ST nnr and Donna Nook realignment

Stuart
For those interested find online the 1978 rarities found in Great Britain report
and remember that overall bird populations have declined considerably over recent decades

regards John



regards John

John, I started ringing on the coast in the 1980's and also enjoyed good falls of Goldcrests, Redstarts etc.  However, in the 70's you didn't have good numbers of Yellow-browed, Pallas's and Cetti's Warblers so there are still one or two pluses!

That sounds amazing, I wish I’d been there. Perhaps we should get a tardis then. 

True Pete but  several of those species were in other counties
I and 2 friends visited Minsmere to see the breeding Marsh harrier ! A rarity then and breeding red backed shrike on a nearby site.
I remember autumn falls on ST nnr when we numbered goldcrests robins thrush species by the tens of thousands and dozens of pied flycatchers hundreds of redstarts etc and sea watches with hundreds of skuas etc
When bird ringing on the dunes back in 70s I remember catching 3 red breasted flycatchers and a blue throat on the same morning and a great snipe was another good trap, another ringer trapped a f goshawk ringed as a nestling in Norway confirming they did cross the North Sea when several county birders were very sceptical of coastal goshawk records

Regards John

My job to record sightings on here so you had me scratching my head

You say that, but there would be no buzzard, red kite, marsh harrier, little or great egret, no winter blackcaps, no Lincolnshire ravens!  I agree about climate change though.

regards Pete