Quite a while since a birding post so here's a catch up. Been viz-migging on the cliffs a few times and really enjoyed it thanks mostly to the better eyes and especially ears of Andy, Chris and Gary. Species highlight was undoubtedly a serin, the first ever recorded on a viz mig watch at the lighthouse in the god knows how many years Gary and Andy have been recording!
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| A nice male wheatear was a typical spring migrant at Heacham. |
The real spectacle for me though was last week, when to quote Gary an 'unprecedented' sixteen Med Gulls flew south past us one morning, to be followed the next day by another eight or so. Brilliant!
I have only been to Titchwell a couple of times but managed to find a red kite west one morning and my first common sandpiper of the year. No sign or sound of bittern though....oh.... nearly forgot about the seven cranes which later flew across The Wash and have since been seen in Lincolnshire.
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| Male kestrel seen at Titchwell. |
Also done a bit of dipping! Following a phone call from Mark yesterday, a dash to Ringstead did not reveal the hoped for dotterel...the bloody things flying off before I (and anyone else for that matter) got there. Similar story today I am afraid....following a phone call from Paul about a black kite coming west. A repeat of the dash to Ringstead also resulted in (as far as black kites are concerned) the inevitable dip. The home made scones tasted good when I got home though!
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