Wildlife records 2026

No frost, overcast, some sunny intervals, odd showers, 17C, wind S BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch big oak. Linnet (2) WRR hedge, middle section.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) MNE (hawthorns); b) spinney / yews (simreg). Mallard (male, female) along Carr Stream / meadow. LBBG (adult) west over plot. [Kestrel (female) hovering west of WRR.]. Stock dove across plot. WP (2) shed roof. Wren song MSW. Dunnock a) WBH; b) yews.

Reed warbler song MSW / MNW, opposite hawthorn (first of year).

Jackdaw (2+) big oak, shed etc. BT Top Blackthorn. Chiffchaff song MNW, Top Blackthorn, MSW. Blackbird (male) WBH. Blackbird (male) ash3 tree. [Buzzard, red kite (2) west end of Mill Covert.] Goldfinch WRR. [Collared dove (2) west of WRR.] Carrion crow (2, 1 with food) Church Lane.

No frost, sunny intervals, 15C, wind S BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch beech. House martin (2) round HH NE corner. Linnet (2) WRR hedge, south end (near owl box).

Amber list: Song thrush song MNE. Mallard (male, female) round / on main pond. [LBBG (2 adult) north near plot.] Kestrel across meadow. Sparrowhawk (male) circling over plot. Bullfinch (male, female) from north into Top Blackthorn. Stock dove (2) shed roof. WP shed roof. WP WBH. Wren song main pond trees..

Swallow (2) SW over meadow. Jackdaw (2+) patio, shed concrete etc. BT (2+) shed area, big oak. Blackbird (male) shed concrete. Buzzard (2+) over general plot area. Blackcap song spinney. Goldfinch (5) big oak. Collared dove (2) round main pond. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. Jay Church Lane.

Light frost, sunny intervals, odd light showers later, 12C, calmer, wind W, NW, E BF 0-2.

Red list: Herring gull (2 adults) east over plot. Greenfinch shed shrubs. House martin (2) pond area 1426 BST. House martin round HH NE corner.

Amber list: Song thrush song MNE. Mallard (male, female) round / on main pond. LBBG (3 adult) east over plot. Kestrel perched WRR cable and dead ash near MSW. [Sparrowhawk (male, female) display north of Church Lane.] Marsh harrier (male, perhaps 2YO, not full plumage) circling / foraging over meadow 1440 BST approx.

Jackdaw (5) big oak. BT display yews. Blackbird (2) on ivy Silver Service plot. Buzzard (2+) display over general plot area. [Buzzard, magpie (3+) Mill Covert.] Blackcap song spinney. Goldfinch collecting nest mat shed concrete. Collared dove (2) round main pond. Carrion crow (2+) round plot. Goshawk (larger than carrion crow, brown above, prob female) WRR area, mobbed by carrion crow (2+), jackdaw (10+). Pied wagtail Silver Service workshop roof. Chiffchaff main pond trees.

No frost, sunny intervals, odd light showers, 15C, breezy, wind SW BF 2-4(5).

Red list: Common gull (1YO, 2YO) over Church Lane. Linnet song MNW. Linnet (2) from meadow westwards. Greenfinch (female) west towards WRR. Common gull (50+, 5, etc), herring gull (adult, 1YO; 1, 2, etc) south over plot. House martin pond area, then over spinney.

Amber list: Song thrush with snail on shed concrete. Stock dove shed roof. Stock dove display near main pond. Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. Mediterranean gull (adult) heading east near Church Lane. Mallard (male, female) round / on main pond. WP out of pines. WP WRR. Wren song main pond trees / WBH. LBBG (adult) south over plot. Kestrel circling / hovering Church Lane.

Jackdaw (5) big oak. BT display shed area. LTT (2) hornbeam. Blackbird alarm main pond laurels track. Buzzard (2+) display over general plot area. Red kite WRR area. Red kite (2) over meadow. [Buzzard over Mill Covert.] Blackcap song MSE. Goldfinch song WBH / spinney junction. Collared dove display main pond. Carrion crow (2+) round plot, meadow etc. Greylag goose (4) along Carr Stream from north.

No frost, sunny intervals, odd light showers, 13C, wind SW BF 1-5.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Greenfinch (5) spinney near south end of WRR. Greenfinch (female) big oak. Greenfinch WRR. Yellowhammer (male) west across meadow. Marsh tit (2) WBH.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) spinney or yews; Top Blackthorn. Dunnock song yews. Dunnock under pines. Stock dove (3) shed roof, courtship etc. Stock dove big oak. Mallard (4) main pond, Carr Stream. WP (2) shed area. Moorhen Carr Stream MNW. Wren song a) Top Blackthorn; b) MSW.

Jackdaw with nest mat into shed. Jackdaw (10+) ash3 tree. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Carrion crow (2) into Horseshoe Plantation (near Carr Stream) Buzzard carrying nest mat into Horseshoe Plantation north end. GT (female) collecting nest mat shed concrete. Coal tit collecting nest mat patio. (Both CT, GT went off south). Blackbird (male) courting blackbird (female) shed concrete. BT (2+) display shed area. Blackcap song spinney. Collared dove (3) WRR. Collared dove display main pond area. Robin song Top Blackthorn. Greylag goose (3) over plot.

No frost, sunny intervals, 12C, wind NW, W, SW, S BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. House martin (2) round HH NE corner. Linnet song MNW alders (prob location).

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney or yews. Stock dove out of shed nestbox. Mallard (2) Carr Stream. WP (2) shed area. Moorhen Carr Stream MNW.

Jackdaw (2+) big oak. Robin patio. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Pied wagtail Silver Service plot (from west). Carrion crow (2) into Horseshoe Plantation, 1 with nest mat. GT song pines. Blackbird song main pond laurels. Red kite Church Lane area. Buzzard (2) display Horseshoe Plantation. LTT (2) shed shrubs. BT (2+) display patio area. BT with nest mat patio. Blackbird alarms, jay calls spinney near beech. Blackcap song spinney. GT song pines.

Hybrid poplars, B21 in budburst.

No frost, sunny intervals, showers later, 20C, wind SW or W BF 1-5.

Red list: House martin (2) round HH NE corner 0725 BST etc. House martin over spinney. Greenfinch (2 males) pines and laurl hedge. Greenfinch song yews area. Herring gull (1YO) west Church Lane.

Amber list: Kestrel (male, female) perched Church Lane hybrid poplars. Song thrush song a) MNE hawthorn; b) big oak (simreg). Stock dove ash3 tree. Mallard (5) Carr Stream, round main pond, etc. Whitethroat song / subsong, ‘charr’ calls, (prob) Top Blackthorn. Wren alarm main pond. [LBBG over Wensum.]

Jackdaw (2+) big oak. Jackdaw (10+) Church Lane arable and nearby grazing. Goldfinch big oak, WBH. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Blackcap song main pond Salix trees. Collared dove song, BT (2) main pond trees. Collared dove shed roof. Pied wagtail shed area. Carrion crow (2) St Martin’s church. GT (2) shed concrete and area. GT (2) MSE under hybrid poplars. Blackbird (male) laurel hedge track. Red kite Church Lane area.

