Majorca April 29th-6th May 2017 species list

1	Common Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
2	Gadwall	Anas strepera
3	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
4	Garganey	Anas querquedula
5	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
6	Marbled Duck	Marmaronetta angustirostris
7	Red-crested Pochard	Netta rufina
8	Common Pochard	Aythya ferina
9	Red-legged Partridge	Alectoris rufa
10	Common Quail	Coturnix coturnix
11	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
12	Cory's Shearwater	Calonectris diomedea
13	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
14	European Shag	Phalacrocorax aristotelis
15	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
16	Squacco Heron	Ardeola ralloides
17	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
18	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
19	Great Egret	Egretta alba
20	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
21	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
22	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus
23	Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus
24	Black Kite	Milvus migrans
25	Red Kite	Milvus milvus
26	Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus
27	Griffon Vulture	Gyps fulvus
28	Cinereous Vulture	Aegypius monachus
29	Western Marsh Harrier	Circus aeruginosus
30	Booted Eagle	Hieraaetus pennatus
31	Bonelli's Eagle	Hieraaetus fasciatus
32	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
33	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni
34	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
35	Red-footed Falcon	Falco vespertinus
36	Eleonora's Falcon	Falco eleonorae
37	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
38	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
39	Purple Swamphen	Porphyrio porphyrio
40	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra
41	Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata
42	Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
43	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
44	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta
45	Eurasian Stone-curlew	Burhinus oedicnemus
46	Collared Pratincole	Glareola pratincola
47	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
48	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
49	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
50	Little Stint	Calidris minuta
51	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
52	Dunlin	Calidris alpina
53	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
54	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
55	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
56	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
57	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
58	Black-headed Gull	Larus ridibundus
59	Audouin's Gull	Larus audouinii
60	Yellow-legged Gull	Larus michahellis
61	Gull-billed Tern	Sterna nilotica
62	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
63	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida
64	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
65	Common Wood Pigeon	Columba palumbus
66	Eurasian Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
67	European Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur
68	Long-eared Owl	Asio otus
69	Common Swift	Apus apus
70	Pallid Swift	Apus pallidus
71	European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster
72	European Roller	Coracias garrulus
73	Hoopoe	Upupa epops
74	Eurasian Wryneck	Jynx torquilla
75	European Green Woodpecker	Picus viridis
76	Greater Short-toed Lark	Calandrella brachydactyla
77	Thekla Lark	Galerida theklae
78	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
79	Eurasian Crag Martin	Ptyonoprogne rupestris
80	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
81	Red-rumped Swallow	Hirundo daurica
82	Common House Martin	Delichon urbicum
83	Tawny Pipit	Anthus campestris
84	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
85	European Robin	Erithacus rubecula
86	Common Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos
87	Common Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
88	Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
89	European Stonechat	Saxicola rubicola
90	Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
91	Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius
92	Ring Ouzel	Turdus torquatus
93	Common Blackbird	Turdus merula
94	Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti
95	Eurasian Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
96	Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus
97	Balearic Warbler	Sylvia balearica
98	Dartford Warbler	Sylvia undata
99	Spectacled Warbler	Sylvia conspicillata
100	Subalpine Warbler	Sylvia cantillans
101	Sardinian Warbler	Sylvia melanocephala
102	Common Whitethroat	Sylvia communis
103	Eurasian Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
104	Common Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
105	Common Firecrest	Regulus ignicapilla
106	Spotted Flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
107	Collared Flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis
108	European Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
109	Eurasian Blue Tit	Parus caeruleus
110	Great Tit	Parus major
111	Eurasian Golden Oriole	Oriolus oriolus
112	Woodchat Shrike	Lanius senator
113	Western Jackdaw	Corvus monedula
114	Northern Raven	Corvus corax
115	Common Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
116	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
117	Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
118	European Serin	Serinus serinus
119	European Greenfinch	Carduelis chloris
120	European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
121	Common Linnet	Carduelis cannabina
122	Red Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra
123	Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
124	Corn Bunting	Emberiza calandra

Cley

Starting with the patch a nice Fox. At Work in Lowestoft a nice Black Redstart by the football ground. Checking the moth trap a Knot flew over calling.
Today the patch was dead just 6 Common Scoter and 2 Kittiwake.

Had the day at Cley yesterday with friends, It was nice just to be out but a few nice birds LRP, Whimbrel, Reed and Sedge Warblers, and the Black tailed Godwits . Got a few year ticks too such as  3 Hobby, Sandwich and Little Tern.
Best bird of the day fell right at the end with a cracking Wood Sandpiper on the Serpentine.

Patching

Got home from Majorca last night and it was epic! but more of that later got a lot of pics to sort through.
Anyway back on patch today and it was surprisingly very good, started by checking the moth trap but only 3 moths, (Ill maybe do a monthly moth highlights blog) bird-wise a garden tick with a singing Willow Warbler.
Then my first patch tick in ages with a fly over Tree Pipit luckily it was calling as it went over otherwise i would  have missed it as i was in the Disused Railtrack.
2 Common Whitethroat were singing near the gates of the NSW and a Lesser Whitethroat was rattling away by the bridge of the Dis Railtrack.
Over at the OSW i heard the call of a Common Redstart it turned out to be this cracking male.

