the Year – 2016

Posted on January 9, 2017 by hootbot

January The year began well, with days out at Rainham for Marsh Harriers and Short-eared Owls, Thursley Common for Great Grey Shrike and Dartford Warbler (and a surprise Red Kite floating past Dev’s flat in Woking), Strumpshaw Fen for Marsh … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aberystwyth, alpine chough, aragon, ashdown forest, Barn Owl, beachy head, bearded tit, birds, Black Kite, Black Redstart, blue rock thrush, booted eagle, Bramfield, buzzard, Caspian Gull, ceredigion, chough, citril finch, common sandpiper, corn bunting, crested lark, Crested Tit, crossbill, crowned mantis, Curlew, curlew sandpiper, Dunlin, eagle owl, eastbourne, egyptian vulture, Fieldfare, Glossy Ibis, goosander, Grasshopper Warbler, green sandpiper, Griffon Vulture, hawfinch, Hen Harrier, hen harrier day, Hobby, honey buzzard, hoopoe, Ibex, jack snipe, lammergeier, lesser whitethroat, Little Owl, london, marmot, Marsh Harrier, marsh tit, mid-wales birdwatching, naturetrek, Norfolk, nuthatch, owls, peregrine, photography, Pied Flycatcher, purple heron, purple sandpiper, pyrenean chamois, pyrenees, rainham, raven, red kite, Red-legged Partridge, red-throated diver, redstart, Redwing, Reed Warbler, rock bunting, rock thrush, rosefinch, RSPB, ruislip lido, russia dock, rye harbour, Rye Meads, Sanderling, Scaup, scops owl, short-eared owl, snettisham, Spain, Sparrowhawk, spotted flycatcher, staines moor, Stonechat, strumpshaw fen, thekla lark, Treecreeper, twite, Waders, wales, Wallasea Island, wallcreeper, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Marshes, Walthamstow Reservoirs, wells-next-the-sea, western cattle egret, western orphean warbler, western subalpine warbler, Wheatear, whinchat, whitethroat, wicken fen, yellow-browed warbler, yellowhammer, ynys-hir | Leave a comment

Jack Twite: The Year’s End

Posted on January 3, 2017 by hootbot

I was planning to update before the festive season, but knowing that I was going to put some effort into the final few weeks of the year it made more sense to finish off the year’s birding first and put … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amwell, ashdown forest, Barn Owl, beachy head, birling gap, blue tit, buzzard, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, corn bunting, Curlew, Dunlin, Dunnock, eastbourne, Essex, Fairlop Waters, Goldcrest, Golden Plover, great tit, Greater Scaup, Grey Wagtail, Hen Harrier, jack snipe, kensington gardens, kestrel, Kingfisher, Lapwing, Little Egret, Little Owl, london, London Wetland Centre, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, nuthatch, old lodge, peregrine, Rainham Marshes, Red-legged Partridge, Redshank, Reed Bunting, rock pipit, RSPB, rye harbour, Scaup, short-eared owl, Snipe, south downs, Sparrowhawk, staines moor, Stonechat, Sussex, tottenham marshes, Treecreeper, twite, Wallasea Island, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Reservoirs, Water Pipit, Wheatear, woodlark | Leave a comment

Norfolk

Posted on October 22, 2016 by hootbot

Very late with this update, but I’ve been busy putting together a large-format kit, and there have been a number of prior engagements that have taken my time up too, but here goes… Since the last update which ended with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arctic skua, astrophotography, autumn, Bar-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl, beeston bump, Birdwatching, Black-tailed Godwit, blakeney, Brent Goose, buzzard, Caspian Gull, Cley, Curlew, Dunlin, Gannet, Garden Warbler, Goldcrest, Golden Plover, Greenshank, Grey Plover, Hobby, jay, Knot, Little Egret, Little Stint, london, Marsh Harrier, milky way, Norfolk, ornithology, Oystercatcher, peregrine, photo, photography, Pied Flycatcher, pink-footed goose, red kite, Redshank, ringed plover, ruff, Sanderling, sandwich tern, sheringham, short-eared owl, snettisham, Spoonbill, spotted flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, Stiffkey, Stonechat, timelapse, Titchwell, Treecreeper, Turnstone, wader, Waders, Walthamstow, Walthamstow Reservoirs, wells, wells woods, wells-next-the-sea, Wheatear, whinchat, Willow Warbler, woodberry wetlands, yellow-browed warbler | Leave a comment

