OK, the missus has taken the boy down to her parents house in London, leaving me to tour the Norfolk coast in pursuit of some winter birding. As the north Norfolk coast has been pretty well devastated by the floods, I've been out in east Norfolk, doing the rounds and seeing what I can find.
I started off at Ludham airfield where the usual wintering flock of Whooper and Bewick's Swans were present. I didn't count them all, but the pager said that there were 27 Whooper and 58 Bewick's, so I'll go with that. There were also about 10 Ruff flying around the nearby fields.
I then headed off to Rush Hills Scrape. The walk to and from the scrape was quite good, with nice views of a ringtail Hen Harrier, Marsh Tits and Long-tailed Tit. The Green-winged Teal was still on the scrape with about 500 Common Teal, but always at the back, so I couldn't take advantage of the good light to get more photos.
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| Whooper and Bewick's Swans, Ludham |
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| Whooper and Bewick's Swans, Ludham |
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| Ringtail Hen Harrier, Potter Heigham |
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| Ringtail Hen Harrier, Potter Heigham |
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| Marsh Tit, Hickling |
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| Marsh Tit, Hickling |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
OK, the missus has taken the boy down to her parents house in London, leaving me to tour the Norfolk coast in pursuit of some winter birding. As the north Norfolk coast has been pretty well devastated by the floods, I've been out in east Norfolk, doing the rounds and seeing what I can find.
I started off at Ludham airfield where the usual wintering flock of Whooper and Bewick's Swans were present. I didn't count them all, but the pager said that there were 27 Whooper and 58 Bewick's, so I'll go with that. There were also about 10 Ruff flying around the nearby fields.
I then headed off to Rush Hills Scrape. The walk to and from the scrape was quite good, with nice views of a ringtail Hen Harrier, Marsh Tits and Long-tailed Tit. The Green-winged Teal was still on the scrape with about 500 Common Teal, but always at the back, so I couldn't take advantage of the good light to get more photos.
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| Whooper and Bewick's Swans, Ludham |
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| Whooper and Bewick's Swans, Ludham |
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| Ringtail Hen Harrier, Potter Heigham |
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| Ringtail Hen Harrier, Potter Heigham |
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| Marsh Tit, Hickling |
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| Marsh Tit, Hickling |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
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