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This is the first post on the blog as I work on the final refinements of the, hopefully soon, released website, watch this space!
A long weekend travelling to Norfolk to visit the normal birding haunts did not as I hoped, produce the results you would expect. The areas visited were Cley, Snettisham & Titchwell. I suppose the best of the trip was Spotted Redshank, White Rumped Sandpiper (Breydon water) Curlew Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper as a few. With easterly winds not appearing the sea was reasonably empty a few Arctic skuas, and Poms moving with the terns moving south quickly.
Saturday mid-day / evening I moved to Marshside the opposite side of the country near Southport, hopeing to connect with the Great White egret and Imm Glossy Ibis and whatever else decided to drop in, was it worth the long drive? yes the two target species duly found, sadly not close enough for the wished for picture. On the raptor side the usual were in evidence Osprey, Merlin, Hobby, Kestrel, Buzzard and Peregrine. A quick visit to Martin mere only got me an Avocet and a couple of waders, Pectoral Sandpiper and Ruff. It was nice to get the cobwebs out of the system after such a prolonged illness and look forward to some interesting birds in the final passage of the year
