28th August 2012 Another hot day, the bird highlight at Thorpe was one inquisitive Sedge Warbler, with a wader total of zero. Lots of d...

26th August 2012 Still not too much happening locally on the bird front, but a bit of impromptu mothing turned up an Angle Shades at t...

24th August 2012 Another couple of hours spent looking for non-specific bird species. I paid particular attention to a couple of tit fl...

22nd August 2012 We went out for a drive around the Yare Valley this afternoon, taking in the new village sign at Limpenhoe, which like...

20th August 2012 Another scorchingly hot day, but as there have been a few birds on the move recently I gave Thorpe Marsh another look....

17th August 2012 In a change of tack I decided to look for an inland Pied Flycatcher, and decided that the most likely place for one to...

16th August 2012 My exciting new feature "where aren't there any birds" continued this evening at Thorpe, where there wer...

15th August 2012 I try to keep an eye on birds being seen at other inland reservoirs and country parks to act as an indication of what ...

14th August 2012 Whilst camping at East Runton we did a bit of moth-trapping with Peter. We caught around twenty species, several of wh...

12th August 2012 We attended a moth morning at Strumpshaw Fen, presided over by Ben . Two traps were put out, one in the woods and one ...

11th August 2012 A quick visit to Thorpe Marsh before the football saw three Green Sandpipers on the scrape, and a Green Woodpecker flew...

9th August 2012 With another sunny afternoon it seemed like a good time to make our annual visit to Warham Camp. Butterflies were very ...

9th August 2012 It turns out that instead of looking for waders at Thorpe, I should have been looking for ducks at Whitlingham.  Luckil...

8th August 2012 Another trip to Thorpe in search of waders, however as the Green Sandpiper had departed there was no luck on that score. ...

6th August 2012 With waders beginning to stack up at Cantley, I decided to give Thorpe a look.  I hadn't been there long when a wad...