There she doesn’t blow!

Went to Eccles* to look for the Humpback Whale that has been reported on and off over the last few weeks heading slowly North along the East Norfolk coast.No birders, no whalers, a lovely afternoon, but no Whale.

Big compensation would have been a Lapland Bunting that flew over but couldn’t be relocated. I assumed it may have been with the hundred or so Snow Buntings on the beach but I couldn’t find it. Two Black-throated Divers lingered off-shore for a while and two Red-throated Divers flew past. Other than that, a few flocks of Eider, a flock of Common Scoter, and the occasional Gannet were noted along with a lot of Grey Seals.

*A place I knew from my many boyhood summer holidays spent there. I worked out it was about 35 years since I’d been here last!

  

Otter

No birds, but an Otter glimpsed at Fowlmere. My first for quite some time.

Fowlmere
14 November 2013 12:40 - 13:39
Patchy cloud 11C 15NW
Grey Partridge, Grey Heron, Buzzard, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Barn Owl, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Skylark, Long-tailed Tit, Wren, Starling, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Redwing, Robin, Chaffinch, Linnet, Goldfinch, Corn Bunting, Rabbit, Otter

Fowlmere

A very quick early afternoon stroll in the sun. Surprise find was a pair of Blackcaps. Some nice Autumnal colours

Fowlmere & Shepreth L-moor

Extremely quiet. Hardly a bird seen at Fowlmere and less at dusk at Shepreth. A couple of late Common Darters enjoyed the winter sun, including this one resting on the bridge. Maybe this is the last one I’ll see this year?

Glossy Ibis at Rye Meads

Back to my very first patch from when I was a seven year old to tick the Glossy Ibis that I missed two days ago and returned this morning. Quite distant, but a county tick all the same.

Fowlmere

A windy Fowlmere isn’t as exciting as a windy Cornish headland. Results can be pretty similar, in this case: No birds. But the anticipation factor isn’t the same.

A late Red Admiral and Common Darter were enjoying the November sunshine. Four Grey Partridges were in long grass and a Barn Owl in the nest box.