Monday 19 October 2020
500 Pink-footed Goose (+, 3 large posses in off from NE. Many skeins moving East over Reserve.),
1 Rough-legged Buzzard (Through from Weybourne, Salthouse, East Bank over Reserve, on a mission, and out over West Bank through to Blakeney Harbour. What a cracker. Top-draw thigh rubber.), 40 Ringed Plover (+, Still large squad roosting along beach East of BH.), 243 Golden Plover (Eyefield. A real treat.), 1 Greenshank (Fly over, through to Blakeney Freshes), 1 Great Skua (Lumbering East just offshore.) [Graham Fellows]
Sunday 18 October 2020
5 Pintail (Odds ‘n’ sods, West.), 4 Goldeneye (Ducks, West.), 5 Red-breasted Merganser (Ducks, in a rush, West.), 15 Red-throated Diver (Trickle East and West.), 1 Great Northern Diver (Powering through East.), 150 Ringed Plover (3 large posses West.), 250 Golden Plover (Eyefield, numbers having a wash ‘n’ brush up in Eyepool. A real treat.), 9 Grey Plover (West, posse of 7 close inshore.), 5 Dunlin (Associated with Ringos.), 2 Pomarine Skua (DarkPhase, stoofing around, ditched, then up again, ditched again, least 20mins.), 1 Arctic Skua (Winding West.), 2 Guillemot (Flyby West.), 6 Razorbill (Incl several Ad with Juv.) [Graham Fellows]
Saturday 17 October 2020
1 Peregrine Falcon (Failed stoop on small island containing Teal) [Michael Clark]
Friday 16 October 2020
7 Eider (East, inclsingle Duck.), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (West in a hurry.), 17 Little Gull (Dancing East, mainly Ad’s, few Juvs. Exquisite.), 21 Kittiwake (Trickle East) [Graham Fellows]
54 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Eyefield. At least 3 family parties, 8 Juvs.), 1 Tufted Duck (Duck through with CS.), 8 Eider (West, again only single Duck.), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Bursting through West.), 20 Red-throated Diver (+, To and fro, West and East.), 1 Great Northern Diver (Trundling East ), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Small Male in off from Turbines carrying prey), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Large Ad female on gate middle of Reserve.), 1 Little Gull (Spanking Juv East just offshore.), 100 Common Gull (+, Still constant trickle West.), 5 Guillemot (One dead on shoreline.), 10 Razorbill (Foraging just offshore), 1 Short-eared Owl (In off high from way out.), 4 Jackdaw (In off from Turbines, East of BH.) [Graham Fellows]
2 Grey Partridge (in Eye Field), 1 Woodcock (flushed from behind Walsey Hills), 1 Mediterranean Gull (2ndW east along shore), 2 Little Auk (11.25 west together only 20yds offshore), 2 Swallow (east),
1 Wheatear (on Eye Field fence), 20 Redwing (circa), 6 Brambling (behind Walsey Hills), 10 Lesser Redpoll (circa, behind Walsey Hills), 6 Snow Bunting (on beach opposite North Scrape) [Steve Gantlett]
7 Common Scoter (East), 5 Oystercatcher [Steve Hale]
7 Mute Swan, 110 Pink-footed Goose (flyovers west), 1 Egyptian Goose, 57 Wigeon, 7 Teal, 7 Mallard, 8 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 2 Moorhen, 2 Curlew, 6 Meadow Pipit, 4 Wren, 5 Dunnock, 4 Robin, 3 Stonechat, 16 Blackbird, 12 Redwing, 7 Blue Tit, 16 Chaffinch, 1 Brambling, 3 Goldfinch, 11 Reed Bunting [Steve Hale]
Thursday 15 October 2020
5 Shelduck (West.), 1 Pintail (Through West, odd mix Tufted and Teal.), 1 Tufted Duck (Drake through with Pintail and two Teal.), 11 Eider (Through West, only single Duck ), 3 Goldeneye (Single Drake then Drake and Duck, West.), 15 Red-throated Diver (West, trickle. Several 3’s.), 1 Red-necked Grebe (Through West, on a mission.) [Graham Fellows]
20 Pintail (West in straggling line.), 1 Shoveler (Female West with CS.), 31 Eider (Drakes through West, 2’s,3’s, 4’s & a 5.), 1 Merlin (Brown jobbie, West carrying prey.), 3 Pomarine Skua (West, Ad PP.), 33 Kittiwake (Through East in bunches.), 4 Snow Bunting (East through troughs, just before surf.) [Graham Fellows]
Wednesday 14 October 2020
