Norfolk Birders

Hi Craig. Thanks for your kind comments. The Black Duck/Mallard would not surprise me at all! We all know what they get up to! It was so cold that I nearly had a green sheen to my head!
Sue

Hi Sue, just looked through your trip report for New York, some excellent photos. Just thought you might like to know the duck you've labelled as a Black Duck is infact a Black Duck/Mallard hybrid. A true Black duck will not have any green sheen in the head and the speculum will not have any white border as your bird shows.

Sad news about the Barn Owl, Sue.
Very interesting that you has so many Buzzards on the 2nd March.
Here in Surrey, there were reports of 28 in the air together at Capel and 11 in the air together at Bookham Common both sightings also on the 2nd.
If this is not a movement of birds, could it be pre-breeding gatherings?

Thank you Graham (and many others who have e-mailed me) for all your kind comments this year. I hope my retirement will give me more hours for birding and less stress!
Happy New Year and Good Birding
Sue

Enjoy your retirement, Sue (you lucky lady) and your trip to NY. Happy New Year.

Hope you have a very Happy Christmas, Sue. Already looking forward to reading about your sightings in 2009. Fantastic website and great photos. Keep it up.

A wonderful and informative site.

Hello Sue, My family have hailed from the Burnham Market area (Armiger is the name) for the past 500 years, and yet sadly I've never been there (live in Sydney Australia) Just thought I'd say what a delightful treat it has been to find your site. I've also passed it on to a good friend of mine who regularly goes birdwatching in our National Parks. Me, well I feed Rainbow Lorikeets on my front veranda. Lots of parrots have come into the city looking for food because of drought conditions in the bush, and they do love a party. Warmest Regards, Michael.
P.S. I'll just pop up the 'Burnham Overy Staithe Webcam' now and think of home.

Lovely website and fabulous photos