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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TG42 LOW-CARBON BIRDING
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Oct 125 min read
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 63 min read
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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Sep 273 min read
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 242 min read
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 48 min read
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 12 min read
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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Jun 53 min read
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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May 304 min read
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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Jan 195 min read
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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Dec 29, 20233 min read
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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tg42lowcarbonbirding
Oct 25, 20238 min read
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 17, 20235 min read
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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tg42lowcarbonbirding
May 23, 20237 min read
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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Jan 16, 20233 min read
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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tg42lowcarbonbirding
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Climate change, short-stopping and Taiga Beans...
There are currently 4 Taiga Bean Geese at St Benet's Abbey, near Ludham, east Norfolk. They are proving very popular as the regularly...
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