Sunday 20 October 2019
2 Great Crested Grebe (Through West.), 100 Gannet (+, Still all ages many close in off East.), 3 Pomarine Skua (+, Through East, Juvs.), 6 Great Skua (+, Incl several Juvs through East), 20 Little Gull (+, East surface picking and wheeling around.), 30 Kittiwake (+, Still pushing East.), 300 Guillemot/Razorbill (+, Still small posses East. Odds and sods back West.) [Graham Fellows]
8 Pintail (Through West.), 1 Long-tailed Duck (Female East), 3 Red-breasted Merganser (Drake and redheads West), 1 Black-throated Diver (West), 4 Great Northern Diver (East.), 400 Gannet (+, Many, many, all ages, close inshore in streams, often fishing frenzy just off Wreck.), 1 Shag (Ad close in West landed rear of Wreck.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Female in moult, secondaries and primaries, scruffy. West.), 1 Purple Sandpiper (Through West with Ringed Plover posse.), 7 Pomarine Skua (Through East), 10 Arctic Skua (Through East), 20 Great Skua (Through East), 200 Little Gull (+, Small flocks East), 50 Kittiwake (+, Ad’s and 1st Win through after Little Gulls had dropped off.), 2 Sandwich Tern (East.), 2 Arctic Tern (Juvs West), 1000 Guillemot/Razorbill (+, Constant stream East. Many, many posses through.), 3 Puffin (East at pace.) [Graham Fellows]
Saturday 19 October 2019
100 Pink-footed Goose (+, Long ribbon in from the North through SW towards Point.), 5 Common Scoter (Juvs loafing offshore then, flew West.),
3 Black-throated Diver (Single followed by two together, all within 5 mins of one another, Close in West. Wow! Another off-wind surprise.), 1 Great Northern Diver (Moulting SP East.), 1 Great Crested Grebe (East), 1 Red Kite (Ad over boats and out over Freshes.), 170 Ringed Plover (Usual high tide / disturbed groups through West.), 60 Golden Plover (+, Eye Field), 1 Little Gull (Ad West) [Graham Fellows]
1 Shore Lark (on beach between E Bank and N Scrape at 09:10 ) [David & Pat Wileman]
Friday 18 October 2019
1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Knackered Juv from yesterday am made it in to the Eye Field, hooray!), 10 Red-throated Diver (+, Incl 5+ juvs at least four in a posse on the sea.), 1 Great Crested Grebe (East), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Male in off from way out. Probably hunting passerines around the Turbines.), 2 Mediterranean Gull (Ad in with feeding melee. 2nd Win meandering and loafing before moving off East.), 1 Little Gull (1st Win in with feeding melee.), 50 Starling (+, In off in small groups.) [Graham Fellows]
3 Marsh Harrier (Together over reed bed 2 males 1 female), 1 Jack Snipe (Snipes Marsh), 2 Yellow-browed Warbler (Both heard but only one seen Walsey Hills), 1 Chiffchaff (Walsey Hills), 1 Willow Warbler (Walsey Hills), 1 Goldcrest (Walsey Hills) [David Fell]
10 Gadwall (+, At least 7 + 3 Meandering then off West.), 4 Eider (Drakes two plus two, West.), 4 Velvet Scoter (In from the North, ditched on the sea just off BH for several minutes then pushed off West.), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (Redhead through West.), 10 Red-throated Diver (+, Birds on sea close to and others moving through West.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Ad through East), 200 Guillemot/Razorbill (+, Parties moving West), 10 Guillemot (+, Close in putting on a great show.), 20 Razorbill (+, Small rafts. Some on show closer in.), 1 Lapland Bunting (Along tideline West with Snow Buntings.), 6 Snow Bunting (+, On beach by bunker, two males at least. Later flew along tideline West with Lapland Bunting in tow.) [Graham Fellows]
25 Pink-footed Goose (Approx., in field to rear of snipe's marsh. Then flew north-east.), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Climbing tree by path),
2 Yellow-browed Warbler (One halfway along path,the other in willows at end of path.) [John Fairey]
4 Red-throated Diver, 1 Arctic Tern,
1 Guillemot, 1 Robin (in/off) [Steve Hale]
115 Pink-footed Goose (some flyover groups), 1 Little Egret, 1 Kestrel, 4 Stonechat,
