Now I dont twitch very often but I had not been birding for a week or so instead I have been building my model railway due to cold wet weather. Eileen and I finally visited Whitlingham Broad near Norwich to see some uncommon and one rare bird.
We met Rob M a Lounge Lizard member who put us onto a Red necked Grebe and Great Northern Diver. We walked further toward the Island an met with Yarmouth Birder "Bomber" Harris, He soon put us onto the female Ring-necked Duck and american vagrant and a lifer for Eileen and I. My last lifer was the Corton Hoopoe! in April 2009.
Next up were two Red-head Smew and an immature Male Scaup. Finally we saw two female Gooseander. Phew what a morning. Eileen saw a Weasel here as it crossed an icy dyke and ran ahead of us for me to get good views too.
a Marsh Harrier flew north west towards Norwich as we left to go to Surlingham Marshes.
Here we found Galanthus nivalis and Ruscus aculeatus in flower. along with lamium album and Corylus avellana
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