15 May 2012
The last week or so has found me on the coast doing a spot of birding. Titchwell has been windy and quiet, West Acre has been incredibly quiet and Pentney has been equally dull. However I did get an invite into a local garden near the shop and managed to slip out of the shop for twenty minutes, and luckily the
Bramblings were still present.
The garden had five
Bramblings in the last week and one had a completely black head, but for my twenty minutes I had to suffice with just three birds - fantastic.
Interlude with a Greenfinch
and back to the Bramblings
Here a picture of a
Robin after it's swallowed a golf ball
The reserve at Titchwell has been quite disappointing for large numbers of birds recently. But perhaps I've just been at the wrong time, only managing a hour before work.
Gadwall in flight below.
However only a couple of days ago and by the visitor centre a true migrant, my first
Spotted Flycatcher of the year.
And finally some migrants moving through Pentney with this
Whitethroat appearing in the garden. It is now singing daily from the bushes in the field behind.
and then suddenly a
Hobby belted overhead
Back down to the coast and
Avocets are well into breeding
In the last two days there has been a major influx of
Swifts and
House Martins.
Our garden
Robin standing guard
and today at Titchwell the
Bearded Tits were showing reasonably well
and finally a moderately summer plumaged
Black-tailed Godwit
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