Owls. Owls Everywhere…

Posted on November 15, 2015 by hootbot

We’ve had a very mild autumn so far, and after the passing-through of the Redstarts, Whinchats, Wrynecks, etc, the next step has been the influx of species that might want to hang around for the winter. The first day out … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Birding, birds, Black-necked Grebe, Curlew, Golden Plover, goosander, kestrel, owls, Pintail, Rainham Marshes, Redshank, RSPB, short-eared owl, Snipe, Stonechat, Walthamstow Reservoirs | Leave a comment

Norfolk

Posted on December 4, 2014 by hootbot

Well, we got there eventually! We arrived in Wells on the Thursday afternoon in the gloom, but after we’d settled into our room at the guesthouse Jem and I decided to go for a walk down by the harbour. Here … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl, bearded tit, Birding, birds, Black-tailed Godwit, blackbird, Brent Goose, buzzard, Cley, Common Scoter, Curlew, Dunlin, Fieldfare, Goldcrest, Golden Plover, Hen Harrier, Holkham, kestrel, Kingfisher, Knot, Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Norfolk, ornithology, peregrine, photo, photography, pink-footed goose, Pintail, red kite, red-crested pochard, Red-legged Partridge, Redshank, Redwing, Reed Bunting, rough-legged buzzard, RSPB, ruff, salthouse, Sanderling, Scoter, skylark, Slavonian Grebe, Snipe, snow bunting, Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Stiffkey, surf scoter, teal, thornham, Titchwell, Treecreeper, Turnstone, twite, Velvet Scoter, Water Pipit, wells, wells-next-the-sea, Wigeon, woodcock | Leave a comment

Pre-Norfolk Days

Posted on December 2, 2014 by hootbot

Before I post about our Norfolk trip, I’ll give a brief account of what we’ve been up to over the last couple of months. The first visit was to Rainham. This time we did the opposite route to normal: getting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged avocet, Birding, birds, Black-tailed Godwit, Brent Goose, buzzard, common sandpiper, Curlew, Dagenham Chase, Dragonfly, Dunlin, Essex, Green Woodpecker, Grey Heron, Grey Plover, kestrel, Kingfisher, Little Egret, london, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Migrant Hawker, Mucking, ornithology, Pagham Harbour, peregrine, photo, photography, Rainham Marshes, Red-legged Partridge, Redshank, Ring Ouzel, RSPB, Sparrowhawk, Spoonbill, staines moor, Stonechat, Surrey, Sussex, Thurrock Thameside, Wanstead Flats | Leave a comment

Return to Serbia – Part Three: Crane Spectacular

Posted on December 19, 2013 by hootbot

The morning of the final full day of the tour began with a short drive out to Lukino Selo, where we were greeted by a gathering of Curlew – our only waders on the trip aside from Lapwings – and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bearded tit, Belgrade, birds, Brown Hare, buzzard, Common Crane, Curlew, David Lindo, Dog, Greylag Goose, Hen Harrier, Hooded Crow, Novi Becej, ornithology, photo, photography, Pygmy Cormorant, Red-breasted Goose, robin, Serbia, Slano Kopovo, The Urban Birder, Tom Mason, TravelTheUnknown, White-fronted Goose, White-tailed Eagle | Leave a comment

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Norfolk

Norfolk in Spring

The Missing Year

Review of the Year – 2016

Jack Twite: The Year’s End

Norfolk

Owls. Owls Everywhere…

Norfolk

Pre-Norfolk Days

Return to Serbia – Part Three: Crane Spectacular

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