Blackthorn flower at Top Blackthorn and MSE peaking. (Blackthorn by shed is over).

No frost, sunny, 20C, wind SE BF 1-2.

Red list: House martin (2) round HH NE corner 0824, 1009, 1330 BST. Greenfinch song main pond trees and MSE. Linnet song MSE or MNE.

Amber list: Wren song MSW. Song thrush song MNE hawthorn. Kestrel (female) eating prey on WRR pole. Bullfinch (female) spinney blackthorn. Mallard (female) round main pond. Dunnock song yews. Sedge warbler song main pond in afternoon, halting or incomplete (earliest record at HH). Oystercatcher (2+) calls west of WRR.

Jackdaw (7) St Martin’s churchyard. Goldfinch (2) Church Lane. Goldfinch (2) big oak. Chiffchaff song MSW / main pond trees. Chiffchaff pines and spinney. BT shed shrubs. Buzzzard (4) circling over plot and nearby. Red kite Church Lane. Blackcap song Top Blackthorn, MNW, scratty hedge. Buzzard (2) circling etc over plot. Red kite near Church Lane. Robin song ash2 tree.

Brown trout (prob), gudgeon (25+, prob) Carr Stream.

Light frost, sunny, 16C, wind SE BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) perched WRR by owl box. Greenfinch (male) St Martin’s churchyard. Greenfinch (2 males) aggro pines. Linnet (2) NE across MNW. Linnet perched Top Blackthorn. Linnet perched WRR. Herring gull (3YO, 1YO) south near plot. Marsh tit (2, 1 with feather / nest mat) shed shrubs, went off south. Common gull (1 1YO, 5, etc) SE over plot. [Skylark song west of WRR.]

Amber list: Song thrush song MNE. Wren song a) WBH; b) MSW hawthorn. BHG (2) south. Dunnock shed shrubs. Dunnock laurel hedge. Kestrel (male) circling / hovering WRR. Kestrel (male) perched Church Lane pole. Mallard (male, female) round main pond.

BT Church Lane. [Collared dove near WRR.] Nuthatch call Church Lane. Robin song WBH. Chiffchaff song MSW. Goldfinch WBH. Chaffinch (male) beech, big oak, pines etc. BT, goldfinch, coal tit big oak. Blackbird (male, female) shed area. Blackbird (2 males) Top Blackthorn. Buzzard (2) circling etc over plot. Red kite near Church Lane. Blackcap song, alarms spinney. Blackcap song Silver Service plot near MSE. Robin patio.

Peacock, orangetip (male), brimstone (male), holly blue near shed. Main pond laurels in flower -- many diptera, mining bees, peacock, common wasp, Bombus spp.

Light frost, sunny intervals, 14C, calmer, wind S BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch song main pond trees. Greenfinch (male) yews and yew hedge. Greenfinch (3+) round shed area. Linnet (2) west along Carr Stream. Linnet (female) collecting nest mat big oak and shed concrete, going off west. Linnet song Top Blackthorn (south edge). [Common gull (10+) north of Church Lane.]

Amber list: Song thrush song MNE (or Top Blackthorn). Wren song WBH. Dunnock shed roof. Dunnock patio. WP round plot. WP (2) WRR. WP (2) pines. Kestrel perched WRR pole, also near owl box. Bullfinch calls Top Blackthorn. Bullfinch (male, female) from spinney blackthorn towards MSE. Stock dove display main pond area. Mallard along Carr Stream. Rook (2) north over plot. Wren song WBH / MSW. Reed bunting perched by track Top Blackthorn.

Jackdaw (2) main pond trees. Jackdaw (10+) Church Lane. BT (3) MNW. LTT (2), coal tit, BT big oak. Collared dove song plot and Silver Service plot. Nuthatch call a) Church Lane; b) spinney. Red kite perched Church Lane. Gudgeon (10+, prob) Carr Stream MNW. Carrion crow, buzzard (2) Church Lane. Little egret west along Carr Stream. Robin song WBH. Goldfinch (2) laurel hedge. Buzzard (3) display, aggro, etc over plot and Horseshoe Plantation. Blackcap song shed elders. Chiffchaff song big oak. Chaffinch (male) MNE.

No frost, sunny intervals, odd showers, 15C, wind SW BF 2-5 (end of Storm Dave).

Red kite Church Lane.

[At Swannington-Upgate Common with Norfolk Conservation Corps for path-maintenance (removal of fallen trees and brash) -- blackcap song (under mains cables), chiffchaff, great tit song, jay, kestrel (female) alarm, nuthatch. Swannington Beck -- many feshwater shrimps, prob Gammarus pulex, in submerged detritus (fallen logs etc). The clock-tower plant Adoxa moschatellina or moschatel, many plants at west end of wooded part of the common with archangel (prob garden escape), also Oxalis acetosella. Prob Caspian gull on road in Alderford village, with injured wing (pale back, yellow legs). Many pairs LBBG and herring gull Bernard Matthews site.]

[Whissonsett arable, near PTC -- yellowhammer. Rook nests (91) Brisley and Potthorpe. Red kite near Bawdeswell.]

No frost, mainly overcast, some sunny intervals, 17C, breezy later, wind SW BF 1-5.

Red list: Greenfinch song yews. Linnet (2) along Carr Stream. Linnet song MNE.

Amber list: Mallard (male, female) main pond.

Jackdaw Church Lane. BT big oak. Goldfinch big oak. Collared dove (3) Silver Service plot. Chiffchaff song ash3 tree, MSW. Nuthatch call Church Lane. Buzzard over meadow. Red kite near Wensum. Buff-tailed bumblebees in various place (Carr Stream, MSW, etc). Gudgeon (10+, prob) Carr Stream MNW.

Poplar males A17, A14, A05, A13 with catkins. Females C01, C02 with catkins.

[Rookery still active next to Aldiss Fakenham. Oystercatcher over Fakenham. Herring gull long-calls Holt Road, Fakenham. House sparrow Lidl, Holt Road, Fakenham. Chiffchaff song Hempton Common.]

No frost, overcast, light drizzle early on, 16C, wind SW BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area, shed area. Greenfinch (male, female) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. Greenfinch (2 males) pines. Linnet song Top Blackthorn. Linnet (2) big oak, apparent courtship-feeding. Common gull (1, 2, 40, 120, 50, 100, etc) SW over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed roof. Stock dove display-flight main pond area. WP (2) shed roof. Mallard (male) down on to main pond. Dunnock (2) courtship shed shrubs. Kestrel (female) perched scratty hedge and over plot. BHG (1, 5, etc) SW over plot. Sparrowhawk (female, strong supercilium) perched MSE hybrid poplars (20+m up) 1455 BST for several minutes. WP (2) beech.

