Fisher Fleet to the Point, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 04/08/1984

Common Gulls were all over the Fisher Fleet, I got confused with Common Gulls and Herring Gulls. I said that a Common Gull was a Herring Gull. The guide showed me differences: silvery back, black wing tips, yellow feet and yellow bill are all features Herring Gull does not have.

Black Headed Gulls were very common, one juvenile was floating down the river.
Shelducks were spotted on the opposite bank and flying about.
Redshanks came flying over in flocks.

Two Linnets were seen one going towards Point and one coming back.
A group of Goldfinches were seen feeding, with black and red face and yellow wing bars.
A Greenfinch was very noisy whilst listening for a Yellowhammer with their familiar call.

Little Terns hovering and then diving in river after small fish and sand eels.

Wood Sandpiper spotted whilst watching the Little Terns.
Common Sandpipers were seen skimming the waves.

Herons were spotted when we were in the point, one on the salt marshes and one on the river bank near some Canada Geese.

Lots of Kestrels were hovering over marshes hunting for small mammals four were seen at one time. One seen perched on sea wall.

A Skylark's song was first heard then as we looked up we saw the bird.

Oystercatches were seen either in flocks or by themselves piping very loudly, they were quite large black and white birds with a long bright orange beak.

A Bar Tailed Godwit and Curlew flew over together, they were the only ones seen that day.

Common Terns were seen in ones and twos flying about.
Only two Lesser Black Backed Gulls were seen flying together.
About two Sandwich Terns were seen flying about like Common Terns.

As we walked back a thunderstorm broke out and we got saturated.

Twenty species seen.

Syderstone Common, Norfolk, 03/06/1984

Weather: Dull, overcast.

Redpolls, Linnets, Shelducks and a Kestrel were all spotted whilst waiting for others to arrive.
Went onto common and a Blue Tit.
Also Jays being mobbed by Blackbirds whilst we watched we looked up and spotted some Snow Geese.
Later a Common Toad hopped out in front of us.
Dunnock, Willow Warbler, Cuckoo, Swifts and House Martins were all seen.
Two Great Tits seen whilst sitting by a pond.
About eight Yellowhammers seen on heathland marking out territories.
Robin seen when making our way back to car.

Visted Sandringham and spotted a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Blue Tit.

Sixteen species seen.

Reffley Wood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, 19/05/1984

Weather: Dull, overcast.
Dunnock singing from pines.
Magpie feeding in oak tree closely watched by Collared Dove; Magpie maybe eating dove's eggs?
Long-Tailed Tit in oak.
Blackbird mobbing something in woods; a cat? House Sparrows in hedge.
Song Thrush searching in grass for snails, very early in the year for thrushes to resort to snails.
Robin in pine tree singing its winter song as it's between broods. Wren with loud song from undergrowth.
Pines eaten by [Grey] Squirrels. Nothing growing under pines. Goldcrest singing in Scot's pine. Blue Tit feeding in Douglas fir.
Chiff Chaff not so common this year as Sahara Desert has spread over its wintering area.
Yellowhammer singing 'a little bit of bread and no cheese'. Willow Warbler singing its descending song. Garden Warbler singing in dense blackthorn.
Stock Dove flew over and as we looked up we saw a 'Devil Bird' Swift.
[Grey] Squirrel's drey half way popular [sic] tree, it's made of the paper like bark of honey-suckle. When we looked at nearest honey-suckle we found a Wren's nest made of bracken.
Grey Squirrel in ash tree with a [Carrion] Crow's nest at the top.
We climbed a large oak tree and found a Nuthatch nest, after descending the tree and waiting a little while we spotted a parent Nuthatch going to the nest.

Nineteen species spotted.