Howdy folks! And welcome to the Frampton Marsh sightings blog. With me, Chris the visitor guy.
Well, when we last left our intrepid heroes, er I mean reserve, we had a lot of decent waders in. Any change?
The Lancaster 'Thumper' is the last one to be flying this side of the Atlantic. Here is a picture by Trevor Woodland taken as it went over
So, what about Sunday?
Yes, all still looks pretty good. Even a taste of winter, with the first merlin.
Monday was a wetter day, hence the drop in sightings. Still, with all those, can't complain. Last day of the phalarope though, which then disappeared.
The excitement of the day actually isn't on that board, as it all happened at Freiston. For starters a marsh sandpiper was seen briefly in both the morning and evening. Secondly, a treecreeper! OK, maybe that doesn't sound exciting, but it was the first time one has ever been recorded on the reserves. Yes, really! Well, we don't have many trees you see...
No sign of the marsh sandpiper on the Wednesday, but mostly everything else was still there
Likewise on Thursday
Friday was a bit blustery. But the big news was the marsh sandpiper turned up at Freiston again, first thing in the morning. If you want to look for it, it appears on the reservoir with greenshanks. Very flighty though.
Right, and now for your videos and photos. Hmm, every time I do this I feel I ought to have this music playing in the background...
Right, let's start off with what happens when one of the local peregrines visits. The avocets don't like it! Here is a video by John E Walsh.
Talking of avocets, this avocet chick appears to be doing yoga
and the whooper swan
Thanks to Jeremy Eyeons for those.
Macca caught this little egret getting in on the yoga buzz too. Or maybe checking for underarm odour...
Birds of prey don't muck about with such things, they are naturally graceful. Here is a hobby going into a dive after a dragonfly, by Steve Keightley
But as you may have gathered from the maps, now is the time for waders. So cue the brown long-legged things..
Pectoral sandpiper by Steve Nikols
Pectoral (left) and wood sandpiper by Trevor Woodland
Wood sandpiper by Ashley Saunders
Wood sandpiper by Jeremy Eyeons
Little stint by Jeremy Eyeons
Of course it isn't just waders that are small and brown...
Grasshopper warbler by Steve Nikols
Corn bunting by Steve Nichols
So, there you have it! If you are going to visit us, you can keep up to day with the sightings by following our Twitter account. No need to have an account yourself, we make it so everyone can see it. If you do tweet yourself, please remember to use #RSPBframpton so we can see what you are posting, and also ideally mention @RSPBNorfolkLinc. If you have any good photos (or video, or even artwork) we'd love to see that too. Tweet it, or share it on our Facebook page or our Flickr account.
I hope you all have a great week, take care, have fun, and I will catch you next time.
Reedbed, freshwater scrapes, saltmarsh and wet meadow. Frampton Marsh has it all! Come and pay us a visit soon.