Forest King
Excellent look out with Mal this morning. Just a few hours before the forecast rain and wind hit. Walking our regular forest and heath spots. First treat of the day was a Lesser Redpoll flock - which was at least 300 strong:
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| Lesser Redpoll super flock - October 2020 |
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| Lesser Redpoll super flock - October 2020 |
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| Lesser Redpoll super flock - October 2020 |
The next gem was a distant Goshawk getting mobbed by crows. Further into our walk we had a super close flyby from the resident pair. I was drinking a coffee at the time. My flask was thrown on the floor quickly enough for me to fire off a couple of distant shots:
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| Goshawk - October 2020 |
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| Goshawk - October 2020 |
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| Goshawk - October 2020 |
There was also a 1000 bird strong Fieldfare flock sprawled out across the heath - quite the spectacle when you add in a few Redwing, Starling, Meadow Pipit, Skylark and Stonechat. Birds everywhere!
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| Fieldfare super flock - October 2020 |
There was also some interesting cattle on the heath with the usual sheep. Breckland's answer to water buffalo?
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| Breckland buffalo - October 2020 |
The colour ringed Stonechat was still in the same area with her mate - both looking resplendent - even in the low light:
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| Stonechat - October 2020 |
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| Stonechat - October 2020 |
As if we hadn't been spoiled enough already - the birding gods further smiled on us with ultra close views of the local Red Kites on our drive back to town. Born to lose - live to win...
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| Red Kite - October 2020 |
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| Red Kite - October 2020 |
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