Parked at the bend in the road just outside wendover where the Ridgeway enters the woods.
Redwing, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Rook, Mustle Thrush, Pheasant, Kestrel, Wood Pigeon, Robin, Jay, Magpie, Great Tit, Blue Tit.
Category: Birds
Everything about birds
Dancers End in the rain
Two Treecreepers, 2 Goldcrests.
As I was leaving a foxed walked past.
Wilstone on a miserable morning.
Quick walk to the hide at Wilstone before going into town to do some xmas shopping and see Ratatouille.
Had to walk into the wind a rain to get to the hide, water was choppy, saw Redwing. Spend about an hour in the hide before returning, the usual suspects were about: Wigeon, Tufted, Black-headed (starting to get black heads!), also some smaller than Wigeon ducks that I coukld not figure out.
Over on the far bank Canada Geese and a Jay.
Round Ivinghoe
Helen was studying so I went off for a walk. Weather was very clear and sunny but rain threatened. Parked at the NT car park near the beacon. walked down the Lution side of the hill then parallel to the ridge.
Chaffinch were feeding in the Laylandi forect which was very mature and covered a lot of acreage. Then joinned the road at the Deer Leap NT carpark.
Walked back throuh the edge of Ashridge, saw Coal Tit and Jay before getting to the dog kennel place, where you can walk down to the based of Steps Hill.
Walking up steps hill say a small bird of prey mobbing a Buzzard.
Walk round Lee Common
Jay, Redwing, Black Headed Gull, Blackbird, Common Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Chaffinch, Blue Tit.
Arrived at Brighton
Weather gorgeous not many birds about other than Herring Gull, and Lesser Black Backed!
Birds seen in Norfolk in a week
Starling, Black Headed Gull, Wood Pigeon, Magpie, Pheasant, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Swallow, Greater Black-backed Gull, Robin, Wren, Blue Tit, Goldcrest, Long Tailed Tit, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Bearded Tit, Collared Dove, Jackdaw, Canada Goose, Lapwing, Avocet, Ruff, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Golden Plover, Egyptian Goose, Coot, Mute Swan, Dunnock, Pied Wagtail, Linnet, Spotted Redshank, Brent Goose, Sanderling, Knot, Eider, Golden Plover, Oyster catcher, Ringed Plover, Turnstone, Meadow PipitGuillemot, Gannet, Shag, Red Throated Diver, Wigeon., Siskin, Redwing, Pintail, Shoveler, Yellow Browed Warbler, Pink Footed Goose, Coal Tit, Tufted Duck, Whooper Swan, Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Field Fare, Green Finch, Jay, Red Necked Pharalope, Barred Warbler, Canada Goose, Bean Goose.
Another Yellow Browed Warbler
Got up early (06:00) for the Migration watch walk at Minsmere. Saw lots of birds flying in from the sea until the sun came up then they stopped. Down beyond the sluice we saw a Yellow Browwed Warbler, again, (as Forrest would say!)
We saw a Bittern
First went to Dunwich Heath and saw a Dartford Warbler. Then did a walk with a guide round Minsmere, from the East Hide we saw a Bittern fly up from the Bittern reed bed over to the north reed bed.
They feed the phesants on Lime Pickle
Went for a walk in land from Cley and came across a phesant feeder. It had lime pickle on the label!