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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 30 April 2010

30 April 2010

Five Swifts hawking over the village this evening - looking very much like they have come home.

Wednesday 28 April 2010

28 April 2010

A lovely Woodchat Shrike was found in the S Dunes this afternoon by person or persons unknown, and Collective members were out in force to see it this evening. Being in the middle of an OFSTED inspection at work, I only managed to hear about it because I bumped into Neil in Tescos! Ted's video below.
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Monday 26 April 2010

26 April 2010

Red-Rumped Swallow south (A Grieve),Hobby north dunes 2,Little Egret north dunes,
Ring Ouzel north dunes 2,Greenshank north dunes,Lesser redpoll 2,Tree Pipit 3,Tim.

Sunday 25 April 2010

25 April 2010

A more overcast day today, until late afternoon. Tim saw a Woodlark in the N Dunes this morning, and presumably the same one was later independently found again by Pete further south. Colin, Tim and I looked for it again but dipped. Evidently though there had been a fall of Wheatears, with about 20 flicking about in a small patch of the N Dunes just below the Warren. There was also a Sedge Warbler near the Chalet Park and Pete had a Hobby as he was digging up Rhododendrons. Tim saw the year's first Little Terns yesterday, and some Bar-tailed Godwits. Sean

Also seen today were single Black Redstarts in the South Dunes and the Village, a Ring Ouzel in the South Dunes and six Yellow Wagtails down Low Road. Tim also found a Tree Pipit on the N Dunes & 3 Lesser Whitethroats on the S Dunes bank. Peter

Saturday 24 April 2010

24 April 2010

A Ring Ouzel was on the playing field before flying to the paddocks this morning. Also several late Fieldfares in the paddocks, and a Yellow Wagtail. Whitethroats, Blackcaps, Willow Warblers and Swallows all singing on a lovely Spring morning. A Red Kite came through mid-morning.

Tuesday 20 April 2010

20th April 2010

One Black Redstart in the South Dunes this morning and eight Wheatears in the North Dunes in the evening.
Peter.
1 Black Redstart Chalet park 6.00am, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Whimbrel N Dunes, 2 House Martins, 4 Wheatears N Dunes, 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Tim.

Monday 19 April 2010

18 April 2010

Tim's sightings -1 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Fulmar, 2 Med Gull, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 150 Golden plover. All North Dunes
1 Sedge Warbler, South Dunes pm.

17 April 2010

Tim's sightings -1 Red Kite, 9 Whimbrel, 1 Whitethroat, 8 Cranes, 1 Hen Harrier, 3 Yellow Wagtails. All North Dunes.

Monday 12 April 2010

10 April 2010

Two Buzzards circling together seen on a couple of occasions. Also two Wheatears and a Swallow.
Peter.
5 Fulmars; 3 Wheatears north dunes; 1 Buzzard; 1 Kingfisher East Somerton.
Tim

Wednesday 7 April 2010

6 April 2010

1 Redshank N dunes; Hooded crow N dunes; 1Rock Pipit N dunes; 2 Sand Martin; 2 Common Cranes.

7th April 2010

Male Blackcap in the garden this morning.

Monday 5 April 2010

4 April 2010

Wheatear N dunes, Purple Sandpiper and Rock Pipit on groynes, Hooded Crow N dunes, Canada Goose, N Dunes.

Sunday 4 April 2010

3 April 2010

Tim's sightings. 1 Hooded Crow north dunes, 1 Black Redstart chalet park.

Friday 2 April 2010

2 April 2010

One Black Redstart in the South Dunes this morning. The only other migrant was a male Reed Bunting in my garden briefly.