Jackdaw (3+) big oak. Jackdaw (2) beech. Blackbird (male) hornbeam square. Robin (2) patio. BT big oak. Blackcap song MSE. Goldfinch big oak. Collared dove (3) Silver Service plot. Buzzard perched Horseshoe Plantation. Pied wagtail (female) in tractor, prob prospecting. Chiffchaff song ash3 tree. Blackcap song spinney. Chaffinch MNW. Carrion crow (2) over plot. LTT big oak. LTT (2) pines. [Carrion crow (2) over Mill Covert.] Nuthatch laurel hedge and yews area. GSW shed area. Red kite, buzzard Church Lane and nearby. GT (2) patio.

No frost, overcast, drizzle early on, 9C, wind N BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch song yews. Greenfinch (2) aggro MSE hybrid poplars. Linnet song, calls WBH sea buckthorn.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed area. WP (2) shed area. Mallard (2) round main pond, 1 down on to pond. Bullfinch (2) yews and MSE hybrid poplars. Sparrowhawk (male) circling over main pond. Wren Carr Stream near Top Blackthorn. Moorhen call main pond. Moorhen Carr Stream (near MNW). Dunnock song yews and patio. Grey heron west across meadow.

Jackdaw collecting nest mat shed concrete. Jackdaw (11) main pond trees. [Gulls collecting on arable south of A1065.] Blackbird (female) collecting nest mat patio. Blackbird (male) shed concrete. Robin (2) aggro patio. BT patio. Blackcap song spinney. Goldfinch (6) big oak and MSE hybrid poplars. Collared dove (2) pines and A0165 stumps. Buzzard (2), jackdaw (4+) with sparrowhawk. Robin song MNW. Robin shed concrete. Coal tit shed area. GT (2) WBH. BT (4+) MSE.

Many catkins out or part out on C01, C02; most male catkins out, some fully out, on A05; some out on A13. None out on any other trees except one or two on A14.

No frost, overcast, dry, 15C, wind W or SW BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch song flight over main pond area. Greenfinch song big oak. Greenfinch (female) collecting nest mat shed concrete. Marsh tit shed shrubs. Fieldfare call A1065 ashwoods. Snipe round Carex area between MSW and WRR at dusk, also called.

Amber list: Stock dove shed roof. Dunnock song shed roof. Wren song yew hedge. Wren Carr Stream MNW. WP (2) big oak.

Jackdaw (3+) big oak. Jackdaw (10+) WRR. Carrion crow (2) hybrid poplars. Blackbird (male) WRR. Robin, GT, LTT shed shrubs. GT (2) WBH. shrubs, went off NE. BT (3) patio. BT prob anting on shed concrete. Goldfinch shed area. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn. Red kite Church Lane. Buzzard perched Horseshoe Plantation; [buzzard (2) over Wensum]. Chaffinch song WRR. Nuthatch call A1065 ashwoods. [Little egret perched west of WRR.] Blackcap song spinney and MSE area.

Smooth newt (2, male, female) aggro in MNW pond.

Brown hare 25 metres north of Carr Stream opposite Top Blackthorn.

No frost, overcast, drizzle at times, 14C, wind W BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (2 males, 2 females) courtship shed shrubs. Greenfinch (male) laurel hedge blackthorn. Common gull (15, 20) south and east over plot. [Common gull (400+) on newly-tilled arable near Mill Covert.]

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed roof. Mallard (5) round meadow / Carr Stream. WP pines and shed area. WP (2) weeping willow. WP (3) WRR. Dunnock courtship laurel hedge. Song thrush song MSE. Sparrowhawk (female) circling over meadow. BHG (5+) west over Church Lane (to join gulls near Mill Covert). Moorhen Carr Stream (MNE). Dunnock song yews. Grey heron east along Carr Stream.

Jackdaw (30) main pond trees soon after sunrise. Blackbird (2) shed concrete. Blackbird (male) pines. Robin song shed shrubs / yews. Robin laurel hedge blackthorn. LTT with nest mat shed shrubs, went off NE. BT (4) big oak. Magpie Church Lane. Greylag goose NE over plot. Goldfinch (4+) main pond area. BT Top Blackthorn. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn (NE corner) and Carr Stream. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. [Red kite, buzzard over area west of WRR.] Red kite, buzzard (2+) over general area. GSW Church Lane. Collared dove display over main pond area. Chaffinch song spinney. Blackbird (2 males) A1065 stumps. GT (female) laurel hedge blackthorn. Pied wagtail (female, male) foraging shed roof and shed concrete. Nuthatch call A1065 ashwoods. Muntjac (imm) near WBH on grazing.

Several catkins part out on C02; one or two on C01. Many male catkins partly out on A05 and A13.

No frost, sunny intervals, cool, breezy, showers in afternoon, 11C, wind NW BF 2-5.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) main pond area. Common gull (15+) SW over plot. Herring gull (imm) west over Church Lane. Herring gull (2) long-calling over area near MNE.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed roof. Stock dove display flight main pond area. Mallard (3 males) round plot. Mallard (male) main pond. Song thrush Top Blackthorn. Wren Carr Stream / MNW. Dunnock song yews. LBBG (ad) NE over plot. WP (2) A1065 stumps and spinney.

Jackdaw oak box. Blackbird (female) HH track. Robin song, GT main pond trees. Robin song shed shrubs / yews. GT (2) MNE and poplar planting area. Chiffchaff song main pond area, Top Blackthorn. LTT, goldfinch (3) shed area. Red kite, buzzard (2) over Church Lane. [Buzzard (4) over Mill Covert.] BT (2) MNE alders. Nuthatch call / song spinney.

Gudgeon (6+, prob) Carr Stream MNW.

Some (male) catkins starting to appear on poplar A05, not fully out yet. Hybrid poplar catkins essentially gone.

Definite frost, mainly overcast, showers later, breezy, 10C, wind SW BF 1-5.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Greenfinch (2 males, 2 females) laurel hedge blackthorn. Greenfinch (male) hybrid poplars. Common gull (2, 5, etc) SW over plot. Fieldfare St Martin’s churchyard, Horseshoe Plantation. Linnet (3) Top Blackthorn. Linnet song Top Blackthorn and WBH.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed roof. LBBG (adult) south over plot. Mallard (2 males, 1 female) round plot. Dunnock song laurel hedge blackthorn. WP main pond trees. WP shed roof. WP (3) Top Blackthorn. Wren Carr Stream MNW. Wren Top Top Blackthorn. Wren song main pond trees. Bullfinch (prob) into spinney.

Jackdaw (5+) big oak. Jackdaw (2) willow box. Blackbird (2) shed concrete area. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. GT (2) Carr Stream opposite Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch (2) pines, shed area. Red kite mobbed by carrion crow Church Lane. Buzzard over plot. Red kite (2), buzzard (2) clash over Church Lane. GSW (2 males, aggro) big oak. LTT (nest mat) big oak. LTT (2) MNE hawthorn. BT (2) Church Lane hybrid poplars. BT MSE. Robin song WBH. Chiffchaff song main pond trees, Top Blackthorn. Pied wagtail shed roof. Robin patio. Chaffinch song spinney.

No frost, sunny intervals, breezy, 10C, wind W or NW BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Greenfinch song yews. Greenfinch (male) big oak. Common gull (3) SW over plot. Herring gull SW over plot. Fieldfare (35) west over plot (prob return mig).

