19th February 2015 Early in the morning I received a text to say that a possible Lesser Scaup had been seen on Colney GPs* 1 but it had ...

16th February 2014 I had a bit of time to go out, and I decided that instead of going to Bowthorpe to see the Great White Egret I shoul...

15th February 2015 On Sunday we decided to go on our annual winter visit to Sculthorpe Moor, probably Norfolk's best nature reserve...

7th February 2015 A couple of days of cold north-easterly winds had to bring in some interesting birds to Whitlingham didn't they? ...

1st February 2015 Cathy & I attended a Christening in Felmingham church, and after the service I had a look around to find a carving...

31st January 2015 For my first organised event of the year I went to Earlham Cemetery for a joint walk with the Friends of Earlham Cem...

24th January 2015 This weekend was my birthday weekend, and as I hadn't been to the North Norfolk coast yet this year I went to Tit...

23rd January 2015 Over the winter there has been an impressive Starling murmuration over Norwich, mainly around the Chapelfield/St Stephe...

18th January 2015 I was looking forward to todays WeBS counts, with the forecast cold weather raising the possibility of some winter du...

11th January 2015 Having given Cathy & Sophie a lift to North Walsham I had a couple of hours free to do a bit of birding. I decided ...

11th January 2015 On Saturday afternoon Justin had found a Mediterranean Gull with a flock of Black-headed Gulls on the riverside green a...

10th January 2015 Having enjoyed the Wonder of Birds exhibition at the Castle Museum last year I had mentioned to Cathy that I would li...

During 2014 I came up with a list of 30 target species that I wanted to see. By the end of the year I had managed 12 of the 30. As well as ...

3rd January 2014 A grey and rainy day, but with my Christmas holiday coming to a close I decided to give Whitlingham a look anyway. The...

I have now completed the Whitlingham Bird Report for 2014, based on a combination of my sightings, those told or emailed to me by other loca...