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Bittern, Fishers Green, January 2023

RSPB Snettisham, 24th July 2024

7/25/2024

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The plan was to have a day at Cley in Norfolk, but it appeared that there were some good birds at Snettisham including a White-Rumped Sandpiper so we called in there first. Surprisingly it was my first ever visit there, but what a magical place! On the long walk up to the shore a male Linnet was very confiding.
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When we got to the shore there were a few Ringed Plovers and one or two Turnstones.
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As to be expected there were a few Oystercatchers including a pair with a youngster.
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There were large numbers of Knot, which were difficult to photograph, but this image gives a sense of the numbers flying around.
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The Dunlin were slightly easier!
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The White-Rumped Sanpiper evaded us and I managed to miss the Little Stint however, there were a distant group of Sanderling and I obtained some shots of an individual that flew past. Great to see it in Summer plumage instead of the more usual Winter attire.
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On the sea was a Mediterranean Gull with a juvenile showing the very scaly plumage.
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The Common Terns were outnumbered by Sandwich Terns including some juveniles.
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And even better was a small colony of Little Terns, again with some youngsters.
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The most unexpected bird of the day was a Turtle Dove which flew along the shore before landing almost in front of us.
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A fabulous morning, and in the next blog I will show how we got on at Cley Marshes.
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Dominic Sandilands
7/27/2024 07:19:57 am

Lovely blog Stuart, a great place to go dispite the walk though it’s not to bad ( unless it’s raining) . Looks like you had a great day and will return for another visit, Titchwell and then to Cley….

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