Amber list: Stock dove shed roof. LBBG (adult) west over plot. BHG (5, 10, etc) NE over plot. WP (2) A1065 cypress stumps and spinney.

Jackdaw (4+), blackbird shed concrete. Collared dove main pond trees. Goldfinch (2) pines, shed area. Red kite (2), carrion crow (2), buzzard (3) over plot and Church Lane.Nuthatch pines and spinney. Robin patio. LTT spinney. Chiffchaff song spinney. Coal tit pines and spinney. Magpie Top Blackthorn and Silver Service plot.

No frost, overcast, showers later, 11C, wind SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch laurel hedge blackthorn. Skylark (2) across plot towards WRR. Herring gull (2 adults) foraging on ground just west of WBH, as in previous years. Common gull (5) east over Church Lane.

Amber list: WP weeping willow, WBH. Stock dove, wren shed roof. Mallard (3) round / over plot. Reed bunting (3+), dunnock (2), wren MNW hawthorn / bramble thicket.

Pied wagtail (2) shed concrete. Jackdaw (2+) big oak. Collared dove, goldfinch shed area. Red kite (2), carrion crow Church Lane. [Carrion crow (2) west of WRR.] Robin shed shrubs. GT (3+) laurel hedge area by shed concrete, some aggro. Chiffchaff song a) main pond trees; b) Top Blackthorn (simreg). LTT WBH and spinney.

Brown hare Church Lane.

Sharp frost, sunny intervals, 8C, cool, breezy, wind W or NW BF 2-5.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Greenfinch song yews. Greenfinch (3+) laurel hedge blackthorn. Common gull (30 + 30 + 40 + 15 + 60 = 175+) SW over plot. Herring gull (3+ imm) south over plot. Mistle thrush St Martin’s churchyard.

Amber list: WP hybrid poplars, big oak. Wren laurel hedge blackthorn. Wren song main pond trees. Stock dove (2) shed roof. Reed bunting, song thrush Top Blackthorn. Mallard (4) over / round main pond. Stock dove (2) shed roof. Grey heron along Carr Stream, also on grazing near WRR. Kestrel (female) circling Church Lane.

Jackdaw (4) big oak. Jay south over plot. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Goldfinch main pond laurels. Goldfinch (2) with nest mat shed. Collared dove main pond trees. Blackbird (2) Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (2) laurel hedge. BT HH windows, shed shrubs. Pied wagtail Silver Service plot. [Little egret perched west of WRR.] Carrion crow round plot. Greylag goose (3) across plot.

Gudgeon (2+, prob) Carr Stream.

No (or light) frost, sunny intervals at first after overnight rain, 8C, rather cool, blustery, wind W or NW BF 2-6.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Common gull (100+) over Church Lane and nearby. Herring gull (3YO) south over plot. Herring gull (ad) near Church Lane. Fieldfare (4 + 9 + 25 = 38) NW over plot.

Amber list: WP, reed bunting (male) Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song MNE. Mallard over / round main pond. Mallard (male) Carr Stream. Stock dove (2) shed roof. [Kestrel hovering west of WRR.] Wren song MNW. Dunnock song yews. WP pines.

Jackdaw (2+) big oak. Chiffchaff song Top Blackthorn and main pond trees (moved). Goldfinch, carrion crow, red kite (2) Church Lane. Collared dove (2) main pond trees. Red kite (4) territorial clash over plot and nearby. Buzzard over meadow. [Buzzard over Mill Covert.] GT (2) patio. Robin shed shrubs.

Hybrid poplar catkins almost all down now.

Gudgeon (2, prob) Carr Stream.

No frost, overcast, some sunny intervals later, 15C, breezy, wind SW BF 2-5.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Greenfinch (male, female) aggro big oak. Gulls (500+, common gull (450+), BHG (50+), herring gull (5+)) over plot and nearby arable (tilling to south of A1065).

Amber list: WP, wren song, reed bunting Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song MNE hawthorn. LBBG (adult, 3YO, etc) south over plot.

Peregrine (male) south over plot in strong breeze 1600 BST approx.

Jackdaws (10+) Church Lane arable. Chiffchaff song MSW, main pond trees, Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch, pied wagtail, nuthatch big oak. Robin shed concrete. Carrion crow (3), red kite Church Lane. Red kite over plot. Buzzard along A1065 ashwoods.

Common frog in drain by HH.

No frost, sunny intervals later, 13C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Greenfinch song yews. Starling (30) east over plot 0930 BST. Marsh tit song (‘tsuf-tsuf..’) Top Blackthorn (east end) and MNW. Fieldfare (15) east over plot.

Amber list: WP Top Blackthorn. Wren song MNW and Top Blackthorn. Wren MSE. Wren shed shrubs. Bullfinch (male, female) MNE hawthorn. Song thrush song MNE hawthorn. Stock dove ash3 tree. Dunnock (2) courtship, song MSE near midline track. Redwing (3) Church Lane and hybrid poplars. Mallard (3) round meadow area.

Blackbird (male) Top Blackthorn, ash3 tree, ash4 tree. Goldfinch (7) ash3 tree. Jackdaw big oak. Egyptian goose south over plot. Pied wagtail (2) Silver Service workshop roof. Robin laurel hedge. Chiffchaff song main pond trees, poplar planting area. Robin shed concrete. Robin song ash2 tree. Red kite Church Lane and plot. Buzzard (2) perched scratty hedge. Buzzard (5) circling over plot. Collared dove plot. BT (2+) pines.

No frost, slight mist at first, overcast, then sunny intervals, 10C, wind E at first, direction variable BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch big oak. Greenfinch song ash2 tree. Common gull (100+) north over plot 0845 BST.

Amber list: WP Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song MNE hawthorn. Redwing (11) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Dunnock, stock dove (2) shed roof. Mallard round meadow.

Jackdaws (20+) on big oak. Chiffchaff song, collared dove song main pond trees. GSW drumming hybrid poplars. Goldfinch (5+) St Martin’s churchyard. Carrion crow (2+) over plot.

[At Swannington-Upgate Common with Norfolk Conservation Corps for alder control round bog ponds -- chaffinch, jay (2), great tit song, GSW (heard), sparrowhawk (male) mobbed by siskin (35+), pied wagtail (2), LTT, grey wagtail (male), grey heron, marsh tit (song/call), buzzard (2+), nuthatch, chiffchaff song. Deadman’s Hill -- slowworm under tin; common lizard on heather. Prob badger sett.]

[Whissonsett arable -- gulls (1000+, mainly BHG, common gull, some herring gull. Alderford (Bernard Matthews) herring gull, LBBG back at nesting area. Fieldfare (5+), starling (5+) on arable near Normans Burrow Wood. Linnet (11), yellowhammer near Pear Tree Corner.]

