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Norfolk
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 →
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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
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Spring & Summer
With my concentration turned to film photography, birding was far more relaxed after we’d returned from North America. We visited Dev for a weekend in Woking and spent much of the two days at Thursley and Frensham. Starting at Thursley … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amwell, ashdown forest, barbastelle, Barn Owl, bats, birds, bittern, Black Redstart, brambling, Bramfield, Bullfinch, common pipistrelle, common sandpiper, cuckoo, Dartford Warbler, fishers green, frensham, garganey, Greater Scaup, Hobby, Little Owl, Little Ringed Plover, nightingale, nightjar, Norfolk, pipistrelle, red kite, redstart, ring-necked duck, Scaup, soprano pipistrelle, thetford, thursley common, Titchwell, Tree Pipit, Walthamstow Marshes, Walthamstow Reservoirs, walthamstow wetlands, welborne, west lexham, wester barbastelle, whinchat, woking, woodcock, woodlark, Yellow Wagtail, yellowhammer
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Norfolk in Spring
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 →
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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
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The Missing Year
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 →
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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
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Review of the Year – 2016
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 →
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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
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Norfolk
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 →
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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
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Norfolk in July
Jem and I have now been to Norfolk several times over the last two or three years, but it’s always been in the autumn or winter. This time we decided to give it a go in summer, so we booked … Continue reading →
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Tagged avocet, Bar-tailed Godwit, Barn Owl, bittern, Black-tailed Godwit, Cley, curlew sandpiper, Dartford Warbler, Dunlin, grayling, holt, honey buzzard, kelling heath, kestrel, Kingfisher, lakenheath, Linnet, Marsh Harrier, mediterranean gull, nightjar, Norfolk, painted lady, red kite, Reed Warbler, RSPB, ruff, sandwich tern, Sedge Warbler, Stone-curlew, Stonechat, Titchwell, Tree Pipit, Turnstone, weeting heath, wells-next-the-sea, whitethroat, wildlife trusts, yellowhammer
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Review of the Year – 2014
A few days late, but it’s time for my review of 2014. During the year there was one trip abroad – finally getting to Finland after several years of trying to get out there – and three in the UK: … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amwell, ashdown forest, Birding, birds, Bramfield, Broxbourne, Devon, Dungeness, Finland, London Wetland Centre, Norfolk, Pagham Harbour, Rainham Marshes, richmond park, Rye Meads, staines moor, Thurrock Thameside, Tices Meadow, Walthamstow Marshes, Walthamstow Reservoirs, Wanstead Flats, Waterworks Reserve, Yorkshire
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Norfolk
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 →
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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
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Mayday Weekend
Before I talk about our long-awaited trip to Finland, I’ll post about a great little weekend we had right at the beginning of the month. May began with the decision to get up early on a Saturday morning and go … Continue reading →
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Tagged Birding, birds, Blackcap, Bullfinch, buzzard, Cetti's Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Tern, cuckoo, Damselfly, Garden Warbler, Great Ouse, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Grey Heron, gulls, Hobby, kestrel, King's Lynn, Marsh Harrier, Meadow Pipit, Nor, Norfolk, ornithology, photo, photography, Point Green, Red-legged Partridge, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, skylark, Staines, staines moor, Swallow, whitethroat
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