We arrive just before eight o'clock & head for the Paddock to start our search, we are joined by a couple of other birders but see nothing for the first hour,I then see another birder down the track & decide to walk down to see if he had any better luck than us & it turns out that he had 2 Hawfinch in his scope & I got a look at them before phoning Jimmy to tell him that we had them but it turns out that he was already on them, so a good year tick for both of us.
Then we first of all hear & then get a flight view of a Crossbill & get to hear another one just after that .
A walk down to the bridge gets us one more year tick when we see Marsh Tit come to feed on the seed we put down. The seed attracted some Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit,Chaffinch.
On the way back to the car we spot a flock of Siskin feeding on the ground.
Three ticks so not a bad start to the day but we hope to add one more as we head to Thetford & we pick out the Iceland Gull within minutes of arrival as it sit on the roof just off the road.
Glaucous Gull also here but not needed by us for a tick also a Caspian Gull & yellow-legged had been reported & seen by some people but not by us.
A great little trip a bit on the cold side with a bit of frost & mist that took it's time to burn off, we left home at 6 am & was back indoors by 1 o'clock with 4 good ticks.
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| Marsh Tit |
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| Hawfinch |
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| Iceland Gull |
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