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EAST NORFOLK: Loads of Cormorants and a winter Skua

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29th January 2012 We spent Sunday afternoon doing a spot of leisurely birding in the Great Yarmouth area. The Velvet Scoter that has spen...

WHITLINGHAM: Week 5 and it's all quiet again

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28th January 2012 Spring was in the air today, with pairs of Egyptian Geese using every vantage point to noisily proclaim their territories...

WHITLINGHAM: Local rarity - Ferruginous Duck

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21st January 2012 Firstly many thanks to those who sent messages regarding the Ferruginous Duck.  As planned I got to Whitlingham on Saturd...
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WHITLINGHAM: Fudge Dark

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19th January 2012 Rather out of the blue a drake Ferruginous Duck was found at Whitlingham on Thursday afternoon.  In hope rather than expe...
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WHITLINGHAM: A probable hybrid and a nice woodland walk

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15th January 2012 So far its been quite slow going at Whitlingham. I noticed an odd-looking female Pochard, which had a uniformly dark hea...

NORTH NORFOLK: Some Shorelarks and Geese

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14th January 2012 In the afternoon we went to Holkham to have a look at the Shorelarks (or Shore Larks as I guess they are meant to be cal...

WHITLINGHAM & THORPE: Ruff Justice

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14th January 2012 In the morning I headed down to Thorpe Marshes in the hope that a group of Ruff that had been seen in midweek by Ricky  w...

NORWICH: City Kingfisher

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10th January 2012 Still not enough light to go anywhere birding after work, but I did see a Kingfisher flying along the river between New...
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BROADLAND: Malthouse Broad

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8th January 2012 We popped down to Ranworth in the afternoon to have a look at the female Ring-necked Duck .  I have a particular affection...

WHITLINGHAM: A more thorough look around

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7th January 2011 My visit on January 1st had been rather rushed as the light was going, so this week I took a bit more time and went around...

NORWICH: Earlham Cemetery

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3rd January 2012 A rainy day meant I spent most of the time indoors, seeing a Jay and a couple of Coal Tits in the garden.  When the rain ...

NORTH NORFOLK: Titchwell trip

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2nd January 2012 Titchwell is always a popular destination early in the year, and so it proved on Monday when we went along for the afterno...

WHITLINGHAM: New Year's Day patch visit

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1st January 2012 I got down to Whitlingham for the first time in the afternoon, and the country park was completely packed with people who ...

THE FAR EAST: Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth

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1st January 2012 My first bird of the year was predictably Collared Dove, but the second bird was less so.  Whilst I was having a cup of t...

FAKENHAM: Intergrade Great Grey Shrike

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30th December 2012 As the year drew to an end, the flagging up of the Fakenham Great Grey Shrike as possibly of the homeyeri race made a tr...