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.
Sunday, 3 June 1984
Saturday, 19 May 1984
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.
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.
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