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LAPWING Only 3 Lapwing visible across Eye Field-Bull Marsh, Cricket Marsh, Keepers (1 Bu4, 1 Cr1, 1displaying over K3).
OYSTERCATCHER 2 on Eye Field; 2 on Bu4
MUTE SWAN 1 ?s/a (pale bill) CDrain/Beach Rd junction; pair ads grazing by gate into Cr1 (Beach Rd).
30 March
LITTLE GREBE 1 calling from Snipes; 1 calling from Dons.
MUTE SWAN 2 on South Pool and 1 K3 south; 2 together walking across Po3
EGYPTIAN GOOSE 1 Eye Field
SHOVELER Pair on Snipes.
MOORHEN 1 in CDrain/Sa1
LAPWING 2 males on Po2 (NW & SE); 1 Watling Water; only 3 visible across E1-2-3 (one Pope’s Pool, 2 Serp.
OYSTERCATCHER 2 on Cr1
AVOCET 11 on Swan Lake.
BUZZARD 1 up from N.Foreland
SKYLARK 4 by Car Park Pool/Eye Field.
CETTI’S WARLER 1 calling Snipes.
CHIFFCHAFF 1 singing N.Foreland
TAWNY OWL calling from North Foreland.
STOCK DOVE calling from North Foreland
CETTI’S WARBLER calling from Snipes’ Marsh
LITTLE GREBE 1 calling from Don’s Pool.
CANADA GOOSE Pair edge of reeds SW corner Don’s.
LAPWING 8 (at least 2 females) across E1-2-3.
OYSTERCATCHER 2 ‘chasing’ on E2 + 2 on Arnolds.
MARSH HARRIER male caught prey near Arnolds and carried it high at least as far as West Bank.
GREAT EGRET 1 east across East Bank towards Babcock; 10min later ?same flying, with full crop, west over East Bank and dropped down at Big Pool (NB: bill colour dull grey).
RINGED PLOVER 2 on Arnolds, one in display flight.
LAPWING 5 displaying males across reserve; couldn’t see any females around.
OYSTERCATCHER 2 together on Bu4.
GREYLAG GOOSE lots of pairs…..!
5 MARCH – 3 single male Lapwings ‘properly’ displaying over E2/Serpentine; activity has been steadily increasing over past week.
A fascinating video of a natural behaviour that goes on all the time, we just rarely see it. Thank you for sharing it. Sad for the Shelduck but they are long-lived birds and he’ll no doubt find another mate. Good for the badger, though, as this shows she’s fit and able to care for her own young. Badger footprints are not uncommon along coastal footpaths so I’m not surprised they are in Blakeney.