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You have found us. We are a secret group of crack birders who have turned our backs on the machismo, corruption, and backstabbing greed that constitute today's birding scene, and have united together to follow the True Path of non-competitive, collaborative and generally lovely birding-as-meditation-and-spiritual-growth. Consequently, we never see anything. Birds that land right in front of our noses, and which we can identify with our observer book, are written about here. Oh, and they have to be seen in - or from - the parish of Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, or on the walk round past East Somerton Church ruins and up the concrete track to Winterton Holmes (because it's a nice walk which we all do).

Saturday 9 October 2010

9 October 2010

A long morning's birding in the North Dunes produced a nice selection of migrants.  Highlights were a Great Grey Shrike, a flyover Woodlark, definitely two but probably three ringtail Hen Harriers, lots of Bramblings, a very tame Common Redpoll, a male Ring Ouzel, a Bullfinch, hundreds of Meadow Pipits, dozens of Reed Buntings, a Grey Wagtail and a Yellow Wagtail, several Redstarts, several Blackcaps, lots of Chiffchaffs and one Wheatear.  Here is a highly detailed and intimate portrait of the Shrike.

3 comments:

Terry said...

Nice one, Sean..! Sounds like a very good morning. Lots of rare birds seem to be turning up in the Europe, maybe the next mega will be by the concrete blocks - Siberian Thrush??

Sean said...

Funny you should say that Terry - had a very interesting flyover thrush this morning at the totem pole bushes, which seemed to go down between Ted's house and the Church, but which we couldn't relocate. Seemed to have a red throat, all pale underparts, and was bigger than Song Thrush... hmm...

Terry said...

Hmm.. indeed! Shame you didn't see it again. Keep looking - next few weeks are when the megas arrive!