2 Mallard (Pair blown West.), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Zooming West.), 2 Sandwich Tern (Struggling East.), 1 Long-eared Owl (Wow! Phwoor! Undoubtably bird of the day. In off from way out. Struggling low over troughs before rising, drifting East just offshore to make landfall towards, over, North Scrape. Double thigh rubbing.), 2 Short-eared Owl (Appeared to be trying to come in but then veered West, gaining height then powerfully pushed off NW. Showed characters similar to bird recently seen around Salthouse. Second, in off from way out, stooping low over troughs to come in towards Beach Hotel but veered off when reached surf to slide-slip East and zoomed up over beach and out over Eyefield, West over Freshers. What a spectacle. ), 9 Fieldfare (In off over beach and out over Reserve.), 1 Redwing (Struggling from way out. Being blown sideways, tacking across wind. Didn’t quite make it, indecisive, dropped in to troughs just outside rolling surf. Brutal. But, no, surprise, unbelievable, great effort to get back up and fly. Made landfall, blown more like over beach, out over boats. Cheers all round. ) [Graham Fellows]
1 Purple Sandpiper (On shallow pool Gramborough Hill), 1 Redshank (On pool) [Mick Roe]
1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail (Heard ), 300 Golden Plover (Saltmarsh, west of Quayside), 1 Stonechat (Female ), 1 Wheatear (Male , still on coast path, north side of Freshes, to within 2 metres. ), 20 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper, 2 Brambling [Richard Burton]
1000 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, Another Brent day, West.), 14 Shelduck (Through with Brents.), 500 Wigeon (+, Constant stream), 200 Teal (+, Trickle through.), 1 Mallard (Through with bunch of Wigeon.), 29 Pintail ( Posse of 7 & 9, through West.), 2 Tufted Duck (Single Drakes in with CS, West.), 1 Scaup (Drake on sea with CS, briefly (PC).), 43 Eider (Odds’n’sods Drakes, squad of 18 on a boys day out. West), 4 Velvet Scoter (2 Drakes through West with CS escort. Drake & Duck through on a mission later.), 4 Goldeneye (West at pace.), 4 Red-breasted Merganser (Through West at pace.), 50 Red-throated Diver (+, Good movement again, West.), 1 Great Northern Diver (Plodding West tho distant.), 500 Gannet (+, Many, many squadrons through East, mainly Ad.), 1 Grey Plover (East against the run.), 1 Pomarine Skua (Ad PP ‘spoonie’ West. Another thigh rubbing moment.), 7 Arctic Skua (All Ad, West. Cracker close inshore.), 1 Long-tailed Skua (Juv through with Ad Arctic, West.), 3 Great Skua (2 East, 1 West. Bright wing flashes winking.), 3 Little Gull (Ad West.), 12 Kittiwake (Including some cracking Juvs.), 1 Arctic Tern (Struggling East, low over troughs.), 7 Guillemot (Close inshore.), 40 Razorbill (+, Small bunches flighting. Numbers foraging just offshore.), 1 Short-eared Owl (In off after struggling in and gaining height to come over through to Eyefield.), 1 Goldcrest (In off, nearly crashed in to Beach Hotel, veered off, landed in overflow Carpark.) [Graham Fellows]
52 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 1 Common Scoter, 1 Red-throated Diver,
140 Gannet (All east, mostly adult types), 5 Guillemot/Razorbill [Steve Hale]
7 Mute Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 Shelduck, 62 Wigeon, 11 Teal, 9 Mallard, 3 Pintail (flyovers), 10 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Peregrine Falcon (Biggest Peregrine I've ever seen), 3 Curlew, 33 Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gull, 1 Skylark, 2 Wren, 7 Dunnock, 4 Robin, 30 Blackbird (+), 4 Fieldfare, 2 Song Thrush, 8 Redwing, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 8 Blue Tit, 160 Starling (several small groups), 3 Chaffinch, 3 Brambling, 5 Goldfinch [Steve Hale]
Tuesday 13 October 2020
10 Blackbird (+, as above), 5 Song Thrush (as above), 40 Redwing (+, Chalk Pits front lawn.) [John Threadgold]
1 Short-eared Owl (Little Eye,having a hard time with the crows.), 2 Stonechat, 1 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing (Little Eye,feeding with a Fieldfare on hill.), 1 Reed Bunting [Mick Roe]
