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WHITLINGHAM: WInter continues...

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28th March 2013 A day off work gave me some time to mount a thorough search of my recording area to look for migrants and the remaining...

WHITLINGHAM: Egyptian Goslings

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23rd March 2013 A Lesser Scaup in Lincolnshire acted as a spur to get down to Whitlingham today, along with my eternal spring target, G...

NORWICH: Waxwings & Peregrine update

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21st March 2013 No sign of spring so far, but a couple of good sightings so far this week. On Monday I saw two Goldcrests in a tree on...

WHITLINGHAM: Spring arrivals are just around the corner

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17th March 2013 It seemed about the right time for Chiffchaffs, so I altered my normal route to take in Trowse Woods and various hedger...

NORWICH: Mousehold lichen

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15th March 2013 Another walk across Mousehold and more excellent lichen. Sometimes known as 'Pixie cups', this is a Cladonia sp...

NORWICH: Garden Blackcap

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10th March 2013 We don't get that many different birds in my garden, but a chance glance out of the window and I noticed this male Bl...

WHITLINGHAM: Flooding & fungi

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10th March 2013 Following a day of rain yesterday, I needed to go to Whitlingham and complete the months WeBS counts. It was snowing wh...

NORWICH: Mousehold frogs and fungi

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8th March 2013 As I had to go to the post depot, I cut across Mousehold Heath and had a look around. I had a look at Vinegar Pond, wher...

NORWICH: Kingfishers & Grey Wagtails

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w/e 8th March 2013 Spring is arriving slowly, and my walks to work have been a bit more interesting of late. Sightings this week includ...

WHITLINGHAM: Too few birds, too many people

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2nd March 2013 Mid-February to Mid-March can sometimes be rather dull at Whitlingham, with waterfowl numbers decreasing and too early f...

NORWICH: City centre Kingfisher

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27th February 2013 A Kingfisher on the River Wensum was a nice sight early morning. It flew east along the river as seen from Fye Bridge. ...

WHITLINGHAM: City Pochard & showy Water Rail

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23rd February 2013 There is only so much time you can spend at home waiting for the Vatican to reply to your job application, so I gave u...

THORPE MARSH: Reed Buntings return

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19th February 2013 Around this time last year Thorpe was enjoying a good run of waders, albeit in frozen conditions, so I decided to av...

THETFORD: Otter time

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17th February 2013 Cathy has wanted to see an Otter for some time, and as she doesn't particularly like Strumpshaw (probably the be...

WHITLINGHAM: Geese arrive and a couple of Nuthatches

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16th February 2013 A small flock of geese on Whitlingham meadows were worth checking out (albeit more for hybrids than tag-along wild g...