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NORFOLK: Late July round-up and patch 100

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Late July 2013 With my wedding fast approaching (along with a house move and new job) updates may be sporadic over the summer, for whic...

WHITLINGHAM: July counts and Essex Skippers

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21st July 2013 I tend to avoid Whitlingham at weekends when it gets hot, but there was no avoiding it today as I had the WeBS count to ...

BROADS: Can you identify this Carpet moth?

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Earlier this week I got to examine a trap of moths caught in a garden in Barton Turf. Most of them were straightforward (and included a Ghos...
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MID-NORFOLK: Crested Cow-wheat at last

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7th July 2013 Last year we made three attempts to see this particular plant. The first two occasions we failed to find the only place i...
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WHITLINGHAM: Summer is here

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30th June 2013 A rather typical mid-summer visit to Whitlingham, hot, lots of people and not that many birds. In fact the most interest...

THORPE: Carey's Meadow & Thorpe Marsh

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29th June 2013 I have rather neglected the Thorpe side of my patch this spring, so I decided to have a walk down to Thorpe Marsh today....

BROADLAND: Hickling Swallowtails

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27th June 2013 A day off, nominally to go to the Norfolk show, saw Cathy & I instead head off to Hickling. We were mainly looking for...

WHITLINGHAM: June counts and some micro moths

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22nd June 2013 An overcast mid-summers day did not is not usually a great day for a Whitlingham visit, but it was WeBS weekend and Sund...
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NORTH NORFOLK: Holt Roller

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18th June 2013 A Roller found near Holt on Sunday afternoon was a bird that I particularly wanted to see, but it wasn't until Tuesd...

WHITLINGHAM: Summer hail

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15th June 2013 Sometimes you get the idea that a trip isn't going to go well. I arrived at Whitlingham to find my normal car park c...

BROADLAND: Catfield Fen

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9th June 2013 Today was the open day at Catfield Fen. This broadland reserve, owned by Butterfly Conservation, is usually closed to the...

WHITLINGHAM: Hobby & an unusual Swift

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30th May 2013 An overcast day, once again bringing the Swifts and hirundines low over the Great Broad. There had been a change in the r...

WHITLINGHAM: More Swifts and some interesting insects

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25th May 2013 Still plugging away at Whitlingham, I arrived to find another huge Swift invasion under way. There were literally hundred...

WHITLINGHAM: Swifts, Cuckoo and May Shoveler

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18th May 2013 An appointment in the city meant that I didn't get down to Whitlingham until lunchtime, but the overcast weather mean...

WHITLINGHAM: Red-rumped Swallow (no, I didn't see it)

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13th May 2013 There is probably no more frustrating time to hear that a rare bird has been seen on your local patch than Monday morning...