Howdy folks! Welcome back to the Frampton Marsh recent sightings blog. With me, Chris the visitor guy!
Did you all have a nice Easter? Weather was a bit.... soggy, wasn't it? But did that have any effect on the birds? Well, let's have a look...
Apologies for the dodgy writing. The pen doesn't like it when the board is damp from rain!
The white wagtail (the continental version of our pied wagtail) proved rather popular, with plenty of people going to see it.
That male hen harrier was also rather popular. It was coming quite close to the bank, so you could get good views with just binoculars.
The hares gave a wonderful display of boxing to an group of children on a kids birdwatching course. Fluff flying everywhere! Earlier a weasel had crossed our path, you can't beat such experiences to enthuse young people about nature.
First yellow wagtail of the year. And beating wheatears for an arrival date. First time we can think of when this has happened!
Oh yes, the corn buntings are back and tuning up. Listen for the jingle of change on the north side of the reedbed...
Oh, and for mammal fans, the first pipistrelle bats were out and about.
And there is the week.
Normally I put in some photos at this point, but I will save those up and put in a bumper crop next week.
If you are coming to visit us, you can keep up to date 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. It may also be useful for you to know the weather and tide times for the site, which may well have an impact on what is showing.
Finally, if you would like to give us an extra bit of support you can text to donate money to the reserve. Please text FRAM26 followed by £2, £5 or £10 (eg FRAM26£5) to 70070.
So, that is pretty much everything. I hope you all have a great week, stay safe, and I will catch you all next time!
Reedbed, freshwater scrapes, saltmarsh and wet meadow. Frampton Marsh has it all! Come and pay us a visit soon.