A couple of recent trips in what has been a relatively slow Autumn for birding.
A couple of recent trips in what has been a relatively slow Autumn for birding.
First was a visit to Dungeness, after seeing the Beluga whale on the Thames.
Dungeness is a top venue, always with something out of the norm. Highlights were 5 Heron and Egret species within about an hour! (Great White Egret, Bittern, Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, Little Egret) including the 3 Egrets pretty much simultaneously.. Little being the last to be found amazingly.
Garganey, and Ruff the other highlights, plus Great Northern and Red- throated Divers offshore.
This was followed by a weekend around Cley in North Norfolk. Another premier location, but the going was tough this weekend with terrible weather on the Saturday (Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Great Northern and Red-throted Diver, Common Scoter, and Jack Snipe the highlights, plus 10 Ruff, and Pink-footed Geese).
Sunday's weather was fine, with a hint of easterlies, and many migrants appeared on the coast throughout the day. My best was a Ring Ouzel at Stiffkey. I managed to be surrounded by people talking Yellow-Browed Warbler sightings in wells wood, without actually seeing a bird. Wells Wood can be a nightmare at times.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QfQeEmENFDYHjTce9
First was a visit to Dungeness, after seeing the Beluga whale on the Thames.
Dungeness is a top venue, always with something out of the norm. Highlights were 5 Heron and Egret species within about an hour! (Great White Egret, Bittern, Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, Little Egret) including the 3 Egrets pretty much simultaneously.. Little being the last to be found amazingly.
Garganey, and Ruff the other highlights, plus Great Northern and Red- throated Divers offshore.
This was followed by a weekend around Cley in North Norfolk. Another premier location, but the going was tough this weekend with terrible weather on the Saturday (Great Skua, Arctic Skua, Great Northern and Red-throted Diver, Common Scoter, and Jack Snipe the highlights, plus 10 Ruff, and Pink-footed Geese).
Sunday's weather was fine, with a hint of easterlies, and many migrants appeared on the coast throughout the day. My best was a Ring Ouzel at Stiffkey. I managed to be surrounded by people talking Yellow-Browed Warbler sightings in wells wood, without actually seeing a bird. Wells Wood can be a nightmare at times.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QfQeEmENFDYHjTce9
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