Monday 09 December 2019
1 Mediterranean Gull (Ad Win with 300+ B’hd Gulls.), 2 Yellow-legged Gull (1st Win, bit of a challenge with the weather.), 1 Caspian Gull (Nr Ad again Simmond’s with 400+ LWHG.), 1 Kingfisher (Again showy bird in front of Daukes.) [Graham Fellows]
2 Eider (Ducks strongly West.), 5 Great Crested Grebe (Several in surf getting almost trashed by the pounding. Others their wings whirring Auk-like to keep them flying.), 1 Red-necked Grebe (Battling West it’s huge feet flapping like rudders.), 2 Slavonian Grebe (Unruffled as one drifted by West in the heavy surf.), 12 Grey Plover (Impressive posse of 11 fighting their way West.), 2 Kittiwake (Blown through like a train.) [Graham Fellows]
Saturday 07 December 2019
1 Taiga Bean Goose (in with the Pinkies, disappeared from view before I could get a pic.),
1900 Pink-footed Goose (+, recently harvested beet field along Holgate Hill), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard [Steve Hale]
Friday 06 December 2019
2 Yellow-legged Gull (Spanking Ad’s in with 400+ LWHG on Simmonds), 1 Caspian Gull (Sub-Ad, 4CY maybe or advanced 3CY??, Simmond’s. Stunningly elegant.), 1 Kingfisher (Once again spectacular show, fishing off post in front of Daukes. What a thrill. ) [Graham Fellows]
Thursday 05 December 2019
1 Great Black-backed Gull (2ndCY, RL: Black Ring with White Code stained Yellow : JZP08. Ringed NW Denmark, Frederikshavn, Kattegat. Here via Hirtshals Harbour. 787klms SW.) [Graham Fellows]
Wednesday 04 December 2019
1 Woodcock [Sean Dempster]
1 Kingfisher [Derek Parslow]
Tuesday 03 December 2019
1 Egyptian Goose (Snipe's Marsh, unusual here), 8 Greenfinch (+, Still present on the feeders late morning. As a guide to consumption, the birds have eaten about half the large feeder in 24hrs since I topped it up yesterday.) [Steve Hale]
Monday 02 December 2019
2 Kingfisher (Flew east across Simmonds) [Michael Harcup]
14 Greenfinch (Around the feeders, giddy stuff for here.), 1 Bullfinch [Steve Hale]
Sunday 01 December 2019
18 Eider (Sea, Posse West incl 4 off Drakes.), 1 Goldeneye (Sea, Drake beating West.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Ad Win in with Bh’d, Pat’s ), 1 Yellow-legged Gull (Ad on Pat’s but churned on to Simmond’s by incoming Marsh Harrier.), 1 Water Pipit (Simmond’s, finding some exposed ground to feed on.) [Graham Fellows]
3 Eider (West - 2 m, 1f/imm), 12 Common Scoter (West), 2 Velvet Scoter (West with Common Scoter and Eider), 1 Goosander (Redhead flew west (pm a male flew west at about 13:30)), 12 Red-throated Diver (East inc one group of seven), 1 Great Northern Diver (West (another later seen by EM)), 1 Little Auk (Seen by EM after I'd left - flew west) [David Griffiths]
Saturday 30 November 2019
1 Rough-legged Buzzard (In next door garden. Is this a buzzard or rough legged?) [John Kenyon]
Friday 29 November 2019
2000 Pink-footed Goose (Around this number or so in huge skeins over the house and Bayfield arriving from the south flying north towards Cley Marshes , with a cacophony of calling , with a new Moon and against the light from a set Sun , and all in just five minutes . Magical .) [Richard Price]
53 Pintail (Posse of 18 then 35 off West. Wonderful sight.), 1 Long-tailed Duck (Duck through with posse of CS, West.), 400 Common Scoter (+, Majority 1st Win, odd Drake mixed in and carrier for LtD and Velvet.), 2 Velvet Scoter (Ducks leading a posse of CS, West.), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (Drake on a mission, West), 3 Goosander (Singles red-heads flashing through West.), 5 Grey Plover (4 + 1, West.), 10 Snow Bunting (+, Dancing along shingle ridge, West.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Velvet Scoter (Female through West leading a posse of CS.), 5 Goldeneye (Females West), 150 Red-throated Diver (+, Once again a constant stream, East.), 1 Black-throated Diver (Nailed, off East.), 2 Great Skua (Slim pickings again today Skua-wise, East.), 3 Little Gull (Small party rushing West.), 5 Kittiwake (Picking their way through deep troughs and swell, East.) [Graham Fellows]
Thursday 28 November 2019
50 Pintail (At least on North Scrape, starting to build up for Winter.), 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Ad, 2nd Win, 1st Win in with 350+ LWHG), 1 Caspian Gull (3rdCY, tricky one as always with this age.) [Graham Fellows]
2 Eider (Duck plus juv with 5 off SC.), 50 Red-throated Diver (+, Fairly brisk movement early on. Inevitably slowed), 2 Great Crested Grebe (Through West.), 1 Red-necked Grebe (Through at pace, West.), 15 Gannet (Usually.. good indicator of possible movement. So...
), 130 Ringed Plover (+, Pushed off their beach roost at High Water.), 4 Grey Plover (Through West, black armpits flashing.), 30 Dunlin (+, Accompanying the several large posses of RP.), 8 Turnstone (+, Associated with posses of other waders.), 1 Great Skua (Relatively close in, East.), 8 Little Gull (Always a treat to see, winking their black underwing. Ad’s plus several juvs.), 10 Kittiwake (Pushing East.) [Graham Fellows]
2500 Pink-footed Goose (+, Main influx 4.10-4.30pm, an amazing spectacle of sight and sound. Scale of order count only.), 12 Marsh Harrier (3.50pm. Into roost around Pat's Pool reed bed) [Steve Hale]
Wednesday 27 November 2019
4000 Pink-footed Goose (+, May well have been more. Once again evocative sight and sound coming to roost on Pat’s at the dimming. Goosebumps. Just love em.), 1 Goosander (‘Redhead’ crashed on to Simmond’s. Stunning!), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Female although distant, perched up. May have been our regular 2nd CY.), 7 Avocet (Increase from yesterday??), 7 Dunlin (At least. Mixed in with Starling and Teal.), 1 Ruff (Strutting through the many Teal, Simmond’s ), 1 Turnstone (Energetically feeding where it could. Fill dyke on Simmond’s ), 3 Yellow-legged Gull (Regular Ad plus 2nd Win & 1st Win in with 500+ LWHG.) [Graham Fellows]
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