8 Redwing, 100 Starling, 65 Linnet [Steve Hale]
Thursday 17 October 2019
1 Tufted Duck (Drake West with posse of Wigeon.), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (Redhead West), 4 Mediterranean Gull (At least. 2 off Ad, 1 off 2nd Win, 1 off 1st Win through, but hung around dip-feeding before moving off East.), 2 Sandwich Tern (Around then off East.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Juv struggled to get in. Landed on sea and paddled ashore and plopped on to the beach. Start to pick feed along the shingle, relaxed.),
5 Red-throated Diver (Off shore various mixed plumage.), 1 Black-throated Diver (West close inshore off BH.),
2 Great Northern Diver (Obliging Ad moulting from SP through reasonably close inshore East.), 50 Ringed Plover (+, West through surf), 10 Little Gull (+, Offshore but distant.), 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Walsey in its favoured Sallows. Exquisite Gem in the welcome sunshine ), 5 Chiffchaff (+, Walsey, Southern Sallows.), 1 Willow Warbler (Walsey, Southern end Sallows.), 1 Firecrest (Walsey, Southern end Sallows.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Greenshank [Steve Hale]
Wednesday 16 October 2019
1 Velvet Scoter (Drake West. Once again close in.), 100 Gannet (+, Many Juvs moving East.), 1 Great Skua (Lumbering East. Great to see as always.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (1st Win close in East.), 7 Little Gull (Distant but Ad reasonably close in.), 2 Sandwich Tern (At least East.), 2 Common Tern (Juvs West then back East.), 1 Arctic Tern (Juv feeding just off the Wreck), 1 Rock Pipit (Flashed along shoreline West.) [Graham Fellows]
15 Pink-footed Goose (In off from way out.), 1 Red-breasted Merganser (East along surf.), 1 Black-throated Diver (West close inshore splash-land several hundred metres West.), 100 Gannet (+, Several occasions of surface feeding similar to Pelicans dipping there heads into the water, gulping small stuff down. Auk's and Little Gull associated too.), 30 Little Gull (+, Surface picking offshore around Aukses and Gannet. Ad’s and 1st Win.), 130 Starling (+, In off West of Beach Hotel out over Freshes.) [Graham Fellows]
2 Red-throated Diver (Adult & juvenile on sea close to beach east of pillbox), 2 Marsh Harrier (One flying east over hides, one landing on shingle east of north scrape), 1 Kestrel (On fence near pillbox, and over eye field), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Flew west over sea near coastguards), 50 Ringed Plover (At least this number, flew along tide line towards coastguards), 1 Jack Snipe (Snipe's marsh at around 10am; showed well until spooked by a blue tit), 1 Snipe (Flew west over eye field), 1 Razorbill (On sea close to beach in front of pillbox) [John Fairey]
1 Green Woodpecker (Heard yaffling in private garden), 1 Chiffchaff (In private garden in tit flock), 1 Nuthatch (Heard calling in private garden) [David Fell]
100 Pink-footed Goose (Plus. Flew inland from main scrape area.), 4 Gadwall, 1 Red-throated Diver (West, from end of East Bank.), 1 Gannet (Immature, east. From end of East Bank.), 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Snipe, 20 Curlew (At least.), 1 Grey Wagtail (Flew from reserve over village.), 3 Stonechat (Inc. pair from East Bank.), 2 Bearded Tit (At least.), 1 Lesser Redpoll (In off the sea from end of East Bank.) [Andrew Cox]
1 Jack Snipe (Snipe's Marsh), 1 Ring Ouzel (hedgerow path to The Hangs), 1 Yellow-browed Warbler (usual spot), 1 Siberian Chiffchaff (usual spot), 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Bullfinch (unusual here) [Steve Hale]
Tuesday 15 October 2019
5 Marsh Harrier, 1 Avocet, 2 Greenshank (Sea pool.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult west.), 1 Kittiwake, 1 Sandwich Tern (Adult.), 1 Common Tern (Juvenile.), 1 Stonechat [Andrew Cox]
