Office Birding

Now that I am stuck in the office birding time is limited but this week I have made a concerted effort to check the beach near work in Yarmouth before work. The vast amount of Med Gulls keep me entertained (still!!) and on Tuesday the strong easterlies brought in a 1st winter Little Gull feeding along the surf, while a Common Scoter has stayed near the coast all week and a flock of 35 Sanderling have been present. Wednesday moirning was especially good, bringing about two patch ticks, a flyover Snow Bunting and a Grey Phalarope flying south. Further out there was a bit of movement with a couple of male Common Scoter, two Brent Geese and 6 RT Divers all heading north and a Fieldfare flew in off the sea looking thoroughly exhausted. As the winds turned westerly the rest of the week was quiet with no new birds apart from a pale phase Arctic Skua heading south on Thursday. Oh, and the Waxwings are still here.

Med Gull - Great Yarmouth

Common Scoter - Great Yarmouth

Little Gull - Great Yarmouth