It looked promising all week, but was stuck at work, and so was keen to get out first thing on Saturday morning. Couldn't decide where to go but eventually settled on Languard. Mainly because a) it’s the quickest coastal spot to get to and b) there had been a Stenjeger’s Stonechat there for the last few days.
Arrived shortly after dawn, and pretty much the first bird I got was an in-off Short-eared Owl. Fifteen minutes later I had found a smart male Ring Ouzel. Wow, this was going to be some day!
Over nine hours later, and rather tired, and with the Stonechat not present, I’d only added Redstart, a couple of Wheatears, and a Rock Pipit. Still great to be out birding all day and a huge fall of Robins and Blackcaps was interesting though at times, slightly irritating.
Norfolk only produced a Radde’s and a Dusky (ignoring the Black-browed Albatross which obviously wasn’t from the east!), whilst my other potential destination, Minsmere, didn’t register anything. Odd considering the charts looked so promising.
Landguard08 October 2016 07:50 - 15:49
Overcast with rain showers 15C 7ENE
Mute Swan, Cormorant, Kestrel, Peregrine, Black-headed Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon, Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Short-eared Owl, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Swallow, Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Wren, Starling, Ring Ouzel, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Redwing, Robin, Redstart, Wheatear, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Linnet, Reed Bunting, Rabbit
