Norfolk Day: 31.01.22

 

Wren at dusk, Titchwell car park

Redshank

Bar tailed godwit into the high tide roost

White fronted geese, Holkham Freshmarsh

Off to a very breezy North Norfolk this morning. 

Checked Wells Harbour as I thought some seabirds may have taken shelter there from the high winds and rough North Sea, but here, that was not the case. 

Moved on to Cley beach for a sea watch but it was impossible to keep the telescope still in the high winds. So strong my tripod was blown over and it was difficult to stand still, never mind walk directly into the wind, so I moved on to the East Bank where usual fare was found: redshank, dunlin, wildfowl, cormorants but very little was flying apart from geese sp, a Marsh harrier and gulls.

Back to the car and I thought somewhere sheltered would be better, so parked outside Holkham Hall for a long walk searching for the White tailed eagle that roosts here but not to be seen. Big numbers of wildfowl on the large lake along with plenty more geese overhead. A Barnacle goose was consorting with a pair of Egyptian geese.

Back to the car, a quick check down Lady Anne's drive where there was a flock of White fronted geese in with greylags and pinkfoots before lunch at Brancaster Staithe where the birds were sheltering on the leeward side of a mud bank. Still tricky to get photos as the wind battered the camera before I concluded with a 3-4 hours stay at Titchwell. Here, the highlight was a pair of Red breasted mergansers on the Tidal Pool, sheltering from the turbulent sea. It was high tide so the waders were all sheltering on the far side of the Tidal pool where, as I returned from the beach, a party of 4 Pintail dropped in.

Took loads of photos as the camera was getting such a buffeting from the wind, I need up to 10 of each subject in the hope one would be relatively sharp. Not many made the grade.

Species list. NFY= New for year

1. Red throated diver NFY
2. Great crested grebe
3. Little grebe
4. Cormorant
5. Grey heron
6. Little egret
7. Great white egret
8. Mute swan
9. Greylag goose
10. Pink footed goose NFY
11. White fronted goose NFY
12. Brent goose
13. Barnacle goose NFY
14. Canada goose
15. Shelduck
16. Eyptian goose NFY
17. Mallard
18. Gadwall
19. Wigeon
20. Teal
21. Pintail
22. Shoveler
23. Pochard
24. Tufted duck
25. Common scoter NFY
26. Red breasted merganser NFY
27. Red kite 
28. Common buzzard
29. Marsh harrier
30. Kestrel
31. Red legged partridge
32. Pheasant
33. Moorhen
34. Coot
35. Oystercatcher
36. Avocet
37. Ringed plover NFY
38. Golden plover
39. Grey plover NFY
40. Turnstone
41. Lapwing
42. Dunlin NFY
43. Knot NFY
44. Sanderling NFY
45. Redshank
46. Curlew
47. Black tailed godwit
48. Bar tailed godwit NFY
49. Black headed gull
50. Herring gull
51. Common gull
52. Lesser BB gull
53. Great BB gull
54. Kittiwake
55. Wood pigeon
56. Collared dove
57. Barn Owl x 2 NFY
58. Green woodpecker
59. Great spotted woodpecker
60. Skylark
61. Meadow pipit
62. Pied wagtail
63. Robin
64. Blackbird
65. Mistle trhush
66. Redwing
67. Long tailed tit
68. Great tit
69. Coal tit
70. Blue tit
71. Wren
72. Chaffinch
73. Goldfinch
74. Linnet
75. House sparrow
76. Starling
77. Magpie
78. Jay
79. Jackdaw
80. Rook
81. Carrion crow.

Windswept Egyptian geese, Holkham Hall

Coot: Holkham Lake

Grey Heron, Holkham Lake

Pink footed geese

Fallow buck

Cormorant

Fallow hind

Looks like she is about to sneeze.

Fallow hind

Barnacle goose, Holkham

Drake teal sheltering from the gale.