No frost, clear at first, sea-fret moving in from NE 0745 BST, cleared by about 0930 BST, then sunny intervals, 10C, wind E or NE BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch big oak. Greenfinch song ash2 tree. Greenfinch (2 males, 2 females) in or by laurel hedge. Starling (15) near over plot. Starling perched hybrid poplars. Linnet song / subsong WBH bramble. Fieldfare (4+) SW over plot. Herring gull (ad, 2YO) over grazing near WBH. Common gull (2, 5, etc) west over Church Lane area. Marsh tit song (tsif-tsif...’ MNW and scratty hedge.

Amber list: WP (2) Top Blackthorn. WP (2) big ash scratty hedge. Song thrush song MNE hawthorn. Wren song a) main pond trees; b) MNW and Carr Stream. Grey heron (2) south over Horseshoe Plantation. Moorhen a) MNW pond; b) Carr Stream near MNW (simreg). [Sparrowhawk (female) circling Mill Covert.]

Jackdaws at beech box. Chiffchaff song, collared dove song main pond trees, hybrid poplars. GSW drumming hybrid poplars. Magpie at nest Church Lane. Greylag goose south over plot. Blackbird (male) Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (male), goldfinch shed concrete. GT (male, female) MNW. Red kite, buzzard over Church Lane. [Buzzard (2) over Mill Covert. Buzzard (3) over area north of Church Lane.] Jackdaws insect-hawking over Church Lane. Robin song yews area.

Hybrid poplar catkins mostly dropped now, some still present. B21 catkins at peak. Hornbeam catkins also approx at peak.

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Catkins of tree B21 peaking.

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Hornbeam catkins also approx at peak.

No frost, overcast, mist at first, 13C, wind E BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch shed area. Greenfinch songflight main pond area. Starling (15 + 40 = 55) ENE over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (2), WP shed roof. Song thrush song near HH before sunrise. Dunnock song shed roof. Dunnock patio. Dunnock (2) courtship laurel hedge.

Jackdaws at beech and oak boxes. Jackdaw (2) shed roof. Goldfinch (2) shed concrete, 1 collecting nest mat. LTT big oak. Nuthatch big oak, pines, spinney etc. GT (2) by laurel hedge track. Red kite, buzzard (2+) circling over plot. Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Robin (2) near A1065 ivy hedge. Pied wagtail shed area.

Light frost in shaded places, mainly sunny, 16C, wind E or NE BF 0-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (4+) shed area, pines, etc. Greenfinch songflight over main pond. Greenfinch (female) collecting nest mat near laurel hedge blackthorn. Herring gull east across meadow. Common gull (1, 2, 10, etc) east over plot. Gulls heading SW in afternoon.

Amber list: Kestrel west along Church Lane. Wren song under ash3 or ash2. Stock dove (4) St Martin’s church tower. Stock dove (2) shed roof. WP (3) big ash scratty hedge. WP Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song near HH before sunrise. Song thrush song MNE. Redwing (5) south over plot. Dunnock shed roof.

Chiffchaff song main pond trees, MSW, hybrid poplars. Jackdaw beech, tapping inside box, has broken through base and material now is falling out. Goldfinch big oak. LTT across meadow. LTT big oak. BT HH window. Buzzard perched big ash scratty hedge. Jay (2) near MNE. Collared dove (2) main pond area. Blackbird (male) Top Blackthorn. BT weeping willow, pines etc. GT (2+) courtship chasing pines / laurel hedge etc. Red kite over Church Lane. Blackcap song near shed (brief).

Smooth newt (male, female) south edge of main pond -- male mainly brownish, with crest, head black-striped; not overall blackish unlike crested.

No frost, mainly sunny, 17C, wind SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) pines. Greenfinch song yews. [Herring gull (20+) Holt Road Fakenham. Linnet (3 singers) Hempton Common.]

Amber list: Kestrel over Church Lane spinney. Bullfinch (male) eating blackthorn buds Top Blackthorn. Stock dove Top Blackthorn. [Rook (10+ nests) Aldiss Fakenham.] WP a) Top Blackthorn; b) MSE hybrid poplars. Wren under laurel hedge. Wren song main pond SW corner.

Chiffchaff song main pond trees, MSW, MNW. [Chiffchaff (3+ singers) Hempton Common.] Jackdaw beech, tapping inside box. Jackdaw (5+) insect-hawking over Church Lane and Wensum. Red kite Church Lane. Unidentified finches (9) east near Church Lane, towards Wensum. LTT, BT patio. LTT collecting prob spider web from eaves of shed. Blackbird (male) Top Blackthorn. [Buzzard (4) circling north of Church Lane.] Robin song (2) east and west side of main pond. Robin into rear part of tractor. Coal tit, goldfinch pines (coal tit making repeated journeys between pines and spinney or A1065 ashwoods). Chaffinch (male) across shed area towards spinney. Nuthatch spinney, pines, big oak.

Common toad cowk calls main pond (centre). Common toad cowk calls MNW pond (in reeds). Gudgeon (10+ prob) in reach of Carr Stream opposide Top Blackthorn. Peacock, comma MSW. Buff-tailed bumblebees, bibionid flies (prob), pond-skaters (MNW pond), whirlygig beetles (MNW pond and Carr Stream). Honeybees (prob) on MSW Salix. Muntjac (male) scratty hedge.

No frost, overcast, sunny intervals later, 15C, wind SW or S BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch song ash2 tree. Greenfinch pines. Marsh tit ‘chip-chip-chip..’ song / call main pond trees.

Amber list: Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn. Song thrush song MNE. Song thrush shed concrete. Redwing (3) across meadow. Wren song big oak. [Grey heron west of WRR.] WP ash2 tree.

Chiffchaff song MSW. GT (2) pines. Jackdaw beech, tapping inside box. Buzzard perched Church Lane hybrid poplars. Goldfinch (3) Church Lane hybrid poplars. GSW Church Lane spinney. Greylag goose (2) north over plot. Pied wagtail (2) shed area. Red kite perched Church Lane spinney. Red kite (2) circling Church Lane. LTT a) Top Blackthorn; b) laurel hedge blackthorn. [Cormorant (2) SE near plot. Buzzard (2) near Wensum.] Siskin (prob) call Silver Service / Horseshoe Plantation. Robin song yews area.

Hybrid poplar catkins now approximately peaking.

Very light frost in places, sunny intervals, showers later, 11C, wind W or SW BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch laurel hedge blackthorn. Marsh tit shed hazel. Herring gull kyow-calling over grazing near MSW. Common gull (40+) north over Church Lane late afternoon.

Amber list: Stock dove main pond area. Stock dove (2) shed roof. Wren ash4 tree. Dunnock (2) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song MNE. Reed bunting (male) Top Blackthorn. WP (5+) large ash scratty hedge. WP (2) courtship WRR. WP ash4 tree. WP Top Blackthorn. Redwing across meadow.

Chiffchaff song MSW. GT (2), BT pines. BT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Magpie (2) Top Blackthorn. Jackdaw (2) big oak. Red kite circling / display over Church Lane. Collared dove (3) round plot. Goldfinch (4) beech. Goldfinch (2) Church Lane hybrid poplars, prob eating buds. LTT, robin shed area. GSW across from plot to Church Lane. Greylag goose north over plot. Carrion crow, buzzard over plot. Pied wagtail shed roof. Chaffinch (prob) over plot.

