Stonechat
Dunlin
Wheatear
Fungi ?
Just don't mention Holkham
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Alex Berryman)
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Alex Berryman)
Yellow-browed Warbler (Alex Berryman)
Brambling
Warbler hunt continues
Winter Wigeon
Female Redstart
Determined in make the most of our stay after the previous days near misses we headed to Cley for some sea watching. We certainly managed to add some good birds on to the trip list including a single Black-throated Diver, 20 Red-throated, Slavonian Grebe, 2 Great Skua as well as a good passage of Gannets, Wigeon & Teal.
We then made the short distance to Salthouse where we did a triangular walk through Kelling and then over Grambrough Hill. Whilst the walk started slowly we did pick up Stonechat & Whinchat then 4 Wheatear that were in the stubble field. A Jack Snipe flushed from one of the channels as we approached the Kelling Pools where there were many Meadow Pipits and Chiffchaff that made us look twice.
As we headed down the shingle our second Richards Pipit was seen before heading into cover and a single Dunlin was feeding in one of the flash pools. As we reached the car we received a message from Ben that there was a Red-breasted Flycatcher at Wareham Greens. Thankfully it didn't take a lot of finding and was a super bird to see up above us. As we walked back up there was another Yellow-browded Warbler calling & a female Redstart. The Radde’s alarm then went off again however we diverted to Wells Woods instead as the gates were going to be locked at 6pm.
At Wells there has been a major fall of Golfcrest’s. There seemed to be 4/5 in every single tree. Mixed in with the Goldcrests were good numbers of Chiffchaffs, however hard we tried we couldn’t find a Radde’s or a Greenish Warbler.
Fish & chips was duly dispatched in Wells harbour before heading back home to our Bed & breakfast to sink a bottle of Merlot.
Many thanks to Alex Berryman who kindly forwarded three images for use on the blog.
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