Titchwell Marsh RSPB Nature Reserve, Norfolk, UK, 27-Feb-2011

12:20 AM - 3:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: To finish Sian's Norfolk weekend a trip to a NW Norfolk birding mecca, with Kim also.
Weather: bright, sunny, cold; no wind.
61 species

Brent Goose X - over Thornham.
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
Common Shelduck X
Gadwall 2
Eurasian Wigeon X
Mallard X
Northern Shoveler X
Northern Pintail 5
Green-winged Teal X
Tufted Duck X
Common Eider X
Velvet Scoter 2 picked out their white wing panels from amongst the common scoters on the sea.
Common Scoter X
Common Goldeneye 1
Common Pheasant X
Little Grebe X
Great Crested Grebe X
Little Egret X
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier 1
Northern Harrier 1 ringtail spotted over the Thornham marshes by several birders who had been diligently searching for it near the new Parrinder Hide. This individual was a long-staying bird identified as an excellent candidate for a true North American harrier. It was certainly much bolder than British hen harriers I've seen & the finer points of its plumage had also been well discussed.
Common Kestrel X
Common Moorhen X
Eurasian Coot X
Northern Lapwing X
European Golden-Plover X
Common Ringed Plover X
Eurasian Oystercatcher X
Pied Avocet X
Spotted Redshank 2 in pool on Thornham marsh.
Common Redshank X
Eurasian Curlew X
Black-tailed Godwit X
Ruddy Turnstone X
Sanderling X
Dunlin X
Ruff 3
Common Snipe X
Black-headed Gull X
Common Gull X
Herring Gull X
Common Wood-Pigeon X
Common Magpie X
Carrion Crow 2
Skylark X
Great Tit X
Blue Tit X
Long-tailed Tit X
Eurasian Wren X
European Robin X
Stonechat 2 flitting on the Thornham marshes.
Eurasian Blackbird X
European Starling X
Dunnock X
Meadow Pipit X
Snow Bunting 10 flitting along the dunes on the beach.
Common Chaffinch X
European Greenfinch X
European Goldfinch X
Twite 20 feeding on the salt marshes in a nice group before taking flight. I picked up on them as we watched the stonechat, confirmed with the birders who had spotted the stonechat.
House Sparrow X

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