Anne's Journal

  Monday June 15 Going out on Monday is getting to be a habit. One with reason behind it. It's not the weekend, and holiday crowds do not generally go to birding spots, apart from coastal places with food available.  Not as many en route stops as usual, as Snettisham high tide was soon after seven and we wanted to see some water for a change. That idea didn't work out. Sculthorpe Mill was alive with bird song, such a treat. In five minutes we heard/saw : Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Collared Dove, Chaffinch, Wren, and Blue Tit. No Spotted Flycatcher again, no Little Owl at Abbey farm and no waders all day. Not a single one - and that includes Lapwing. Driving back towards the entry slope at Snettisham, Pam noticed a Grey Heron at the other side of the pool. She took a few photos before I asked her if she would turn round so that I could do so. The bird was intent on lunch. It struck at lightning speed then flew off into ta...

 Sunday June 7 We did manage to get out on June 1, but the aim was moth traps at Weeting, birding always an intention. Weeting no longer opens as a reserve, the trapping had been arranged by Jane, one of the Titchwell moth-ers who have recently joined the Cley group. We were a few minutes late due to unforeseen traffic delays. The moth-ing looked chaotic. Everyone was milling around the trap with none of the semi organised passing around of egg boxes that we are used to. In the end, Mike, Roger and an unknown man wearing thin black gloves, were very good about making sure that we saw the better moths. We ended up with four lifers, three macros and one micro. Two of he macros were brought in from elsewhere. We'd missed David N's  Eastern Bordered Straw    (through a dirty plastic pot). which he took to Cley on Saturday and the Purple Marbled from the Titchwell group. A splendid Fox Moth   was the other new micro.    I'm out of the habit of taking a came...