Sunday, again, was quite mild with some nice bright spells. The rather light wind was from the westerly quarter throughout with temperatures quite reasonable in the run up to the Christmas period. The largely cloudy skies were broken from time to time by some brighter intervals.
Walking Oswald into Lessingham and back on Sunday morning I was aware that there were plenty of Woodpigeons about and that they were apparently rather agitated. Once airborne I 'guesstimated' the flock size to be around the 700 mark and a few moments searching the skyline soon revealed the cause of their disturbance; a Peregrine. Judging from it's large size I felt it was a female and it flew inbound on a course from the coast and steadily, quite lazily in fact, parted to the south-west in the direction of Brunstead not really showing too much interest in the flighty Woodies.
I didn't manage to check the Pink-feet flock near the water tower this week, time wouldn't allow for it, but their daily to-ing and fro-ing over the garden was a certain sign that they were still enjoying the feeding on offer there. From Christmas Eve we left Happisburgh for a few days, a special birthday celebrated in Paris on the 27th the reason for our mini break across the icy looking North Sea...
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Welcome to Happisburgh Parish Birding...
Situated on the coast in NE Norfolk, Happisburgh is an excellent place in which to see many of the different bird species that occur in Norfolk each year. Although lacking any sizeable areas of open fresh water, there is a range of habitat in which common, scarce and sometimes rarer birds can be found. I live towards the southern most part of the parish and have been watching birds in Norfolk for over 30 years.
Having settled here, and due to family commitments, most of my birding is now within the parish, from Walcott Gap in the west, inland to Walcott Green, Grub Street, Happisburgh Common and the East Ruston and Brumstead borders, and across to Whimpwell Green, Cart Gap and the boundary with Lessingham. What I hope to do here is to diarise my bird sightings within Happisburgh and adjacent parishes throughout the year. I’m hoping that other people with an interest in birds/wildlife, either local residents or visitors to the area, will find this an interesting and beneficial project. My contact details can be found under MY COMPLETE PROFILE for anyone wishing to contact me regarding birds in Happisburgh or NE Norfolk.
Situated on the coast in NE Norfolk, Happisburgh is an excellent place in which to see many of the different bird species that occur in Norfolk each year. Although lacking any sizeable areas of open fresh water, there is a range of habitat in which common, scarce and sometimes rarer birds can be found. I live towards the southern most part of the parish and have been watching birds in Norfolk for over 30 years.
Having settled here, and due to family commitments, most of my birding is now within the parish, from Walcott Gap in the west, inland to Walcott Green, Grub Street, Happisburgh Common and the East Ruston and Brumstead borders, and across to Whimpwell Green, Cart Gap and the boundary with Lessingham. What I hope to do here is to diarise my bird sightings within Happisburgh and adjacent parishes throughout the year. I’m hoping that other people with an interest in birds/wildlife, either local residents or visitors to the area, will find this an interesting and beneficial project. My contact details can be found under MY COMPLETE PROFILE for anyone wishing to contact me regarding birds in Happisburgh or NE Norfolk.
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This site is listed in the British Towns and Villages Encyclopaedia of Great Britain and can be found in the entry for Happisburgh
My thanks go to Bob Cobbold, Arthur Grosset and Ron McIntyre for kindly allowing me to use some of their superb photos on this site.
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