Brent geese into Titchwell

Herring gull

More Brent geese

Curlew

Grey plover

distant Ringed plover

Red breasted mergansers

Drake red breasted merganser

Sanderling, Titchwell beach

Species list from Oare Marshes and Elmley NNR yesterday 26.01.22

1. Cormorant
2. little egret
3. grey heron
4. mute swan
5. greylag goose
6. brent goose
7. shelduck
8.  mallard
9. gadwall
10. pintail
11. shoveler
12. wigeon
13. teal
14. pochard
15. marsh harrier
16. kestrel
17. common buzzard
18. sparrowhawk
19. peregrine falcon
20. pheasant
21. water rail ((heard)
22. moorhen
23. coot
24. oystercatcher
25. avocet
26. golden plover
27. lapwing
28. turnstone
29. redshank
30. black tailed godwit
31. curlew
32. snipe
33. black headed gull
34. lesser black backed gull
35. herring gull
36. wood pigeon
37. collared dove
38. skylark
39. meadow pipit
40. pied wagtail
41. wren
42. robin
43. stonechat
44. song thrush
45. redwing
46. blackbird
47. cettis warbler (heard)
48. great tit
49. blue tit
50. long tailed tit
51. magpie
52. jackdaw
53. carrion crow
54. rook
55. starling
56. house sparrow
57. chaffinch
58. linnet
59. reed bunting

SEO

Mute swan

Shelduck

Grey heron

SEO

Turnstone

2022 Bird List Updated 29.11.22

 

Bird List 2022.  

  1. Great crested grebe

2.     Little grebe

3.     Cormorant

4.     Little egret

5.     Cattle egret

6.     Great white egret (Dungeness)

7.     Grey heron

8.     Mute swan

9.     Greylag goose

10.  Canada goose

11.  Bean goose (Dungeness)

12.  Mallard

13.  Gadwall

14.  Teal

15.  Shoveler

16.  Pochard

17.  Goldeneye

18.  Tufted duck

19.  Scaup

20.  Red kite

21.  Common buzzard

22.  Marsh harrier

23.  Kestrel

24.  Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk

Peregrine falcons

Kestrel

25.  Peregrine falcon

26.  Moorhen

27.  Coot

28.  Redshank

29.  Black headed gull

30.  Herring gull

31.  Caspian gull

32.  Lesser black backed gull

33.  Great back blacked gull

34.  Kittiwake

35.  Stock dove

36.  Green woodpecker

37.  Great spotted woodpecker

38.  Nuthatch

Nuthatch

Redwing

39.  Wood pigeon

40.  Collared dove

41.  Tawny owl

42.  Little owl

43.  Meadow pipit

44.  Pied wagtail

45.  Wren

46.  Robin

47.  Black redstart (Dungeness)

48.  Mistle thrush

49.  Fieldfare

50.  Redwing

51.  Blackbird

52.  Cetti’s warbler

53.  Goldcrest

54.  Great tit

55.  Blue tit

56.  Long tailed tit

57.  Bearded reedling

58.  Magpie

59.  Jay

60.  Jackdaw

61.  Carrion crow

62.  Rook

63.  Starling

64.  Chaffinch

65.  Goldfinch

66.  Bullfinch

67.  Greenfinch

68.  Siskin

69.  Reed bunting

70.  Yellowhammer

71. Marsh tit (Bloodhounds Wood)

72. Pheasant

73. Raven

74. Skylark

Red Kite on a bright January morning

75. Linnet

76. Song thrush

78. Common gull

79. Lapwing.

80. Stonechat

81. Mandarin

82. Snipe

83. Pintail (Rainham Marsh)

84. Shelduck.

85. Woodcock (Millennium Wood)

Pintail at Rainham Marsh

86. Red legged partridge

87. Tree creeper

88. Curlew

89. Redshank

90. Oystercatcher

91. Short eared owl (Elmley)

92. Brent goose.

93. Avocet

94. Golden plover

95. Turnstone

96. Black tailed godwit

97. Hawfinch (Hatfield Forest)

Short eared owl.

