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Mar 2018
6:10pm, 13 Mar 2018
1,044 posts
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J2R
I managed to visit the normally fabulous Titchwell Marsh reserve on the north Norfolk coast on Sunday without seeing much at all, which is a kind of reverse achievement! I missed the snowy owl which had been in the area for the previous couple of days (but had moved east along the coast overnight), and I didn't manage to see the long-tailed ducks which were offshore, nor the goldeneye (although I did see a great crested grebe on the sea, which I found odd as I'd only ever seen them on freshwater before). I did get good views of grey and ringed plovers, as well as avocets, Mediterranean gulls, pochards, teal, godwits, redshank, and a variety of geese, so it's probably not fair to say I didn't see much, just less than usual.
The best sighting, in fact, was a couple of bramblings on the feeders - we usually get them in small numbers in the garden in winter but I've hardly seen any this year. Still, a thoroughly enjoyable visit nonetheless, and positively balmy by comparison with how it often is there (i.e., with several layers of technical clothing and a good windproof, waterproof shell it was possible to avoid feeling frozen).
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Mar 2018
6:12pm, 13 Mar 2018
17,960 posts
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Wriggling Snake
Snipe. Shall check. Ta.
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Mar 2018
6:50pm, 13 Mar 2018
1,105 posts
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Heinzster
Whoopers were on the shore of Lough Neagh near Castle Dawson. They look like flocks of sheep from a distance
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Mar 2018
7:23pm, 13 Mar 2018
25,327 posts
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Derby Tup
Things starting to move. No chiff this morning but the small wood is actually a nature reserve and looks great for birds 
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Mar 2018
7:48pm, 13 Mar 2018
32,223 posts
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alpenrose
Identified today in the garden where we have our apres ski drinks, a nutcracker.
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Mar 2018
8:09pm, 13 Mar 2018
25,328 posts
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Derby Tup
Cracking
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Mar 2018
8:11pm, 13 Mar 2018
25,329 posts
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Derby Tup
Just remembered I saw two greater spotted woodpecker today flying a few yards apart 
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Mar 2018
9:57am, 14 Mar 2018
25,334 posts
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Derby Tup
Drumming GSW right above my head and a starling doing a great curlew ‘bubble’ - both wonderful
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Mar 2018
3:50pm, 14 Mar 2018
32,239 posts
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alpenrose
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Mar 2018
10:51am, 15 Mar 2018
2,432 posts
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steve45
This morning looks just right for a mini fall of migrants...somewhere! None here but ...soon!
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