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TG42 LOW-CARBON BIRDING


Red-footed Falcon, adult male, Hickling, May 11
This is often the initial view of a Red-footed Falcon at Hickling. Distant and in tricky light. Seeing the crucial details can take time...
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May 293 min read
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Red-footed Falcons and Hickling Reserve.
After another very poor showing for what used to be common passage birds, the end of April and the start of May saw the UK experiencing a...
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May 86 min read
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Great Reed Warbler, Hickling Broad, Apr 30 - New for TG42
A Great Reed Warbler was present in the vicinity of Secker Hide on the reserve on Apr 30 only. It vocalised and was recorded but never...
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May 24 min read
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Alpine Swift and a Mystery Harrier
I forgot about these at the time for some reason. Included here for completeness. As you can see, it was a fine day for a cycle down to...
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Mar 174 min read
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A plexa Eastern Yellow Wagtail?
One Monday evening in Sept 2015, post-work, I decided to have a wander down to the pipe dump as my local spots around the village weren’t...
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Feb 224 min read
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Black-throated Diver, Nov 17
With a bit of north in the wind and a slight drop in temperature, Little Auks were a potential highlight today, so as I cycled up the...
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Nov 17, 20242 min read
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The Identification of a Long-tailed Skua
Summary: A dark-phase juvenile Long-tailed Skua was photographed in Winterton Dunes, Oct 14 2020 by Jonathan Farooqi (JF). The record was...
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Oct 12, 20245 min read
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Asian Desert Warbler – New for TG42!
A superb bird – with an interesting back story to the find (details below) - and not one that any of us was really expecting, despite the...
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Oct 6, 20243 min read
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Whiter than white...
Sabine’s Gull, juvenile, Sep 27, T. E. Allwood The forecast for this morning was strong winds and rain from around 0600. I woke early and...
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Sep 27, 20243 min read
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Long-tailed Skua, Sep 5
Long-tailed Skua, juvenile, intermediate type, Sea Palling, Sep 5, T. E. Allwood Just after I left school at around 3:10 pm, Andy Kane...
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Sep 24, 20242 min read
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A Purple Patch
Since the fantastic Blyth’s Reed Warbler in early June, the birding had been very uneventful. In fact, it had hardly seemed worth going...
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Sep 4, 20248 min read
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Long-tailed Skua - the perfect bird.
Long-tailed Skua, juvenile, pale type, Sea Palling, Sep 1, T. E. Allwood Despite it being the peak period for Long-tailed Skua, very few...
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Sep 1, 20242 min read
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Blyth's Reed Part Two
The second Blyth's Reed Warbler for TG42 - hot on the heels of the first - was present in Eccles then Sea Palling, from Seaman Sam's to...
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Jun 5, 20243 min read
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Blyth's Reed Warbler - New to TG42
Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Winterton / Horsey May 26 2024 A Blyth’s Reed Warbler was present in Winterton North Dunes, seen and heard singing...
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May 30, 20244 min read
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The Path to #300
An interesting 'Eastern Lesser Whitethroat' from Sea Palling in 2018 Since moving to Sea Palling in Dec 2006, my birding has focussed...
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Jan 19, 20245 min read
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2023 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Had some great times with Esther, Eleanor and the animals. Still kicking a ball and still doing what I can, where I can for our young...
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Dec 29, 20233 min read
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Living in a Skulkers' Paradise
When I was younger I often dreamed of living on the Norfolk coast, with Pink-footed Geese flying over my house in the pale and watery...
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Oct 25, 20238 min read
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The Sea on your Doorstep
Being able to walk to the sea from your home is one of the best things in the world*. I never tire of it. This means I do a fair amount...
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Oct 17, 20235 min read
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Finding Yourself
With ‘finds’ lists seeing something of a rise in popularity of late with the relaunching of a UK250 club, and my own good fortune to be...
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May 23, 20237 min read
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The Moral Maze - an obligation to cut our individual emissions...?
Are we morally obligated to reduce our carbon emissions? You have to be incredibly mendacious or astoundingly moronic to argue that...
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Jan 16, 20233 min read
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