Frost, sunny intervals, showers later, 11C, wind SW or W BF 2-4(5).

Red list: Herring gull (1, 2, etc), common gull (1, 2, 5, etc) SW over plot. Herring gull (3 adults) kyow-calling and long-calling over grazing near MNW. Greenfinch song yews. Greenfinch songflight over main pond trees. Fieldfare (2) SW over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) shed area. Wren main pond. Dunnock shed concrete. Song thrush (2) into pines. Reed bunting (male) Top Blackthorn. BHG (1, 2, etc), LBBG (adult) south over plot. Kestrel (female) perched WRR. Wren, dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn. WP (5+) round plot. Rook (2) SW over plot.

Chiffchaff song main pond trees. Chiffchaff (prob) pines and laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (2), coal tit pines. BT HH window. Blackbird (3) laurel hedge track. Jackdaw (2) shed concrete. Red kite (2) circling / display over Church Lane. Carrion crow Silver Service. Buzzard along scratty hedge. Collared dove (2) round plot. Goldfinch (2) shed and Silver Service area. Goldcrest, nuthatch big oak. Robin song shed shrubs and yews. Tawny owl song spinney. LTT Top Blackthorn. Woodpecker drumming MSE hybrid poplars.

Frost, sunny intervals, 9C, calmer, wind N or NW BF 1-3.

Red list: Herring gull (1, 2, etc) west over Church Lane. Greenfinch (male, female) laurel hedge and shed area. Marsh tit call Top Blackthorn.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) shed roof. Wren song, dunnock song main pond trees. Song thrush song MNE (A17 tree). Reed bunting (male, female) courtship chase Top Blackthorn. Reed bunting MSW reeds near hawthorn (3rd individual). BHG (1, 2, etc) south over plot. Sparrowhawk (female) circling over Silver Service.

Robin song patio. Robin (2) aggro on A1065 cypress stump (near tit box). Robin song, GT (2) ash2 / ash3 trees. Blackbird laurel hedge track. Jackdaw (2) shed roof. Red kite (2 + 2 = 4) circling / display over Church Lane. Carrion crow perched Church Lane hybrid poplars. Buzzard perched scratty hedge, mobbed by carrion crow. Magpie MSE hybrid poplars. Chiffchaff song round meadow (ash4 tree, MSE hybrid poplars, MNW). Pied wagtail shed roof. Collared dove (3) round plot. Goldfinch (2) shed and Silver Service area. Chaffinch (male) shed shrubs. Coal tit beech.

No frost, overnight rain, sunny intervals, 10C, breezy, wind SW BF 2-4(5).

Red list: Greenfinch (female) into laurel hedge. Greenfinch songflight over main pond area; greenfinch song big oak (simreg). Herring gull (1, 2, 5, etc), common gull (2, 5, 10, etc) south over plot with other gulls; rate reduced from 12/03. Fieldfare (2) over plot from NE. Yellowhammer (2 males) west across meadow.

Amber list: Song thrush song laurel hedge blackthorn. BHG (1, 2, 5, etc), LBBG (1, 2 etc) south over plot with other gulls. Redwing Church Lane. Stock dove ash3 tree. WP (15) Church Lane arable. Kestrel (2) display / courtship over Church Lane / WRR junction area. Moorhen call main pond. Wren song main pond trees. Grey heron south near Wensum. Dunnock song hornbeam square. WP (2) into spinney cypresses.

Robin song laurel hedge blackthorn.BT, GT (2), goldfinch (2+) shed area. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. LTT yews. Jackdaw (2) shed concrete. Collared dove (2) round plot. Pied wagtail HH roof. Red kite (2) over Church Lane. Buzzard over St Martin’s church and perched Church Lane hybrid poplars. Chiffchaff call (prob) shed area. Muntjac near MSW.

No frost, sunny intervals, 13C, breezy, wind S or SW BF 2-6.

Red list: Greenfinch (female) laurel hedge blackthorn. Greenfinch song big oak. Herring gull (1, 2, 5, etc), common gull (10, 25, etc) south over plot with other gulls; steady drift of gulls from sunrise, prob 500+. Fieldfare over main pond area.

Amber list: BHG (2, 5, etc) south over plot with other gulls. Redwing (3) across meadow. Stock dove shed roof. Stock dove (3) main pond area. Dunnock shed area. WP Top Blackthorn. [Kestrel hovering west of WRR.] Moorhen call main pond. Moorhen MNW pond. Sparrowhawk (male) thorugh main pond trees. Grey heron along Carr Stream.

[Rook (25+ nests) in evergreen oaks Aldiss Fakenham.]

Peregrine (male?) over meadow, circled NE 1622 BST in strong winds (gusting 6).

BT, goldfinch (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. LTT (2) shed hazel. Magpie Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (2) laurel hedge track. Blackbird (female) main pond Salix trees. Jackdaw (5+) big oak. Collared dove (2) round plot. Pied wagtail (2) MSW, shed concrete. Red kite over Church Lane. Buzzard (3) over Church Lane. Goldfinch (4) big oak. Goldfinch (2), coal tit (2), BT pines. Goldfinch (25, prob) main pond area. Chaffinch big oak.

Male hybrid poplars now well in flower. Poplar B21 is also in flower, but no natives have flowers yet.

Gudgeon (prob, 5+) still in Carr Stream patch.

[Badger roadkill near Toftrees (TF896270).]

No frost, overnight rain, sunny intervals, 12C, wind W BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch song a) big oak; b) Silver Service plot. Greenfinch songflight over main pond trees. Greenfinch (2 males) aggro ash3 tree. Greenfinch (2) pines. Greenfinch (4) over laurel hedge area. Herring gull (5) west over meadow area. Linnet (3) west over meadow. Common gull (10, 30, etc) north over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove meadow. Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. Song thrush song north of Top Blackthorn. LBBG (ad) east over Church Lane. Wren song MSW (near main pond). Redwing (2+) eating ivy berries A1065 cypress stumps. Redwing (18) east over Church Lane. Dunnock song yews. [Rook (5+) over Hempton.]

Marsh harrier (male) west across WRR.

BT laurel hedge blackthorn. GT pines. GT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn and shed hazel. LTT (2) shed hazel. Magpie scratty hedge. Chaffinch into big oak area from north. Goldfinch (2) over meadow. Goldfinch (4) big oak. Blackbird a) laurel hedge track; b) Top Blackthorn. Jackdaw (5) big oak. Siskin (2, prob) across MSW. Collared dove ash3 tree. Greylag goose (3) north over plot. Pied wagtail (2) MSW. Pied wagtail (2) foraging on Silver Service roof. Red kite (3) over Church Lane, some aggro. Buzzard over meadow. Nuthatch calls / song spinney. Tawny owl song spinney.

Gudgeon (7+, prob) in sheltered patch, under overhanging dead Epilobium etc, on Carr Stream opposite Top Blackthorn NE corner, 5+ dark blotches on sides, angular head.

