General records 2014

HH garden -- jay, nuthatch, chaffinch, song thrush, blackbird (5+), dunnock, wren. PFG (90+, prob) flying north over West Raynham.

[Wensum valley between South Raynham church and R. Hall: kestrel (2+), sparrowhawk (female), tit flocks (mostly blue tit and LTT, some coal tit), mistle thrush (by South Raynham church). Jackdaw and rooks to roost to SE, high up (500m+).]

[Wensum valley between South Raynham church and R. Hall: buzzard (2+), kestrel (2+), sparrowhawk (female), goldfinch (4, on alders), woodcock, tit flocks (mostly blue tit and LTT), stock dove (2+, by South Raynham church), mistle thrush (2+, by South Raynham church), GSW, fieldfare (1), redwing (few flocks of 5+). Jackdaw and rooks to roost to SE, high up.]

HH garden -- bullfinch (2, both male) feeding on nettle seeds, marsh tit, coal tit, blue tit, great tit.

[Wensum valley between South Raynham church and R. Hall: red kite (2), buzzard, kestrel (male), bullfinch (male), wren (2+), dunnock, teal (2, off R. Wensum). Jackdaws (x000) + rooks to roost south of A1065 (ratio of jackdaw to rook approx 15 to 20). Small numbers of redwings to roost along valley.]

Woodcock flew into HH pond area from south of A1065.

Roe deer (2) on field by South Raynham church.

On feeders, HH: greenfinch (male), chaffinch (2+), nuthatch, coal tit, great tit, blue tit, marsh tit, collared dove. Also present in vicinity -- robin, blackbird, dunnock, jay.

[Wensum valley between South Raynham and Raynham Hall: barn owl, perched several times; woodcock (near stream), little egret, buzzard, kestrel, goldfinch (25) + siskin (3+) + redpoll (1+); bullfinch, marsh tit, mistle thrush (near Hall). Jackdaws (perhaps 5000) going to roost south of A1065.]

Grey geese, prob PFG (5+) over South Raynham.

[Buzzard over Fakenham town centre].

Starlings (90 approx.) flew in from the east at dusk and dropped straight down into the reedbed to roost.

In HH garden -- great tit (3-4), blue tit (3-4), marsh tit, coal tit. Sparrowhawk (female) by pond. LTT (10+) by pond. Kestrel by West Raynham Road. Redwings (30+) in fields by meadow. Greylags (20, prob) flying north over South Raynham.

Starling (35) flying west South Raynham.

HH garden -- pheasant (3 male), hornet near shed, jay, GSW, moorhen (3), fieldfare (~40), redwings (80-100), green woodpecker near shed, chaffinch (4+), greenfinch (8-10), bullfinch (3), great tit (3+), blue tit (3+), coal tit (2+), marsh tit, LTT (5+). Kestrel on field by meadow. Golden plover (12) flying south over South Raynham.

Marsh harrier (female/imm) headed north from Norman's Burrow Wood area.

Buzzard (2+), kestrel, nuthatch all in S. Raynham area.

Weasel (0640 BST) working edge of patio near HH sitting room.

On feeders, HH garden -- great tit, blue tit, coal tit. Also present in garden -- nuthatch, treecreeper, GSW, dunnock, wren, robin, blackbird, song thrush.

Hornet by beech tree. Red admiral, spotted wood, small tortioseshell butterflies.

Sparrowhawk (imm male) HH garden. Kestrel and buzzard near HH.

Gulls (herring gull, common gull and BHG) on field by South Raynham church.

Jay HH garden.

[Peregrine (prob) and buzzard (2) over West Raynham area.]

Egret sp South Raynham.

[Cormorant (2) over Hempton.]

HH garden -- song (chiffchaff, wren, song thrush, woodpigeon, dunnock, blackcap).

Spotted flycatcher calling from ash wood opposite Silver Service.

Tawny owl perched on post of washing line with prey, ate prey, then flew to new perch in oak (1930 BST).

Kestrel hovering over meadow. Buzzard (2+) soaring over S. Raynham.

Comma in conservatory.

Reed warbler song HH pond.

Great tit still feeding chicks at beech tree nestbox.

Reed warbler song (brief) pond.

Bullfinch male by shed. Great tit still feeding at beech nestbox nest. Moorhen juvs with ad on pond.

Reed bunting by stream, north edge of meadow (song). Whitethroat male & female along W edge of meadow, also whitethroat in eastern part of meadow.

Buzzard (3) & kestrel soaring over HH.

Reed warbler song HH pond.

Red kite over HH from south, heading towards W. Raynham Road, apparently hunting over field west of meadow.

Jay working laurel hedge. Present in HH garden -- chiffchaff, blackcap, song thrush, wren. Several house martin & swift overhead at HH. Great tit feeding at beech nestbox nest. Pied wagtail by shed.

Great tit 3 chicks ~4 days old at beech nestbox. Mistle thrush alarm in spinney west of HH. LTT (10+) by HH cypresses. Moorhen juv. by shed etc. Jay on beech tree (i.e. near GT box).

Song -- chiffchaff, chaffinch (2+), wren.

Hornet by pond.

Spotted flycatcher in HH garden and nearby.

Song in HH garden -- blackbird, chaffinch (2+), wren. Great tit repeatedly visiting beech nestbox (19 days after nest mat. delivery). Blackbird (male) with small juv, near beech tree. Jay mobbed by song thrush.

Possible pied wagtail nest in log stack in shed.

Spotted flycatcher in HH garden and nearby.

Weasel (prob) near new pines.

Spotted flycatcher in HH garden and nearby.

Mistle thrush alarm in spinney west of HH. Jay being chased by song thrush HH garden.

Stoat (prob) by willows near pond.

Spotted flycatcher in HH garden (but call only).

Sparrowhawk kew-calling near HH. Song at HH -- song thrush, chaffinch, goldcrest, wren, chiffchaff. Kestrel (2) over field west of meadow.

Red kite (2) over field west of meadow.

Blue tit still feeding at nest in west side of S.S.workshop. Great tit still feeding at nest in boundary wall eastern edge of HH plot.

[Swifts over Holt Road Fakenham.]

Song at HH -- robin, blackbird, song thrush, chaffinch, collared dove, woodpigeon. Great tit pair prospecting beech nestbox.

Red kite over HH, dropping into field west of meadow. Buzzard in same area.

Jays making a racket in direction of W. Raynham Road.

Blackcap song (2 sim.reg. close to edge of HH plot, one in blackthorn thicket, other near A1065, probably <40m apart).

Jay in HH garden.

Song in HH garden -- blackcap, wren, chaffinch. Pied wagtail (2) in HH shed area. Jay in spinney by HH. Chaffinch (female) still building at nest in yew by HH kitchen. Robin (ad & 2 juvs) near HH. Mistle thrush song from poplars along SE edge of meadow. Greenfinch prob has nest in laurel hedge. Nuthatch on feeders.

Buzzard (2+) in S. Raynham church area. Oystercatcher (2) songflighting near S. Raynham.

Red kite over HH (may have white wing tag on LHS primaries).

Chiffchaff song. [Possible LSW opposite HH.]