1 Lapland Bunting (over southwest at 8:57) [Peter & Sue Morrison]
3 Tufted Duck (2 Drakes and Duck, offshore, West.), 3 Scaup (Drakes, through offshore, East. Cracking.), 1 Eider (Drake West. Close inshore.), 1 Great Northern Diver (Trundling East, offshore. Striking as always.), 1 Bittern (West over Cley end of Beach Road, dropping on to Freshes around Windmill. Stunning surprise. ), 1 Osprey (Probable offshore, through Turbines.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Large bird from way out, in off over Weybourne. Labouring with its second breakfast, Duck sp.), 1 Sandwich Tern (Offshore West with squad of Common Gull.), 1 Chlidonias sp. (Frustratingly distant offshore through Turbines, West.), 1 Blackbird (Didn’t quite make it. Hit a wave, not seen again. Brutal.), 1 Lapland Bunting (Over beach, announcing its passage.) [Graham Fellows]
3 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron (flyby), 4 Razorbill [Steve Hale]
27 Wigeon, 7 Shoveler, 1 Kestrel, 1 Stock Dove, 7 Skylark, 6 Meadow Pipit, 11 Dunnock, 11 Robin, 7 Stonechat, 18 Blackbird, 4 Song Thrush, 95 Starling, 6 Reed Bunting [Steve Hale]
Monday 12 October 2020
5 Marsh Harrier (Pope's Marshes), 2 Buzzard (Pope's Marshes), 1 Short-eared Owl (Pope's Marshes) [Kath & Mick Claydon]
400 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, Still pouring through, West.), 1 Great Skua (Plodding West.), 2 Blackbird (In off over Beach), 1 Fieldfare (In off over Beach.), 1 Song Thrush (In off over beach), 4 Redwing (In off over Beach.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Eider (Close in catching Crabs.),
1 Short-eared Owl (Around Gramborough Hill then flew towards East Bank,Then back again a couple of times often with a Corvid Escort.) [Chris Cook]
26 Pink-footed Goose (Freshes ), 3000 Wigeon (Harbour @low tide ), 1 Great White Egret, 1 Water Rail (Heard, Great Barnet Pool), 300 Golden Plover (Saltmarsh ), 4 Stonechat (2m,2f),
2 Wheatear (Male and female, on coast path, north side of Freshes, to within 2 metres. ), 1 Redwing (Friary Hills ), 2 Goldcrest (Blakeney Eye), 12 Bearded Tit [Richard Burton]
460 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, Brent day today, West in bunches.), 5 Pintail (High West.), 6 Eider (Single Duck with two Drakes.), 2 Great Crested Grebe (West.), 4 Grey Plover (Odds’n’sods West.), 2 Whimbrel (One through high ‘whimbrelling’. Second close inshore, West. Landed greatfully on the beach.), 1 Curlew (Pushing West), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Ad, West.), 1 Little Gull (West along shoreline (D&JB)), 1 Grey Wagtail (West, just offshore, (D&JB)), 9 Redwing (In off over beach.) [Graham Fellows]
460 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, Brent day today, West in bunches.), 5 Pintail (High West.), 6 Eider (Single Duck with two Drakes.), 2 Great Crested Grebe (West.), 4 Grey Plover (Odds’n’sods West.), 2 Whimbrel (One through high ‘whimbrelling’. Second close inshore, West. Landed greatfully on the beach.), 1 Curlew (Pushing West), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Ad, West.), 1 Little Gull (West along shoreline (D&JB)), 1 Grey Wagtail (West, just offshore, (D&JB)), 9 Redwing (In off over beach.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Tawny Owl (perched on telephone wire over the road in the village at 6:47) [Peter & Sue Morrison]
330 Redwing (Around 290 in parties of between 30 and 70 passing west over the river by Home Farm between 9 am and 10 15 am , with a further 40 or so early afternoon .) [Richard Price]
4 Swallow (Four together on the wires mid morning down Old Woman's Lane .) [Richard Price]
6 Mute Swan, 160 Pink-footed Goose (flyovers to west in 3 groups), 9 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 2 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Curlew, 3 Skylark, 2 Dunnock, 4 Robin, 1 Stonechat, 2 Redwing, 1 Blackcap, 4 Linnet [Steve Hale]
Sunday 11 October 2020