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, 13C, wind SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) song yews. Herring gull (3 adults) over plot from north. Common gull (150), herring gull (5) north over plot. Linnet song scratty hedge. Fieldfare (3) south near MSE.[Common gull (15+) arable near Mill Covert.]

Amber list: Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. WP near main pond. Song thrush shed roof. Song thrush Top Blackthorn. BHG (30) north over plot. Sparrowhawk scratty hedge and Church Lane, mobbed by jackdaw (2). Kestrel hovering scratty hedge.

Robin song laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (2), coal tit pines. Magpie (3+) Top Blackthorn. LTT (2), jackdaw (2) big oak. Red kite (2), buzzard (2) over Church Lane area. Chiffchaff song MSE. Goldfinch MNW. Robin song spinney blackthorn. Nuthatch spinney. Jackdaw shed concrete. Collared dove near Carr Stream. Blackbird big oak. Short-tailed vole nest north side of track MNW.

Common toad cowk calls MNW pond.

No frost, overcast, mist, mainly dry, 13C, wind SW BF 0-2.

Red list: Herring gull (adult) perched WRR pole. Greenfinch yews or patio. Greenfinch song yews. Woodcock up from under MSW / MNW hawthorn.

Amber list: Stock dove round meadow. Stock dove (2) main pond trees. WP Church Lane. Dunnock shed roof. Redwing (3) north over Church Lane.

Robin song over laurel hedge by HH. Robin WBH and big oak. Pied wagtail (2) courtship or aggro round meadow. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (2) pines. Jackdaw (2) across meadow. Carrion crow, magpie scratty hedge. Collared dove main pond trees. Egyptian goose (2) west across plot. Red kite circling Church Lane. Goldfinch (song) yews. Nuthatch spinney.

No frost, overcast, mainly dry, 10C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Herring gull (1, 4, imm) east over plot. Greenfinch song beech.

Amber list: Moorhen call main pond. Song thrush song Church Lane lone spruce. Redwing (11) across plot.

[At Foxley Wood with Norfolk Conservation Corps for coppicing work -- goldfinch (3+, on aspen), BT, magpie, jay, blackbrd, LTT (2), wren song, GSW drumming, GT, chiffchaff, coal tit, chaffinch, woodpigeon, pheasant, sparrowhawk, carrion crow, buzzard, marsh harrier (all-dark, circling / drifting over wood), woodcock, robin song, song thrush song, tawny owl song; bumblebees; tracks of muntjac, red deer, roe deer (?), badger, red fox.]

[Red kite perched over road near Brisley / North Elmham. Brown hare, skylark (3+), yellowhammer (2+) near Whissonsett. Cormorant near Billingford. Rook nests (25+) Brisley. Starling (10+), greenfinch (6) Potthorpe.]

No frost, overcast, drizzle or showers later, 10C, wind NE or E BF 0-2.

Red list: Herring gull (1, 4, imm) east over plot. Common gull north. Greenfinch song yews. Greenfinch (male, female) laurel hedge blackthorn and patio. Woodcock up from MNE under crabapple.

Amber list: Song thrush laurel hedge blackthorn. Song thrush song Church Lane lone spruce. WP (2) courtship, stock dove Church Lane hyrbid poplars. Stock dove (2) upward fluttering over MSW. Stock dove shed roof. Reed bunting (3) chasing flights Top Blackthorn. Redwing MSE hybrid poplars.

Marsh harrier (adult male) across meadow westwards 1420 BST.

Blackbird (2) under laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (male) pines. GT pines. Collared dove song ash3 tree. Red kite perched Church Lane west end. Goldfinch (2) yews. Magpie, carrion crow Church Lane. Robin shed shrubs. Robin, BT (3) patio. Buzzard (2) Horseshoe Plantation. Jackdaw (6) main pond trees. Jackdaw (25) Church Lane spinney. GT (2), BT MSE. LTT (2) main pond Salix trees.

Brown hare Church Lane arable. Muntjac Top Blackthorn track.

No frost, mist at first, thinning by 1000 BST, then overcast, drizzle or showers later, 10C, wind NW BF 0-2.

Red list: Herring gull (15, adults, imms) west over plot. Greenfinch (2+) round plot. Greenfinch song beech. Greenfinch songflight MSW near ash4. Redpoll perched MNW maple, went off towards Horseshoe Plantation. Common gull (80) north over Church Lane with BHG. Mistle thrush song Horseshoe Plantation (west edge).

Amber list: Song thrush song Church Lane lone spruce. WP shed roof. Dunnock song main pond laurels. Dunnock (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Mallard (male, female) round main pond. BHG (25) north over Church Lane with common gulls. Rook (2) SW over plot.

Blackbird (2) aggro Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (male) weeping willow. BT (3), GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (15+) accipiter panic Church Lane [raptor north of Church Lane.]. Jackdaw (4) ash3 tree. Jackdaw (18+) main pond trees. Collared dove perched by laurel hedge. Collared dove (2) pines / laurel hedge area. Red kite Church Lane. Carrion crow (2) plot area. Buzzard circling plot area. Goldfinch alders MSW. Nuthatch beech. LTT (3) main pond trees.

No or light frost, mist or fog at first, clearing by 0900 BST, then sunny, dry, 16C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, 5 etc) S or SW over plot. Greenfinch song Silver Service plot. Linnet (3) east across meadow. Woodcock (1+) up from MSE reeds by track.

Amber list: Song thrush song Church Lane lone spruce. Song thrush collecting nest mat between HH and A1065 (second song thrush also present). Redwing (2) eating ivy berries A1065 cypress stumps. WP (2), stock dove (2), dunnock shed roof. Dunnock song main pond laurels. Dunnock (2) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. Reed bunting (3) Top Blackthorn (south edge). Wren song, song thrush song Top Blackthorn. Wren song main pond east side. Bullfinch (male) WRR / Church Lane junction.

Chaffinch song spinney or HH area. BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. Magpie, goldfinch Church Lane. Collared dove beech. Collared dove (2) Silver Service and yews area. Coal tit pines. Red kite (2) aggro with buzzard Church Lane. Carrion crow (6+) round Church Lane hybrid poplars. Buzzard Horseshoe Plantation. Siskin (3, prob) near MSE. Robin song main pond laurels. Tawny owl song spinney at dusk, blackbird and song thrush alarms.

Bee-fly (3+), brimstone (male) on comfrey under pines. Small tortoiseshell (2+) round meadow. Common toad cowk calls in middle of main pond. Muntjac near MSW.

Light frost, mist or fog at first, clearing by 0930 BST, then sunny, dry, 12C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, 5 etc) S or SW over plot. Greenfinch (2) laurel hedge blackthorn.

Amber list: Song thrush song Church Lane lone spruce. Song thrush shed roof. WP song HH or shed area. WP shed roof and pines. WP Top Blackthorn. WP MSE hybrid poplars. Dunnock (3) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. Wren song shed area. Reed bunting (3) chasing Top Blackthorn (south edge). Stock dove shed roof. Stock dove (2) meadow area. Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. BHG south over plot. Redwing MSE hybrid poplars. Grey heron across meadow to land east of MSE (outside plot).