400 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, Continuous movement all session), 150 Gannet (+, Numbers through in ribbons, East.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Large dark female in off from way out low over sea, through out over Freshes.), 15 Little Gull (+, Offshore feeding, then off East wind dropped. 1st Win closer over Wreck area all of session.), 1 Sandwich Tern (Through East.), 1 Common Tern (Juv through West.), 200 Redwing (+, In off and through SW.) [Graham Fellows]
500 Redwing (SW over The Cornfield) [Kath & Mick Claydon]
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Robin, 2 Song Thrush, 500 Redwing (At least. Almost constant stream of birds heading SW.), 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long-tailed Tit, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch (Feeding on beechmast.), 2 Yellowhammer (Flushed from field behind allotments.) [Andrew Cox]
100 Lapwing (About this number in 2 flocks (c80 & 20) south over quay), 70 Fieldfare (About this number in 1 flock south over quay) [David Fell]
1 Merlin (Juvenile hunting over the marsh north of the duckpond), 1 Short-eared Owl (Seen high over grazing marsh east of Gramborough being mobbed by corvids. Spent ages gliding around - looked fresh in from the north), 1 Ring Ouzel (Female in off sea and over the marshes south), 10 Fieldfare (West), 200 Redwing (at least flying west) [David Griffiths]
200 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (+, Pushing West. Several juvs in the closer bunches ), 400 Wigeon (+, Through West small parties), 4 Gadwall (+, West with Wigeon), 8 Pintail (West, party of 3 alone the others mixed in with Wigeon.), 8 Eider (+, All Ad Drakes West.), 3 Red-breasted Merganser (West), 8 Red-throated Diver (+, Flying West and several still relatively close in.), 200 Gannet (+, Fish boil drew 50+ to feed, along with 25+ Little Gull. Little and Large Show. Spectacular.), 3 Golden Plover (West.), 6 Grey Plover (West in 1 and two’s associated with Knot), 25 Lapwing (+, In off in small flocks.), 10 Knot (West), 15 Sanderling (+, Partial SP in small parties, West.), 150 Little Gull (Through East, 25+ feeding over fish boil with 50+ Gannet. Little and Large Show ;~)) Fantastic.), 2 Sandwich Tern (Through East ), 2 Common Tern (Juvs West then back East.), 20 Guillemot (+, Small groups moving in feeding rafts and feeding flights following Little Gulls to fish ), 10 Razorbill (+, Smaller rafts today.),
1 Short-eared Owl (In off from far out, low over the sea and almost over the Beach Hotel and on to Reserve. Thigh rubbing or what. Great pick up by SH.), 1 Ring Ouzel (In off towards North Scrape), 60 Starling (+, In off), 1 Snow Bunting (In off over Beach Hotel) [Graham Fellows]
2 Eider (Males, west. Well offshore.), 2 Common Scoter (Male & female.), 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Little Grebe, 15 Gannet (At least. Mixed ages, well offshore.), 1 Knot (Arnolds), 3 Green Sandpiper (From Attenborough path. Dropped onto new scrape artea next to East Bank.), 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern (Juvenile.), 1 Guillemot, 1 Swallow [Andrew Cox]
Monday 14 October 2019
2 Gadwall (High West.), 12 Eider (Necklace, all Drakes high West.), 10 Mediterranean Gull (+, 3 off 2nd Win plus 1 off 1st Win and Win Ad East.), 15 Little Gull (+, Feeding offshore then drifting East), 3 Common Tern (Juvs feeding offshore then off East.) [Graham Fellows]
1000 Wigeon (In off initially in large 400+ group followed by numerous small parties.), 7 Gadwall (3 off Drake plus 2 Duck on sea around Wreck.), 15 Common Scoter (+, Raft offshore incl at least 5 off Juv.), 10 Red-throated Diver (+, Through West and feeding offshore.), 1 Peregrine Falcon (Large 2CY female loafing on Eye Field.), 120 Ringed Plover (3 parties West.), 100 Little Gull (+, Feeding offshore), 2 Common Tern (Feeding offshore.), 8 Guillemot (+, Singles close inshore and mixed in with Razorbill), 30 Razorbill (+, At least two 15+ rafts, feeding offshore on a fish shoal with Little Gull’s and numerous Gannet all around them.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Nuthatch (First time this autumn back on feeders in private garden although heard occasionally earlier in the year by Blakeney Church.) [Tom Green]
