Wednesday 30 October 2019

The Brecks - 2.3.19

Otters! Thanks to George for his photo.

I again joined George and Matt for a trip up to the Brecks in the hope of some good birds and a couple of overdue Norfolk ticks. First stop was Santon Downham where a nice walk along the river produced the goods with 2 Marsh Tit, Woodlark, 2 Mandarin, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 2 Crossbill and a drumming Lesser-spotted Woodpecker which was one of my 2 wanted Norfolk ticks! The other bonus was 2 Otter that showed down to a few feet at times.

Goshawk

We then headed up to the (un)secret viewing area near Cockley Cley where after a 20 minute wait we connected with a pair of Goshawk chasing each other around. The 2nd of the Norfolk ticks I was hoping for and embarrassingly my first Goshawk since 1992! 3 male Yellowhammer were seen too.

Woodlark (right)

Brandon was our next stop hoping to connect with a Great Grey Shrike in one of the plantations. We failed in our quest although typically it was seen half an hour after we left. We did however see 4 Woodlark, 8 Brambling and a Marsh Tit.

Our final destination was Cavenham Heath where we saw possibly the first 4 Stone Curlews in the country.

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