A lovely calm sunny day after several days of wind and rain. The Dartford Warbler was still in the south west corner of the reserve in gorse bushes near MM’s house. A pair of Lesser Redpoll flew over calling but there was only a single Great Crested Grebe on the sea. I headed over toContinue reading “Wednesday 4th November 2020”
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Friday 30th October 2020
The next few days were forecast to be wet and windy and so I decided to head to NO earlier than planned to try and beat the forecast. Unfortunately it wasn’t much better today, windy with drizzle and sea spray in the air, quite challenging. The highlight was five Spoonbill initially sleeping and then feedingContinue reading “Friday 30th October 2020”
Monday 26th October 2020
The first time I raised my binoculars was for a patch tick, a Green Woodpecker on the grass near the NP Hide. The Dartford Warbler was still in gorse bushes near the beach although I only heard it today. The sea was quiet with just a Great Crested Grebe off shore. At B Water theContinue reading “Monday 26th October 2020”
Sunday 25th October 2020
I headed to NO hoping that the stormy weather might have brought something in. I had to dodge the showers and at one stage got caught in a torrential downpour of hail. An Avocet on the scrape from DL’O hide was my first for NO and 69 Shoveler was my highest count here. I alwaysContinue reading “Sunday 25th October 2020”
Patch Birding 