At least 2 more Lesser Whitethroats were singing away here and another Common Whitethroat. Then a couple of nice Wheatear male and female.

A Kestrel was showing fairly well.

Finally a really nice looking Male Whinchat was a surprise and topped off a fabulous day back on patch after a week away.

Local stuff.

During the week 5 Wheatear on Corton Cliffs my first Lesser Whitethroat of the year on the Dis Railtrack.
Opposite Corton Woods in the Caravan Park a Firecrest singing its heart out.
Yesterday a little bit of movement COSW 2 Yellow Wagtails, 3 Whimbrels past and a Fulmar. Red Throated Diver went South and a couple of Passerines that were too far away to Identify came in off.
Headed in the Hickling direction but passing Hopton I watched 9 Whimbrel drop into a field.

Passed Breydon Bridge and luckily the bridge went up so gave me the opportunity to scan the mud, Spoonbill feeding in the channel was brilliant.

We then eneded up at Happisburgh where we noted Yellow Wagtail, 7 Shorelark and a nice Summer Plumaged Dunlin.

 
This morning back on the patch, very quiet until the 90+ Sandmartins went mad along Corton cliffs to a nice Female Marsh Harrier. A Fulmar was quartering the cliffs and was very very close.

Rach n I headed to Hickling Broad again this time for a boat trip out to Rush Hill and Swims Coot hides. Before boarding the boat 2 Cranes flew over our head and i think landed in or near the Bittern Hide but I didnt have the time to look.

As we made our way towards the hides 2 more Crane flew over our heads giving great views, then I digiscoped this Common Tern from the boat.

Swims Coot was brilliant although initially as everyone lifted the hide doors everything flew off. In time it all slowly came back. 3 Green Sandpipers were the first birds to return.

 

Next in was the Avocet.

Then the Whimbling call over head of the Whimbrel to 38 dropping in a showing really nicely.

 
Then a small flock Dunlin and Ringed Plover.

Redshank are always nice.

 
 Lastly a nice flock of 16 Ruff dropped in feeding ferociously.

On the boat trip to Rush Hill it was quiet and even from the hide it was quiet except a Drake Pintail.
We left and stopped to listen for the Savis but it was quiet and we didn't have long.We visited the tower platform in the woods where more views of Crane were had, at least 5. Then back to Hickling where I was able to again take some pictures from the boat, this time of the nesting Great Crested Grebes.

After leaving the boat more Cranes, Grasshopper Warbler from the Visitor Centre and then the Savis Warbler Reeling from the Weavers Way footpath.
Back on the patch i stopped the car at the start of Stirrups lane to my first Male Ring Ouzel of the weekend and best bird on the patch.   

Bank Holiday Birdng

Its so nice to have some quality time at home, even better when i get to cover the patch daily.
So although I didn't see anything scarce it was nice to get a few migrants at least. Willow Warblers were evident on one day only a fall of 6 birds, I'm lucky to get 1 a year at the NSW. They were all over the patch this year. 2 Wheatear in the OSW was nice and also meant a small fall. Sand martins were all over now and up to about 100. Swallows most days too.
A Common Whitethroat was quite early and unfortunately again a passing bird not one of the breeders, that was at COSW. A female Peregrine was a great record for COSW.
An evening in Great Yarmouth had my first Sandwich Tern of the year past.
Goldcrest one morning seemed everywhere in the village, all singing there hearts out, not many on the patch itself though, not much of anything actually. the wind had swung more Westerly and any migrants had cleared out and no new ones in.

Nipped out to Hickling broad and the main reserve, the camera didn't need to come out except for this Hoodie hybrid, nothing else of note except a Booming Bitten and a few distant Common Cranes.

The patch was again quiet so nipped out with Danny for a few hours over at Boyton and Hollesley Marsh's, it was actually really good with 2 Jack Snipe, plenty of Avocets, Black tailed Godwit, Ruff, 3 Sedge Warbler and a Common White-throat at Boyton.

 

 

Over at Hollesley it was even better with 2 Whimbrel, a cracking male Yellow Wagtail, 2 Adult Med Gulls a few Pintail and my first Reed Warbler of the year and more Sedge Warblers, a cracking site.

Today it was just a quick look on the patch before heading into Gunton Woods for a few plants, the Snakes head Fritillary and not flowering yet the early Purple orchids, maybe they will be in flower next week.

 

Then onto Horsey for a walk to see the Grey Seals, although that wasn't the plan, I was just drawn that way. Never bothered before but it was well worth the fight with the tourists. The seals don't seem fazed by the amount of numpties getting too close to them whilst on the beach.
Cant resist a whole series of shots. 

A Ringed Plover was the only bird to show well with the Seals.

Lastly a nice Common Dog Violet in the dunes.

So a really nice long weekend locally.