Sunday 4 April 2021

Good Friday birding in the Norfolk Broads

On Good Friday, 2nd April, a look at Rollesby broad in Norfolk, revealed 8 initial close Tufted Ducks whilst crossing the road to check Ormesby broad, nice to see 16 Goldeneye at the back, 4 males and 12 females. Plus a female Pochard, along the middle of the Broad. By some closer Tufted Duck barely 80 metres back (1 third of the way back) the 2 excellent Slavonian Grebes seen, coming into summer plumage with a faded version of their breeding plumage finery. John H turned up and I pointed out the Grebes to him. We also saw several Sand Martins and Swallows too, around 4 of each at least. A good start, going to Filby Broad, we failed to see the LT Duck, there were 12 Goldeneye and around 6 each of Swallows and Sand Martins. A walk along the track to Ormesby Little Broad, we saw a fine singing male Blackcap and Chiff- Chaff and at the end, a fine Great White Egret flew up from the close reeds to the left, it flew over the water and perched in a distant tree to the left.

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