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
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.