98. Red throated diver

99. Pink footed goose

100. White fronted goose (Holkham)

101. Egyptian goose

102. Barnacle goose

103. Common scoter

104. Red breasted merganser (Titchwell)

105. Ringed plover

106.Grey plover

107. Dunlin

108. Knot

109. Bar tailed godwit

110. Sanderling

111. Barn owl (Brancaster)

Barnacle goose

Egyptian goose

Sanderling

Red breasted merganser

112. Kingfisher (River Stort)

113. Grey wagtail

114. Goosander (Abberton)

115. Smew (Abberton)

116. Ruff (Abberton)

117. Rose ringed parakeet (Much Hadham)

Grey wagtail

White fronted geese at Holkham

Ruff at Abberton

Goosander at Abberton

118: Jack snipe (Minsmere)

119. Lesser yellowlegs (Minsmere)

120. Whooper swan (Minsmere)

121. Grey partridge (Little Hadham)

122. Merlin (Suffolk near Pebmarsh)

123. Chiffchaff (Stansted Airport Lagoons)

124. Green sandpiper (Stansted Airport Lagoons)

125. Mediterranean Gull (Cliffe)

126. Greenshank (Cliffe)

127 Garden warbler (Cliffe)

Whooper swan

Lesser yellowlegs with Redshank at Minsmere.

Mediterranean Gull with ring that I have reported.
Edit: Ringed in Brussels, reported from Belgium and France before this record being first for this bird in England.

128. Spoonbill (Thornham Marsh)

129. Garganey (Cley)

130. Hobby (Titchwell)

131 Little ringed plover (Titchwell)

132. Brambling (Titchwell)

133. Red crested pochard (Rye Meads)

134. Gannet (Dungeness)

135. Glossy ibis (Dungeness)

136. Willow warbler (Dungeness)

137. Reed warbler (Dungeness)

138. Wheatear (Dungeness)

139. Swallow (Airport lagoons)

Brambling, Titchwell

Drake Garganey, Cley

Red crested pochard at Rye Meads RSPB Reserve

Wheatear

Glossy ibis

Little Ringed plover at Stansted Airport Lagoons 08.04.22

140. Whitethroat (Amwell)

141. Sedge warbler (Amwell)

142. Sand martin (Kelling Quags)

143. Sandwich tern (Cley beach)

144. Dartford warbler (Kelling Heath)

145. Common sandpiper (Stansted Airport Lagoons)

146. House martin (Standon village)

Common sandpiper at SAL.

Sedge warbler at Amwell HMWT Reserve 16.04.22

147. Swift (Amwell)

148. Common tern (Amwell)

149. Great Northern Diver (Portland Bill)

150. Fulmar (The Bill)

151. Balearic shearwater (The Bill)

152. Shag (The Bill)

153. Arctic skua (The Bill)

154. Guillemot (The Bill)

155. Razorbill (The Bill.)

156. Little Tern (Ferrybridge)

157. Rock pipit (The Bill)

158. Spotted flycatcher (West Cliffs, Portland)

Common tern

Swift

Shag

Razorbills

Rock pipit

Fulmar

159. Stone curlew (Weeting Heath)

160. Common crane (Lakenheath)

161. Cuckoo (Lakenheath)

162. Bittern (Lakenheath)

163. Water rail (Lakenheath)

164. Hoopoe (Hinxworth)

Bee eaters at Trimingham Quarry

Pied flycatcher at Gramborough Hill

Whinchat Ash Valley Golf Course, Little Hadham

Hoopoe at Hinxworth near Baldock


165. Wood lark (Kelling Heath)
166. Bee eater (Trimingham)
167. Spotted redshank (Titchwell)
168. Yellow wagtail (SAL)
169. Pied flycatcher (Wells Woods)
170 Whimbrel (Titchwell)
171. Lesser whitethroat (Wells Woods)
172. Pectoral sandpiper (Cley)
173. Whinchat (Little Hadham)
174. Long billed dowitcher (Cley)
175. Pallas's warbler (Holkham Pines)
176. Wood warbler (Holkham Pines)
177. Firecrest (Holkham Pines)
178. Red necked Grebe (Holkham)
179. Hen Harrier (Choseley)
180. Shore lark (Holkham)
181. Water pipit (Titchwell)
182. Twite (Salthouse)
183. Lesser Redpoll (Titchwell)
184. Long tailed duck (Abberton)
185. Slavonian grebe (Abberton)
186. Little Stint (Abberton)