Went for a walk yesterday, very cold, bitterly cold infact, on the instructions of a friend went in search of a lovely bird at Ormesby Broad, we stopped the car where the ice cream van normally is and walked up to the road, and there sure enough, it was, swimming about near the reeds , and could be viewed perfectly from the road, a lovely Goosander, a female!!
Another strange thing to see, where people normally feed the Ducks, three handsome Cockerels have taken up residence!!
We carried on our little surveillance walk at Rollesby Poors land a lovely piece of land edgeing onto Lilly Broad(Lady Broad whatever),the horses and goats are gone now, giving the plants we ,surveyed maybe bit more of a chance to colonise, but we will see. (Gorse clearing carries on) .We walked through the narrow trail amongst the Gorse bushes and heard a Water Rail screeching from the Reed bed, we found a little bit of higher ground and looked out over Lilly Broad, there were quite a few birds sheltering from the bitter wind , Coot, Tufted Duck, Teal, Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, a Cormorant, etc..We walked over to the right side of the site, a small area of woodland, there were a couple of Goldcrests.in amongst the Bramble, on a couple of occasions Otter spraint has been found at the base of trees there, near the inlet, so we checked about to see if there was any, but no luck, also large half eaten fish have been found, so maybe one day I will see an Otter there!!.
Today, Sunday, took part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch ,as usual the hour I picked was a bit rubbish, but I did get a Blackcap and a Songthrush and the other usual suspects. After reading the East Norfolk Ringers Blog may take a walk down to Caister beach to see if any Snow Buntings about.
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