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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).

Friday 15 October 2010

15th October 2010

A trip down the Valley this morning produced about 10 Chiffchaffs, a few Goldcrests and fantastic views of a roosting Tawny Owl. The other major feature was the northward passage of Chaffinches with well over 100 being seen in an hour. They were accompanied by a few Siskins and also 12 Lapland Buntings.

Duty done, and with a day off ahead of me, it was now time to set off for Waxham to finally see the Bluetail...