1 Purple Sandpiper (On pool west of Gramborough Hill) [Chris Cook]
36 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Several family parties, West.), 1 Tufted Duck (Duck, speeding West.), 1 Eider (Duck, East through surf.), 1 Goldeneye (Drake dashing through surf, West.), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (Through surf, West), 22 Red-throated Diver (Steady trickle West and East.), 1 Great Northern Diver (Plodding West before ditching far out.), 3 Great Crested Grebe (Battling West.), 1 Fulmar (Shearing East.), 4 Manx Shearwater (Through East.), 3000 Gannet (Continuous flow East, mixed ages. Impressive together with movement this am.), 1 Grey Heron (Heading in off West, running the gauntlet of 3 Bonxie.), 2 Grey Plover (Braving the crashing surf, West.), 1 Purple Sandpiper (Dashing through surf, West), 2 Pomarine Skua (2CY East, steady coasting East.), 1 Arctic Skua (Distant, East.), 8 Great Skua (Good showing again of this bruiser, East.), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Ad close inshore, West. 1st Win through surf foraging with other Dump Gulls.), 26 Kittiwake (Bunches through, West. ), 3 Sandwich Tern (East, still struggling past.), 2000 Razorbill (+, Still whirring through, East.) [Graham Fellows]
4 Barnacle Goose (Eye Field), 14 Bearded Tit (Flying high then down to reeds west of East Bank) [Peter & Sue Morrison]
11 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Bunches through West), 3 Pintail (Ducks, West), 3 Red-breasted Merganser (Party, West.), 20 Red-throated Diver (+, East, several Juvs.), 1 Great Crested Grebe (East, low through troughs.), 1 Red-necked Grebe (West, low through troughs.), 1 Fulmar (Effortlessly East.), 1 Sooty Shearwater (East, with wind up its tail.), 2 Manx Shearwater (East, doing what shearwaters do.), 1000 Gannet (+, Many squadrons through, 28 impressive, mainly East. Constant procession. 1000’s.), 2 Peregrine Falcon (Mugging the odd Thrush as they struggled to come in. Fierce.), 1 Pomarine Skua (Through East, stoofed around a little before pushing on.), 8 Arctic Skua (Through East. Didn’t dawdle.), 22 Great Skua (Scudding through East in 3,4 & a 5. Lit up by the sunshine. Wing flashes blinking.), 16 Kittiwake (East and West. Mixed flock of 8, Ads & Juvs.), 8 Sandwich Tern (Odds ‘n’ sods Through, East), 10 Guillemot (Mainly foraging close inshore.), 200 Razorbill (+, Constant stream. Several 1000 estimated.), 2 Short-eared Owl (In off West of Boats) [Graham Fellows]
8 Ruff (The group of birds at the piggery on top of the hill mid morning ( previously reported on 23 September ) has now grown to eight and still includes a white-plumaged male .) [Richard Price]
40 Redwing (Having heard Redwings calling last night over Home Farm , at least 40 passing west this morning in three parties .) [Richard Price]
1 Great White Egret, 1 Stonechat, 1 Wheatear [Steve Hale]
1 Peregrine Falcon (Around noon , one beating high NNW into the wind off Coastguards probably on the lookout for migrants . ) [Richard Price]
1 Red-throated Diver, 1 Great Crested Grebe,
21 Gannet (mostly east, various ages), 1 Oystercatcher [Steve Hale]
7 Mute Swan (5 juvs), 1 Egyptian Goose, 11 Wigeon, 5 Teal, 6 Mallard, 6 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, 2 Moorhen, 17 Curlew, 8 Black-headed Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Robin, 1 Blackbird, 11 Rook, 3 Carrion Crow, 11 Chaffinch, 5 Goldfinch, 3 Linnet [Steve Hale]
Saturday 10 October 2020
10 Tufted Duck (East, posse of 6 off Drake, 4 Ducks, nice...), 16 Red-throated Diver (Several Juvs now, mainly East.), 300 Gannet (+, Many, many streaming East.), 2 Arctic Skua (Ad PP through West close to. Followed shortly by an Inter Ad.), 1 Great Skua (On a mission but abandoned its quest pretty quickly and trundled on East.), 2 Little Gull (Ads West this am.), 1 Kittiwake (Ad East.), 1 Sandwich Tern (East, still a few moving through. 4 this am too.), 100 Guillemot/Razorbill (+, Constant trickle of platoons either foraging hops or pushing through, West and East.), 10 Guillemot (+, Inshore foraging & just offshore), 20 Razorbill (+, Foraging in surf and offshore.) [Graham Fellows]
