Pallas's Warbler and Red-flanked Bluetail at Holme

 Pallas's Warbler, Holme NWT, 14th October 2020

Red-flanked Bluetail, Holme village car park, 14th October 2020

Blyth's Reed Warbler at Holme

 Blyth's Reed Warbler, Holme NOA, 1st October 2020 - the first for the patch.

Nightjar

Nightjar, undisclosed site, west Norfolk, 28th June 2019

Confiding Goldfinch in the Pine Valley

Goldfinch, Holme NWT Pine Valley, 9th March 2019

A Barn Owl on Holme Marsh

Barn Owl, Holme Marsh, 3rd February 2019

An obliging Grasshopper Warbler

Grasshopper Warbler, Holme NWT, 5th May 2018

Off Patch: an American Bittern in Suffolk

Eurasian and American Bitterns, Carlton Marshes, Suffolk, 15th April 2018

a bit of a 'record shot' as they say.......

January 6th 2018 Wetland Bird Survey Count (Gore Point to Hunstanton)

Pink-footed Goose	1	Redshank	160
Cormorant	17	Greenshank	2
Red-throated Diver	25	Curlew	9
Long-tailed Duck	2	Snipe	18
Shelduck	5	Jack Snipe	1
Wigeon	192	Black-headed Gull	2
Teal	68	Little Gull	4
Shoveler	17	Great Black-backed Gull	18
Mallard	2	Common Gull	25
Oystercatcher	2690	Herring Gull	490
Turnstone	19	Guillemot	3
Grey Plover	278	Skylark	26
Dunlin	26	Shorelark	4
Knot	400	Meadow Pipit	3
Ringed Plover	39	Pied Wagtail	1
Sanderling	190	Rock Pipit	9
Bar-tailed Godwit	800	Reed Bunting	2

Off Patch: a selection form September & October

Autumnal Rustic, Weeting Heath, 16th October 2017

L-album Wainscot, Weeting Heath, 16th October 2017

Small Bloody-nosed Beetle, Dunwich Heath, Suffolk, 13th October 2017

Panagaeus bipustulatus, Heach north dunes, 11th October 2017

The ladybird Platynaspis luteorubra, Cley, 9th October 2017

Apion frumentarium, Cley, 9th October 2017

Red-necked Phalarope, Kelling Water Meadow, 9th October 2017

Araneus quadratus, Roydon Common, 2nd October 2017

Heather Ladybird, Roydon Common, 2nd October 2017

Fly Agaric, Roydon Common, 2nd October 2017

Wangford Warren, 2:50pm, 16th October 2017 - the storm approaches !

Crane

Crane. Holme NWT, 13th May 2017

Off Patch: Red-footed Falcon at Choseley

Red-footed Falcon, female, Choseley, 1st May 2017

Merlin

Came across an incredibly tame Merlin this afternoon whilst caring out working on the grazing marshes.  With no SX50 to hand the only way of capturing this impressive was to digi-bin it resulting in some very pleasing shots!

Cliffs: visible migration Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Counting period: 06:10 - 08:10 Weather: wind SSE4, temperature 4 ℃ Observers: Gary Elton, Andy Brown and Frank Branch S N S N S N Red Kite    1    -    Carrion Crow    1    -    Chaffinch    2    -    Woodpigeon    289    -    Wood Lark    1    -    Greenfinch    9    -    Collared Dove    8    -    Starling    95    -    Linnet    43    -    Magpie    7    -    Tree Sparrow    7    -    Goldfinch    33    -    Jackdaw    9    -    alba wagtail sp.    47    -    Siskin    24    -    Rook    23    -    Meadow Pipit    80    -    Reed Bunting    5    -    Totals: 684 individuals, 18 species, 2:00 hours Bold = Remarkable observation (scarce or rare species or large number)

Red Kite, Hunstanton Cliffs, 22nd March 2017 - Gary Elton

Tree Sparrow, Hunstanton Cliffs, 22nd March 2017 - Gary Elton

Saturday 11th March: Kite, Coltsfoot, Bittern and Holly Speckle

Red Kite, Holme NWT, 11th March 2017

Coltsfoot, Holme NWT, 11th March 2017

Bittern, Holme NWT, 11th March 2017

Holly Speckle, Trochila ilicina, Holme NWT, 11th March 2017

Sparrowhawk feast

This afternoon a female sparrowhawk was feasting on a collared dove kill for over an hour. I didn't see it fly off but only feathers were left behind.  Just a few days ago a male sparrowhawk stunned itself flying into our conservatory window.  After a few short aborted flights it then flew off apparently none the worse for its collision.

(Photos taken through window glass)
[I was hoping to attach a short video but I think it's the wrong file type.]

Off Patch: at LWT Willow Tree Fen

Yesterday a trip to Spalding and beyond to see the long-staying bluethroat, and a very recently created  wetland. Very impressive site looks like they will have fun managing the rush! Also managed to see a nice flock of 24 white-fronts and a variety of wildfowl especially nice numbers of shoveler. Although it didn't feel especially mild (slightly under-dressed), the coot were extremely vocal sorting out territories. Great site will visit again.

More of the presumed 'eastern' Lesser Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat, Holme NWT, 29th January 2017