8th May 2015 - Snettisham News!

...and finally we get to my afternoon jaunt around Snettisham coastal park.

Sadly no sign of the three reported Turtle Dove but the long staying female Ring Ouzel was still present, as was a male Wheatear.

The stars of the show, as the rain approached, were three Cuckoo which gave reasonable flypast views as the skies darkened.

The usual troop of Sedge, Reed, Cett's and Willow Warbler were present, as were Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat and Chiffchaff.

A soaking followed so a hasty retreat for home was made.

8th May 2015 - Non-Snettisham News Part 2

With the showy Grey Wagtail giving us our fill we moved on for a walk around Sculthorpe Moor. The reserve was fairly quiet overall but we were treated to a first look at the new tower hide which is close to completion.










We decided to head up to Cley to see what was lurking in one of Norfolk's most popular reserves, a few highlights below.

We finished the day with trying to photograph Little Grebe at Bircham duck pond. Unfortunately they remained distant so resorted to feral Geese and youths!

8th May 2015 - Non-Snettisham news Part 1

A day off work so decided to venture to Sculthorpe with Richard to try and see/photograph the pair of Grey Wagtail, we were not disappointed.

Little more text worth adding so enjoy the photos.

Non Snettisham News - Red-Legged Partridge

I've not been able to get down to Snettisham in recent days due to a mixture of weather and tiredness, mostly the latter. 

So here is a Red-Legged Partridge from near Docking today.

Also good to see Mr Corn Bunting back on his roadside perch near Docking, singing away as per usual.

Snettisham beginnings

Despite living in Snettisham for around 10 months now I have only really gained the motivation to visit the Snettisham area for birding on a regular basis.
Fueled by a superb new Canon 1D mark iii I am finding the coastal park area a great place for birding and photographing birds. 
I have taken a few photos of birds i've never photographed before in the last couple of weeks and a few of them can be found below.
Now i'm caught up I will update this blog after every visit with new photos (hopefully) and new sightings (hopefully!).

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