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Eastern Rufous Bush Chat

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Taken: Sat, 17 Oct 2020

Stiffkey (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sat, 17 Oct 2020

Second time lucky.

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Yellow-browed Warbler

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Taken: Thu, 01 Oct 2020

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 02 Oct 2020

A most welcome first for three years. This has been almost inexplicable.

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Purple Sandpiper

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Taken: Tue, 22 Sep 2020

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 24 Sep 2020

Seemed to arrive with a few Dunlin.

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Great White Egret

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Taken: Mon, 21 Sep 2020

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 22 Sep 2020

4 (a site record number) slowly W over the grazing meadow at 0925h.

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Pied Flycatcher

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Taken: Wed, 02 Sep 2020

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Wed, 02 Sep 2020

Photo uncropped.

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Redstart

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adult, male

Taken: Fri, 28 Aug 2020

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 28 Aug 2020

Flew in-off, sometimes even perching nicely.

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Pied Flycatcher

Taken: Wed, 12 Aug 2020

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 14 Aug 2020

The two present were usually very flighty. This shot captured an uncharacteristic lapse in one's ability to avoid being snapped.

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Blyth's Reed Warbler

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adult, male

Taken: Tue, 09 Jun 2020

North Walsham (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 09 Jun 2020

Gave occasional good views.

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Rose-coloured Starling

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subadult

Taken: Sat, 06 Jun 2020

Cromer (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sat, 06 Jun 2020

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Desert Wheatear

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first-winter, male

Taken: Sat, 04 Jan 2020

Eccles on Sea (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sat, 04 Jan 2020

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Twite

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Taken: Sun, 24 Nov 2019

Thornham (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 24 Nov 2019

One of the flock of 7 perched helpfully on harbour 'furniture'.

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Black Redstart

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Taken: Fri, 25 Oct 2019

Wells (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 25 Oct 2019

On & around Lifeboat Station. Don't 'start a fire !

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Snow Bunting

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Taken: Wed, 23 Oct 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Wed, 23 Oct 2019

On cliff face, in the shade - north side of the Hill.

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Ring Ouzel

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first-winter

Taken: Tue, 22 Oct 2019

Wells (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Wed, 23 Oct 2019

At East Hills. An interestingly plumaged bird.

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Yellow-browed Warbler

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Taken: Sun, 20 Oct 2019

Walsey Hills (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 20 Oct 2019

At Snipe's Marsh. Vocal, at times, this bright individual briefly revealed itself in the open.

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Bittern

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Taken: Thu, 10 Oct 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 10 Oct 2019

Bizarre sight 'hiding' in the grass. Flew towards the Quags.

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Great White Egret

Taken: Tue, 08 Oct 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 08 Oct 2019

The white one ! In grazing meadow: viewable from the Hill, or Meadow Lane.

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Redstart

Taken: Sat, 05 Oct 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sat, 05 Oct 2019

Usually flighty. With thanks to the fellow birder who beckoned to me, thus enabling me to take this snap.

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Yellow-browed Warbler

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Taken: Thu, 03 Oct 2019

Warham Greens (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 04 Oct 2019

One of 3 at the northern end of Garden Drove I saw yesterday. Not quite as amenable as the day before, but vocal, at times.

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Spotted Flycatcher

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Taken: Wed, 02 Oct 2019

Warham Greens (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 03 Oct 2019

A second, even more showy, bird arrived the next day.

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Spotted Flycatcher

Taken: Mon, 30 Sep 2019

Warham Greens (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 30 Sep 2019

A surprise find (after the Yellow-browed) - and my first of the year ! Spent a pleasant half hour with this bird.

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Great White Egret

Taken: Mon, 26 Aug 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Mon, 26 Aug 2019

The Great Whites are the ones with long necks !

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Great White Egret

Taken: Tue, 06 Aug 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Tue, 06 Aug 2019

In ditch in grazing meadow S of the Hill. Then flew W.

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Pied Flycatcher

Taken: Sun, 28 Jul 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 28 Jul 2019

The other of the two that arrived mid-afternoon.

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Pied Flycatcher

Taken: Sun, 28 Jul 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 28 Jul 2019

One of two that arrived mid-afternoon.

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Cattle Egret

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adult

Taken: Sun, 02 Jun 2019

Blakeney (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 02 Jun 2019

Viewable more closely from track N thru Freshes. Often partially or wholly obscured.

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Wood Warbler

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 04 May 2019

Sheringham (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sat, 04 May 2019

Sheringham Park N.T. Elusive at times, but 'singing' loudly.

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Great Spotted Cuckoo

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first-summer

Taken: Fri, 03 May 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 03 May 2019

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Cuckoo

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adult

Taken: Wed, 24 Apr 2019

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Thu, 25 Apr 2019

Single-handedly attempting to eradicate the progeny of last year's plague of Brown-tail Moths. A pleasing encounter.

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Black Redstart

Upload a photo of the Black Redstart at Morston (Norfolk)

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adult, male

Taken: Sat, 13 Apr 2019

Morston (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 14 Apr 2019

At the horse paddocks across A149 from Church. Across the paddock, in too-bright sun & partially against Rape.

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Short-eared Owl

Upload a photo of the Short-eared Owl at Cromer (Norfolk)

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Taken: Fri, 23 Nov 2018

Cromer (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Fri, 23 Nov 2018

In shrubbery on slope, above & viewed from Beach Hut no. 1. Confusingly, this is way E of no. fifty-something. Perhaps these are the originals (?).

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Purple Sandpiper

Taken: Sun, 04 Nov 2018

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 04 Nov 2018

Still on brackish pool.

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Purple Sandpiper

Taken: Sat, 03 Nov 2018

Gramborough Hill (Norfolk)

Uploaded: Sat, 03 Nov 2018

Feeding on brackish pool.

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