Having seen the 1st winter Wilson’s Phalarope on Fishtail Lagoon I headed over to NO. The highlight was one of the first birds I saw, a lovely Firecrest in oaks opposite the gate to the NP hide, associating with a mixed flock of Long-tailed Tits and Goldcrests. The sea was fairly quiet other than aContinue reading “Saturday 10th October 2020”
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Monday 5th October 2020
A walk through the scrub and bushes beyond NP hide produced lots of calling Chiffchaffs and there were still good numbers of Swallow passing through, perhaps 100 and half a dozen Wheatear feeding along the tideline. Later, I watched an immature male Marsh Harrier quartering over the reed beds adjacent to B Water and aContinue reading “Monday 5th October 2020”
Tuesday 29th September 2020
I explored the south west bushes to start with and was rewarded with a very close Short-eared Owl quartering around the pool near MM’s house. A Spoonbill drifted high overhead towards B Water. An impressive passage of hundreds of House Martins and Swallows included the odd Sand Martin and a Sedge Warbler at the edgeContinue reading “Tuesday 29th September 2020”
Saturday 26th September 2020
An obvious passage of at least 40 House Martins with lots of vocal Chiffchaffs and an obvious movement of Redpoll including a flock of 10 on the ground which I was able to get in the scope. Several newly arrived Wheatears with around 6 in total and a vocal Marsh Tit accompanied me on myContinue reading “Saturday 26th September 2020”
Patch Birding 