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| Stonechat at Dersingham Bog |
Birding over the bank holiday weekend was quiet despite the glorious weather. A pleasant walk around Dersingham bog produced good views of stonechat and tree pipit but not the hoped for woodlark. There was plenty of buzzard activity and a few common lizards running around on the sandy tracks. Give it a few more days and the first nighjars should be on site...always a highlight of the summer.
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| Young shag was on Hunstanton cliffs |
Next day saw us taking a walk along the cliffs in the evening sunshine. The beach had quietened down a bit (it had been thronging with folk earlier on) and I was surpised to see seven shags roosting on the cliffs. Shags are a bit like small cormorants and are more typically found on rockier coasts further north or west.
During the winter there had been up to sixty birds roosting on the cliffs, the bulk of these have moved on to their breeding grounds. This bird, panting to keep cool in the heat, is wearing a ring, I'll let you know if I determine it's origin.
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| Sedge warbler at Titchwell |
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| Male garganey on Patsy's Pool |
A trip to Titchwell Marsh yesterday saw me scoping this cracking male garganey and listening to this sedge warbler which was at times doing a passable imitation of several other bird calls including yellow wagtail, swallow and bearded tit.
The winds are set to turn southerly today with rain. I am hoping for a good morning's migration watching on the cliffs tomorrow........
