Leader: David Gibbons
Reporter: Jacquie Fenn Species List: Seamus O’Dowd It was a cold damp November morning when the group met at Denver Sluice hoping that the forecasted rain would keep at bay. We were greeted by Cormorants, Great Crested Grebes and a very obliging Kingfisher which was perching on a reed as we looked along the drain. Moorhens, Tufted Duck and a friendly Wren made an appearance. As we crossed over the road to look over the fields we were delighted to see a small flock of Yellowhammers in the hawthorn along with Redwing and Redshanks on the flooded fields beyond the hedgerow.
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Leader: Steve Chapman
Reporter: Deborah Duckham The weather forecast on the days leading up to Saturday, 29th October weren’t very inspiring. In fact, it looked as if we’d be drowned out for most of the day, but happily we can report that apart from a little rain at the start of the day, we escaped pretty unscathed. Leader: Nick Edwards
Reporter: David Laurie Six of us met at the car park at 8:30 on a sunny morning with a light NW wind. Alongside were some fine Yellow Wagtails among the cattle, plus Pied Wagtails, a Meadow Pipit and a few Swallows overhead. A good start. Setting out towards the sea wall we found Greenfinch, Goldfinch, House Sparrow and Reed Bunting in the planted strip beside the path and in the hedgerows, while the pools to the left held a good selection of ducks, still mostly in eclipse, and waders including Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit and Dunlin. There were plenty of Little Egrets today, but no Spoonbills on this occasion. Leader: Chris Stone
Reporter: Cath Robinson Bird List: David Gibbons Seven intrepid members braved the temperatures of the second heatwave of the year to begin a long birding session with the afternoon walking along the Snettisham beach scrub area looking out over the lagoons of Wild Ken Hill and then with others joining them, they went on to a celebrated wader spectacular at high tide viewed from the RSPB reserve at Snettisham. But the afternoon first: In fact, there was a wonderful sea breeze and it wasn’t that hot.... Coordinator and reporter: Nick Edwards
It was nice to see new members turning out for the nightjar’s evening: Many of them had never seen a nightjar before. The evening was cloudy with no moon, which wasn’t ideal. We waited patiently for the nightjars to begin their churring. Then, in the evening gloom, we caught sight of a female nightjar flying around catching insects and occasionally calling. One bird nearly settled on the overhead wires. In all we had just 3 females flying over, but no males were seen, unfortunately. |
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