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Thursday, 28 December 2023

Bird highlights of 2023

Yet again: it's been a funny old year! Some real high-value scarce or rare birds, but lots of 'bread & butter' species failed to oblige. Buff -breasted Sandpiper, White-tailed Eagle, White-winged Black Tern, Lesser Scaup and numerous other goodies, but no Treecreeper, Crossbill or Tree Pipit! Still, a total (at time of writing) of 227 isn't too shabby, I suppose...

January: three Smew at Filby

White-tailed Eagle, Holkham

February: Black Redstart, Sheringham

Tundra Bean Goose, Lakenheath

March: Water Pipit, Cley

Dotterel, Buckenham Marsh

White Stork, Halvergate

April: Osprey - nearly bred at Ranworth!

May: Fourteen Glossy Ibises, Cley

Caspian Tern, Hickling

Great Reed Warbler, Strumpshaw Fen

Montague's Harrier, Acle Straight

Black-winged Stilts, Hickling

Temminck's Stints, Hickling

June: American Golden Plover, Cley

Bee-eater, Trimingham

July: Long-eared Owl: bred at Strumpshaw

Long-billed Dowitcher: summered at Cley

August: Spoonbills: bred at Cley and Hickling

September: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Minsmere

October: White-tailed Eagle, Pulborough Brooks

Cattle Egrets, Holme

Hen Harrier, Cley

November: Twite, Blakeney Fresh Marsh

Shorelarks, Holkham

Grey Partridges, Hevingham Church

Pallid Swift, Winterton

Red-breasted Goose, Warham Greens

December: Glossy Ibis, Stiffkey

Kingfisher, Cley

Spotted Redshank, Titchwell

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