20260905 Pied Flycatcher, Lowestoft Cemetery

 

20260905 Pied Flycatcher
1st winter bird.
With median coverts bar!?

20260905 Red-footed Falcon, Rotterdam Rd Lowestoft

 

20260905 Red-footed Falcon
Unaware juvenile...
Recalls tame birds by clifftop footpaths in the South West.

20260905 Red-footed Falcon
Strange but true...

20260905 Red-footed Falcon
Bird came down to feed on locusts put out by a local dog walker.

20260905 Red-footed Falcon
Early morn exercises, the Eagle pose.

20260905 The Norfolk Hawker Mural
2nd birder of the morn.
Red-foot initially flew low around my head as if expecting to be fed...
then back up onto roof edge.

20260827 Arctic Skua, Blakeney Spit

 

20260827 Arctic Skua

20260827 Arctic Skua

20260803 Arctic Skua on Herring Gull

20260803 Arctic Skua
Grabbing tail of Herring Gull.

20260803 Arctic Skua
2nd summer pale morph.
Well marked cap and neck collar.
Underparts barred as in juvenile.

20260812 Peregrine Falcon, Bodham & Cromer

 

20260812 Peregrine
Flew onto the Bodham Tx Tower from the direction of Holt to the NW.
Using the tower as a static attack launch site.
Reviewing the shots revealed a blue darvik on the birds left tarsus.

Ringing Scheme: London Ring Number: GE10466 Species of bird: Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)

This bird was ringed by P J Wilkinson as age nestling, sex unknown on 21-May-2025 11:30:00 at Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk, England

OS Map reference TG20 accuracy -, Central co-ordinates 52deg 35min N 1deg 19min E accuracy -.

Colour Marks left below knee BW(MB)

It was found on 12-Aug-2026 time unknown at TX Tower, Norfolk, England

OS Map reference TG13 accuracy -, Central co-ordinates 52deg 52min N 1deg 11min E accuracy -.

Finding condition: Sight record by non-ringer

Finding circumstances: Identified by Colour Ring(s)

Extra Information: -

It was found 448 days after it was ringed, 31 km from the ringing site, direction -.

20260812 Peregrine
White MB on blue.
Emailed the Hawk & Owl Trust to find that she is a Norwich Cathedral bird ringed as a pullus last year.
Using the European cr-birding site is not a pleasant experience, but in this case it gave the email address of a H&O Trust member...

202607 25 Peregrine
Female bird in early morn sun, Cromer Church.
Male appeared latter on also to sun himself on the tower.
No sign of juveniles after 3 visits...??
Have they succumbed to the extreme heat during the 3rd heat wave?

20260725 Peregrine
Positioned sunlit bird against tower shadow...
Links bird well to its habitat, but against the sky surely more pop!?