The most recent Whitlingham Bird Report (2025) can be found here
The previous Whitlingham Bird Report (2024) can be found here
The Whitlingham Bird Report (2023) can be found here
The Whitlingham Bird Report (2022) can be found here
The Whitlingham Bird Report (2021) can be found here
The Whitlingham Bird Report (2020) can be found here
The Whitlingham Bird Report (2019) can be found here
The Whitlingham Bird Report (2018) can be found here
The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2017 can be found here.
The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2016 can be found here.
The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2015 can be found here.
The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2014 can be found here.
The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2014 can be found here.
The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2013 can be found here.
The Whitlingham Bird Report for 2012 can be found here.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed sightings, information and photos to these reports.
Hi James, although I can't add anything to the bird list myself I can't see Red-rumped Swallow on your list. I seem to remember one was claimed and photographed at Whitlingham a couple of years ago. Don't know if the record was considered genuine or not. Look forward to the book. Cheers Steve Smith.
ReplyDeleteHi Steve. Thanks for that - I have woefully neglected this list, have just added on the Red-rumped Swallow. It was accepted by the county rarities committee, so good enough for me. I never saw a photo of it, but there could well be one kicking around somewhere, I think the finder has agreed to right up the sighting for us. Regards, James.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your dedication to your patch! Just need shown your blog by Dave White. Well impressed.
I wondered if there were any nightingales heard or seen this year?
Best wishes,
Henry
Hi Henry, thanks for that.
DeleteNo, sadly the population in Norfolk seems to have completely crashed. At Whitlingham we used to get one or two singing males each year up until 2018. There were none in 2019, 2 reports in 2020 but just for one day and not in the usual territory, and no reports at all this year.
Best wishes,
James
Hello James I was at WCP yesterday from 08:30 until 16:00. As I was leaving a looked through a flock of gulls over the barn. There appeared to be one tube nose, very fulmar like. I realise it would be an unlikely setting but I wondered if you have heard any similar reports? Ann
ReplyDeleteHi Ann. Thanks for flagging this up, but no, there hasn't been anything like this mentioned in local birding groups or on eBird, and there has only been one Norwich sighting in the past 20 years on BirdGuides. So whilst possible, I'd agree that it would be very unlikely - a bill deformity or something stuck to the beak of a gull would perhaps be more likely alternatives. Best wishes, James.
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