So ive been busy patching as usual but managed to sneak off for some some Twitching! On the 3rd May, local Yare valley birders Justin and Steve found a White Tailed Eagle at Buckenham Marshes, I was at home at the time and playing kids when I got the message so waited till after work the next day. I kept tabs on the Eagle through social media through out the day and by the time I got to Cantley around mid afternoon it hadn't been seen since 1pm. I scanned the marshes and waited till around 3.30 with only a couple of
Marsh harriers and a smart
Kingfisher so i decided to go Buckenham. I met Jeremy in the car park and got gassing about the bird and its previous sightings as we walked up the track. We picked up 2x
Yellow Wagtails and watched 2 x
Common Snipe which displayed over the marsh. Then along with 2 other birders we were lucky enough to see the
White Tailed Eagle take off from the ground and instantly being mobbed by the local Crovids, geese and Lapwings! It was a a beast of a bird compared to corvids who got as close they could as they saw it off . After around 25minutes I left off with only my second White Tailed Eagle sighting (both in Norfolk) and my closest!
Now onto the 8th May when I knocked off work a bit early & nipped up to Walsey Hills NOA to see the Wood warbler which had been reported there. After 20 minutes I had a couple of brief views before it disappeared for around 30 minutes. Surprisingly only 3 other birders were present and we tried to relocate it. As I went to leave after an hour and 15 minutes and other then a nice pair of Bullfinches , it appeared again and this time in Gull view in the open. A striking little bird with its clean white underparts against the superb bright lemon/yellow upper parts of it's throat ,with a striking Yellow/lemon supercilium .....a smart bird indeed and Well worth the journey . This is a bird I've always wanted to get in the past but never been able to get time off to get it or it's never been close enough. This was a lifer for my British list and no.279!
Will update with patch sightings soon.
Happy birding
Ricky ⚒
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