2 Tawny Owl (Vocal at dawn.), 1 Green Woodpecker (Calling.), 2 Goldcrest, 6 Long-tailed Tit (At least.), 1 Coal Tit, 1 Nuthatch (Feeding on beechmast.), 2 Bullfinch (Heard nearby.) [Andrew Cox]
Sunday 13 October 2019
350 Wigeon (+, West in flock of ‘c’ 300 and smaller groups), 3 Pintail (Drake and 2 off Ducks through with posse of Wigeon.), 8 Red-throated Diver (+, Numbers foraging close inshore. Several through West.), 1 Sooty Shearwater (Close-ish in up from Point and through out East. Another outstanding off-wind delight. Great pick-up by NR.), 2 Merlin (First in off and over Freshes. Second appeared to stooping and chasing passerines way out like a minute Skua. Then off West-ish veering towards Point. Yet another buzz.), 5 Sanderling (East.), 15 Dunlin (+, Small group East.), 1 Jack Snipe (In off over beach and out over Eye Field. Wow! Great pick-up by DG.),
1 Little Gull (Ad surface picking offshore for over an hour. Great.), 6 Sandwich Tern (+, East, then back West.), 2 Common Tern (+, Juvs, West, then back East, then back West fishing continuously.), 8 Guillemot (+, 1’s and 2’s in surf.),
15 Razorbill (+, Incl raft of 12 just offshore.), 300 Chaffinch (+, In off in bunches, out over Freshes.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Peregrine Falcon (Over central scrapes.), 5 Curlew (Pats Pool.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Adult.), 1 Stonechat (Male.) [Andrew Cox]
6 Pintail (West), 10 Red-throated Diver (+, Still several flightless and free flying WP past.), 1 Black-throated Diver (Juv again West just offshore. Still around then.), 3 Manx Shearwater (At least meandering around East then back West, East then back West looking to feed. Then shearing off West.), 200 Gannet (+, Heavy movement East early on 50+ within 10mins. Later streams through, fishing close in just West of Beach Hotel.), 20 Ringed Plover (+, West.), 6 Sanderling (East along shoreline), 8 Dunlin (+, West along shoreline), 6 Little Gull (+, Stonking Ad still with slight pink flush close inshore. Exquisite. Others also Ad’s plus single Juv. ), 8 Sandwich Tern (Through East.), 6 Common Tern (Juvs through East.), 20 Guillemot (+, Still several close inshore, others moving feeding areas offshore.), 15 Razorbill (+, Small rafts and odds and sods just offshore.), 1 Robin (In off and out over Beach.) [Graham Fellows]
3 Red-throated Diver (At least. Offshore.), 20 Gannet (At least. Mixed ages.), 1 Marsh Harrier (Male.), 1 Sandwich Tern (Adult. Close inshore.), 2 Guillemot [Andrew Cox]
1 Green Woodpecker (Calling.), 1 Song Thrush, 1 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch (Possibly two. Feeding on beech mast.) [Andrew Cox]
Saturday 12 October 2019
2 Red-throated Diver (From end of East Bank. Close.), 1 Gannet (Juvenile, end of East Bank. Close inshore.), 5 Marsh Harrier (At least: two adult males, adult female, two juvs.), 1 Kestrel, 1 Water Rail (Calling, near Bishops Hide.), 100 Ringed Plover (Approx. Beach.), 12 Dunlin (Arnolds.), 1 Jack Snipe (Snipes Marsh. Showing well.), 20 Black-tailed Godwit (Ten on Pats; ten on Arnolds.), 2 Greenshank (Arnolds), 2 Kittiwake (Adults, off end of East Bank.), 1 Common Tern (Juvenile. End of East Bank.), 3 Guillemot (At least. End of East Bank. Close inshore.), 2 Razorbill (At least, end of East Bank. Close inshore.), 1 Grey Wagtail (Snipes Marsh.), 2 Stonechat (Pair.) [Andrew Cox]
1 Yellow-browed Warbler (Along track - called 2-3 times and seen in hawthorns), 3 Chiffchaff,
1 Siberian Chiffchaff (In sallows at south end of footpath) [David Griffiths]
2 Spoonbill (Saltmarsh.), 1 Red Kite (Hunting over saltmarsh.) [Andrew Cox]
