The Pines
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Windy North Norfolk
... are abundant here and where the larks are most likely to be found where between six and eight inches tall which meant that a scan of the area revealed no birds at all and there wasn't much in evidence, so we set off to walk around. The ground was very wet and there are a number of small creeks that needed to be negotiated with care if we were to avoid getting muddy and wet. As we walked we flushed a number of Rock and Meadow Pipits, a few Linnets and many Sky Larks but ...
The start of the start.
I have arrived home from sailing the high seas fighting and surviving the unthinkable perils of the deep blue ..... Is what I should be writing but what I've actually done is quite different. It mainly involves me sitting in my pants watching tv and moaning about working offshore. Moaning that my bed hasn't been made or the steak and lobster dinner isnt as good as last night. Or my favourite how we should get more time off ...
Oh Jays
... small flock of Bramblings and a couple of Crossbills as well as lots of commoner finches and pipits and most interestingly, several Jays. I decided to hang around and if possible help.
Over the next two hours, having been joined by several other people, a total of 170 Jays were recorded, with the largest flock numbering an incredible 45 (I don't think that I've seen more than 4 together before today) - and very strange they were because Jays are ...
We're off to see the seals
... Tits and their distinctive metallic calls could not be heard either.
There were plenty of Avocets still on the fresh marsh – unlike in 2011 when we visited on almost the same date, by which all had departed, Titchwell being an important UK breeding site for this elegant wader. Numerous other water birds were present but we were particularly pleased to see a Grey Plover fly in because this was the first time in 2012 that we had found one of these rather ...
Norwich City 0-0 West Ham United
There's just something a bit special about West Ham away days.
I've always dreamt about doing it so to say I was just a tad excited was a pretty big understatement.
Even the 5.45am alarm couldn't hold me down. I was buzzing.
A quick journey to King's Cross to drop off my bags at the hostel before setting off to Liverpool St ...
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