A visit to North Norfolk early in the year really kick starts the year list, and Sunday 7th January was no exception. We arrived at Titchwell early morning with plenty of common ducks and waders on view, including a small flock of wintering Avocet. From one of the hides a number of Shoveler were giving good […]

My first visit of 2015 to my local patch. A great morning with bright sunshine and blue skies. A total contrast to the Trent Valley, where it was thick fog, hampering our search for the local Great Grey Shrike. So a few common birds for the year – Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Jay,

We spent a day at North Shields Fish Quay, Northumberland on Saturday 3rd January 2015. The fish quay is a great place for “White-winged” Gulls during the winter months and we were not to be disappointed. Two 1st winter Glaucous Gull, a 2nd winter Iceland Gull and a “Viking Gull” (Glaucous x Herring Gull Hybrid)

A Little Bustard was discovered in flight over fields near Bridlington, East Yorkshire on 31st December 2014. The bird was relocated in a Kale field and remained in the field till dusk and triggered one of the biggest “Twitches” for sometime. Fortunately, the Little Bustard, an immature, as still present on 1st January 2015 and was

A male Spectacled Warbler has taken up residence in the Sueda Bushes around Gun Hill at Burnham Overy Staithe in North Norfolk. It has been there for some 9 days and has been building a so called cock-nest, something that sylvia warblers have a habit of doing, with the aim of trying to attract a mate.