Exclusive guided birding morning around Kelling & Salthouse

I guided a family of three birdwatching in North Norfolk around the Kelling and Salthouse area today.

They were particularly keen to combine a walk with a variety of habitats. The walk around Kelling took in hedgerow, fields, heathand and woodland offering a good mixture of birds.

Birds recorded:-
Common Greenshank  1
Black-headed Gull  1
Herring Gull  12
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Great Cormorant  6
Western Marsh Harrier  1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk  1
Common Buzzard  4
Eurasian Green Woodpecker  1     Heard
Common Kestrel  1
Eurasian Hobby  1
Eurasian Jackdaw  4
Rook  30
Eurasian Blue Tit  2
Great Tit  3
Barn Swallow  10
Common House Martin  10
Common Chiffchaff  4
Long-tailed Tit  2
Eurasian Blackcap  2
Common Whitethroat  2
Eurasian Wren (British)  1
Common Starling  10
European Robin  1
European Stonechat  3
Northern Wheatear  3
Pied Wagtail  5
Meadow Pipit  2
Eurasian Bullfinch  2
Common Linnet  12
European Goldfinch  6
Yellowhammer  1
Common Reed Bunting  2

Northern Wheatear three of these beautiful migrants were around Kelling today
A Hobby flashed by as we started the walk

We rounded off the half day with a quick look at Snipes Marsh, Walsey Hills, there was a family of Little Grebe, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, plus this lovely juvenile Greenshank.

Cracking juvenile Greenshank – Snipes Marsh, Walsey Hills