8 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (West), 40 Wigeon (28 west (flocks of 14 & 10) 12 east), 11 Common Scoter (Mainly east), 3 Red-throated Diver (Distant west), 1 Marsh Harrier (Male west just offshore), 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Oystercatcher (On beach with gulls), 4 Ringed Plover (West), 1 Grey Plover, 2 Dunlin, 4 Sandwich Tern (Foraging offshore), 4 Guillemot (On sea but lots of Razor/mots mainly west far out) [David Fell]
15 Golden Plover, 7 Lapwing, 1 Wheatear [Steve Hale]
3 Mute Swan, 1 Egyptian Goose, 3 Wigeon, 3 Teal, 2 Mallard, 3 Shoveler, 1 Buzzard, 7 Curlew, 5 Black-headed Gull, 1 Wren, 2 Dunnock, 1 Blackbird, 24 Goldfinch, 1 Lapland Bunting (per Ian Eggleton, thanks) [Steve Hale]
3 Kestrel (Hunting around the Obs) [Steve Hale]
Friday 09 October 2020
2 House Martin (Feeding at dusk by Snipes Pool .) [Richard Price]
Thursday 08 October 2020
1 Great Skua (Pushing East NW blow up its tail.), 2 Rook (Foraging tideline with pack of Dump Gulls. Wow! Mega.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Snipe (flew SW from Little Eye area), 1 Red-necked Phalarope (still on pool just E of footpath to Little Eye), 1 Rock Pipit (near Gramborough Hill), 3 Stonechat (1 Little Eye path, 2 Gramborough), 1 Wheatear, 10 Reed Bunting (+, all around Gramborough Hill) [Steve Chapman]
1 Water Rail, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Swallow (over Snipe's Marsh dip feeding/drinking on pool), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Blackcap (pair in bushes W of Snipe's Marsh), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Coal Tit, 10 Greenfinch (+), 1 Reed Bunting [Steve Chapman]
Wednesday 07 October 2020
700 Wigeon (West in loose bunch), 15 Pintail (West with huge Wigeon posse.), 5 Shoveler (West, with Wigeon.), 4 Red-throated Diver (East.), 1 Manx Shearwater (East, shearing low to the troughs.), 6 Grey Plover (West, odds ‘n’ sods.), 1 Great Skua (On a mission, East as usual.) [Graham Fellows]
2 Lapland Bunting (Gramborough hill,in scrub east end of hill.) [Mick Roe]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Walsey Hills), 3 Swallow (South over Walsey Hills), 8 Redwing (West over Walsey Hills), 1 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills) [David Fell]
12 Wigeon (Small flocks west), 5 Teal (West), 19 Pintail (West in flocks of 11 & 8), 1 Eider (On sea), 2 Red-breasted Merganser (West), 7 Grey Partridge (In Eye Field (per GF)), 3 Red-throated Diver (1 east and 2 (juv & ad) on sea), 4 Grey Plover (West), 1 Dunlin (West with Grey plovers) [David Fell]
Tuesday 06 October 2020
100 Wigeon (still coming in from north west), 12 Gannet, 1 Guillemot (in surf), 2 Stonechat (Pair), 1 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat,
1 Radde's Warbler (On at the Hood courtesy of MG. Gave the few observers a bit of a run-around especially with Chiffchaff and others present in the brambles. Couple of pics attached - one very poor - but look at the legs!), 2 Chiffchaff [David Griffiths]
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Friary Hills, with mixed tit flock. ) [Richard Burton]
295 Pink-footed Goose (At 7 45 am , about 130 Pinkfeet were heading ESE in one skein , as seen from Home Farm , followed 5 minutes later by another skein of about 165 . ) [Richard Price]
11 Mute Swan, 11 Greylag Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose, 8 Wigeon, 8 Teal, 6 Mallard, 10 Shoveler, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Moorhen, 13 Curlew, 27 Black-headed Gull, 5 Herring Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Meadow Pipit, 1 Pied Wagtail, 3 Wren, 2 Robin, 2 Blackbird, 1 Cetti's Warbler, 65 Rook, 45 Starling, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting [Steve Hale]
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