60 Pink-footed Goose (Bunch from way out, in off over Point.), 700 Wigeon (+, Off the reserve and push a long way West, small numbers dumping on the sea.), 2 Pintail (In off over East Bank), 8 Red-throated Diver (+, SP birds with several scruffy moulting and at least 2 flightless.), 2 Great Crested Grebe (West.), 40 Gannet (+, West and East, some fishing action too.), 1 Hen Harrier (Ringtail from far out, in off over East Bank. A stellar moment.), 100 Ringed Plover (+, West, in small parties including the odd Dunlin and Turnstone.), 1 Mediterranean Gull (Ad through West.), 6 Guillemot (+, Very actively feeding and short flights further out.), 10 Razorbill (+, Actively feeding just offshore. Short flights further out.), 10 Skylark (+, Chirruping as they made landfall.) [Graham Fellows]
4 Marsh Harrier (Immature male, female & two juvs.), 1 Water Rail (Calling near eastern sluice.), 100 Golden Plover (At least. West sise & harbour.), 1 Grey Wagtail (Eastern side.), 3 Stonechat (Pair plus male.), 2 Wheatear, 14 Bearded Tit (At least two eastern side. At least 12 western side. These showing well.) [Andrew Cox]
1 Nuthatch (Calling.) [Andrew Cox]
Friday 11 October 2019
1 Red-breasted Merganser (Female west.), 2 Red-throated Diver (At least.), 2 Gannet (Adult west, juvenile east.), 24 Turnstone (At least.), 1 Little Gull (Adult.), 3 Common Gull (On the beach.), 1 Sandwich Tern (West.), 1 Guillemot (At least.) [Andrew Cox]
1 Great Northern Diver (East, splash-landed off Gramborough.), 1 Grey Heron (In off from way out.), 1 House Martin (West along tideline) [Graham Fellows]
Thursday 10 October 2019
120 Pink-footed Goose (+, Group of 3 pushing SW hard and high from way out NE. Large flock of easily 120 West at distance.), 3 Greylag Goose (In off over East Bank from way out.), 2 Gadwall (West.), 2 Pintail (Drake and Duck, West.), 8 Grey Plover (Incl a party of 4 with a Barwit, West.), 2 Knot (West), 2 Sanderling (West), 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Single with 4 off Grey Plover.), 6 Curlew (Singles West.), 4 Guillemot (Close inshore), 25 Razorbill (+, Singles and in small rafts still.), 40 Skylark (+, Many coming in off.), 6 Shore Lark (Came in from way out, NE, on a good general Passerine movement. Then veered West reasonably close in and pushed towards the Point.) [Graham Fellows]
Wednesday 09 October 2019
1 Pintail (Female West.), 10 Common Scoter (Raft just offshore.), 1 Manx Shearwater (Through East like a train.), 10 Spoonbill (Over East Bank in to Simmond’s.), 1 Sanderling (Shoreline with Ringed Plover.), 1 Jack Snipe ( Doing its ‘Bobbing’ dance back of Snipes Marsh.), 40 Little Gull (+, Offshore from Beach Hotel, West.), 2 Common Tern (West.), 1 Grey Wagtail (Snipes Marsh.), 1 Ring Ouzel (Rear of Snipes crashed into Hawthorns, disappeared), 2 Yellow-browed Warbler (Walsey track with Chiffies, and Southern Willows with Long-tailed Tits.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Water Rail (photo-bombed one of the Jack Snipe),
2 Jack Snipe (Snipes Marsh ), 1 Grey Wagtail (In briefly on Snipes), 2 Yellow-browed Warbler (In lane - one with Long Tailed Tits, other with a Chiffchaff), 1 Chiffchaff [David Griffiths]
1 Jack Snipe (Pope's Marsh, Iron Road) [Kath & Mick Claydon]
35 Pink-footed Goose (+, Through WSW-ish.), 1 Velvet Scoter (Ad female, West reasonably close.), 5 Red-throated Diver (+, Still at least one flightless bird.), 1 Black-throated Diver (East, not aged.), 2 Mediterranean Gull (2 off 2nd Win, one West, another East.), 3 Sandwich Tern (2 West, 1 East.), 3 Guillemot (+, Still around foraging offshore.), 20 Razorbill (+, Still the predominant Aukses) [Graham Fellows]
Tuesday 08 October 2019
4 Common Scoter (Party from yesterday still loafing offshore.), 1 Velvet Scoter (Drake West through a rainbow. Daymaker.), 10 Red-throated Diver (+, Still good surf action WP, SP and Juvs plus incl several flightless birds now ), 25 Ringed Plover (+, West and birds on shoreline.), 2 Grey Plover (West.), 5 Redshank (West in bits and pieces.), 2 Sandwich Tern (East, fishing.), 4 Guillemot (Small numbers foraging separate from Razors.), 40 Razorbill (+, Rafts foraging just offshore.) [Graham Fellows]
1 Great White Egret (Non-breeding, grazing marsh East of Salthouse Beach road.) [Graham Fellows]
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