Day 2

Just a quick update as its getting late and i need to get up early for a trip to minsmere for a savi's warbler, heres the highlights from today and some shots.
Red Footed Falcon
Cett's Warbler x 5
Hobby x 16
Stone curlew
Temmink's stint x 2
Bearded tit x 3
Bittern x 4
Common crane x 6
Egyptian goose x 4
were new for the year, other highlights
marsh harrier x 12
cuckoo x 4
barn owl
grasshopper warbler
red kite
little egret x 3
chinese water deer, munjac deer, fox, hare and hairy dragonfly also seen.
9 new for year and trip list is 106 on 2nd day.

Day 1

Just managed a few hours birding today at titchwell rspb and chosley barns, red crested pochard, ruff, green sandpiper and turtle dove were new for year. Also seen were 16 corn buntings, 6 marsh harriers, avocets, lesser white throat and chinese water deer. All set up now and ready for a good nights kip before heading off to lakenheath tomorrow for the red footed falcon :0

Jammy git!!!

Just fluked a pale morph honey buzzard :0 200yards away, could of had some cracking shots but camera is packed in caravan :( gutted. It was 2mls east of sutton bridge :)

Birdman on tour

Norfolk here i come :) 6:30am and setting off, should arrive at 12pm, 2 hours to set the caravan up and its straight into action with a trip to? Whatever the best bird of the day is (pager report). Hopefully my next report will have some bird news :0

MEGA in Northumberland

A COLLARED FLYCATCHER was at low newton by the sea tonight :0 managed to get away from work for this cracker :) it showed well for over 1 hour, also a barn owl flew over.

New lifer for me :)

Good run

My good run of birds continues with a Whimbrel at Burdon moor, not a lot i can be hit with when im in Norfolk now? :) and with 8 Bee eaters reported in Norfolk, could turn out to be a good trip :0

15 min wood sand

A Wood sandpiper was found today at Lamesley water meadows by Paul Davidson which only stayed for 15mins, just the right time for me to tick it :0 shame it did'nt hang around for others to see it aswell ;) i checked the rest of Gateshead today, but nothing new to report. A Temminck's stint at saltholme was tempting :0 but decided to opt out as i was packing my caravan ready for my Norfolk trip which i'm bringing forward as there is a chance of Red Footed Falcon at Lakenheath :0 i'm sure i'll be knee deep in Temminck's and other birds in Norfolk!!! here we go, bring on the ticks :) should be on 230 for the year when i get back, then it's off to the Cairngorms soon after for some more ticks :0 :0 :0 :) and maybe a trip to Mull? could bring me close to the 250 mark, then iv'e still got October in Norfolk :0 hope to top my record of 277.

Wood sandpiper @ Lamesley wm - photo Paul Davidson