Blackbird (male) song Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (male) shed roof. GT (2) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (8) shed concrete. Magpie (2), carrion crow Church Lane. Greylag goose (2) north over plot. Collared dove ash3 tree. LTT (3) main pond trees. Buzzard (imm) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Coal tit HH roof. Red kite over plot. Nuthatch spinney. Coal tit pines.

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, 10C, wind N veering E BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch song weeping willow. Common gull (1, 2, 5 etc) S or SW over plot. Herring gull (adult) foraging over Church Lane arable. Starling (9) east over plot 1333 BST (possible return migration).

Amber list: Song thrush song a) Top Blackthorn (area); b) Church Lane lone spruce. WP, dunnock Top Blackthorn. Wren main pond trees. Redwing Church Lane. Mallard (male, female) along Carr Stream. Stock dove shed roof. Rook (2) south over plot. Kestrel WRR. Grey heron east along Carr Stream. Reed bunting (male) main pond Salix trees. Stock dove (4) main pond trees. Kestrel (female) perched Church Lane hybrid poplars.

Blackbird (male) Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (male) WRR hedge. GT pines. BT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (5) St Martin’s churchyard. Jackdaw big oak. Red kite near Church Lane [also red kite high north of Church Lane]. Goldfinch meadow area. Collared dove display MSE hybrid poplars, main pond area, etc. Collared dove (2) courtship pines. Magpie Church Lane. Chaffinch song near HH. Robin patio. Pied wagtail HH roof and Silver Service workshop roof. BT (3) min pond trees. Carrion crow Top Blackthorn. Buzzard over spinney. Buzzard (5) over Silver Service. Red kite display over Church Lane (west end). Jackdaw (18 + 10) assembling for roost departure Church Lane. Pied wagtail (3) main pond area and Silver Service.

Common toad ‘cowk, cowk, cowk...’ calls main pond. Bumblebees appearing. [Muntjac (2) on arable near Mill Covert.]

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, 15C, wind S BF 2-3.

Met Office data show February (in East Anglia) was mild, wet, and grey (temperature anomaly +3.24C, rainfall 181% of average, sunshine only 62% of average).

Red list: Greenfinch (male, female) beech. Greenfinch songflight over shed / big oak / laurel hedge area. Greenfinch (3) courtship chasing shed area. Common gull (1, 2, 5 etc) S or SW over plot. Herring gull (2) S over plot. Linnet (2) across meadow towards WRR. Marsh tit call WBH area.

Amber list: Song thrush song MNW maple. Song thrush song Top Blackthorn. WP (2, 2, etc) meadow / Church Lane area. Wren song main pond trees. Stock dove (3) ash2 tree. Stock dove (5) ash3 tree. WP ash3 tree. Moorhen call main pond. Redwing across meadow. Mallard (male, female) round (also prob on) main pond. Mallard (female) dropping down onto main pond. BHG (1, 2, etc) south over plot. Kestrel (female) perched WRR cable. LBBG (adult) east over plot.

Blackbird song Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (male, female) shed roof. GT (2), BT (2), chaffinch (male) laurel hedge blackthorn. GT shed shrubs. Nuthatch spinney. Jackdaw (5) big oak. Collared dove pines. Jackdaw (5+), red kite, carrion crow Church Lane. Red kite carrying nest mat Church Lane. Carrion crow (2) aggro Norway spruce Church Lane. Carrion crow (6+) on Church Lane hybrid poplars. Goldfinch, robin Top Blackthorn. Chaffinch song spinney. Egyptian goose (2) north over plot. Coal tit across from pines to spinney. Blackbird main pond Salix trees.

Tawny owl song spinney mid-afternooon. Tawny owl undulating call from inside beech box at dusk, blackbird alarms.

No frost, overcast, showers, 12C, wind S or SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (male, female) shed area. Common gull (1, 2, 5 etc) S or SW over plot. Herring gull (1, 5, 10, etc) S or SW S or SW over plot. Starling (3) SW near plot. Fieldfare (5) west near Church Lane.

Amber list: Song thrush song MNW maple. WP (10+) meadow / Church Lane area. Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. Stock dove (2) courtship ash2 tree. Stock dove (3) meadow area. Moorhen call main pond. Dunnock Top Blackthorn. Reed bunting up from reeds near Top Blackthorn, went off SW. BHG SW over plot. Redwing (2) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Redwing Silver Service plot. LBBG (adult) west over plot.

Blackbird song MNE. GT yew hedge, patio etc. Robin patio. Collared dove (2) round plot. Jackdaw (25) Church Lane. Jackdaw (2) in beech box. Red kite, GSW, carrion crow, jay, buzzard Church Lane. Pied wagtail HH gutter. Greylag goose (2) west near scratty hedge. Goldfinch (4) shed area. LTT, goldcrest spinney blackthorn. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Chaffinch song a) spinney; b) Silver Service plot (simreg).

No frost, overcast, showers, 8C, wind NW W SW BF 1-4, calming.

Red list: Greenfinch (male, female) laurel hedge blackthorn. Greenfinch song MSE hybrid poplars. Greenfinch (male) Church Lane.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) MNW; b) lone spruce Church Lane (simreg). WP (2) courtship shed roof. WP WRR. Stock dove (2) St Martin’s church. Stock dove Top Blackthorn. Moorhen call main pond. Dunnock (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock (2+), reed bunting (male) Top Blackthorn. BHG (2) SW near plot.

Blackbird (male) a) MNE; b) Top Blackthorn (simreg). Blackbird (male) pines. GT (male, female), BT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. GT (male, female) shed shrubs. Collared dove (2) shed area. Collared dove display Silver Service plot. Jackdaw ash3 tree. Red kite (2) circling Church Lane in rain. Tawny owl song spinney.

No frost, overcast, showers, 14C, wind SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (5) south over plot. Greenfinch in main pond laurels. Greenfinch (male, female) laurel hedge. Greenfinch (6+) Church Lane around sunset.

Amber list: Song thrush (2) on concrete east of shed. Song thrush song MNW maple. Song thrush Top Blackthorn. WP (2) courtship shed roof. Stock dove (3) ash3 tree. Dunnock song laurel hedge. Mallard (3) across meadow. Wren, moorhen main pond.

Blackbird laurel hedge track. Blackbird (4) in general area of shed. Robin song yews before sunrise. Carrion crow Church Lane arable. GT laurel hedge blackthorn. BT patio. Egyptian goose (2) Church Lane area. Collared dove ash3 tree. Red kite Church Lane. Nuthatch ‘whee-whee-...’ call spinney, also whinney call. Goldfinch shed area. Tawny owl song spinney.

No frost, sunny intervals, showers before sunset, 14C, wind SW BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch song MSE hybrid poplars. Starling, fieldfare perched Church Lane hybrid poplars. Starling (3) west over plot. Common gull (15+) south over plot. Linnet (prob) across meadow towards WRR. [Skylark over West Raynham Rd, north of Church Lane.] Marsh tit main pond Salix trees.

Amber list: Song thrush song Church Lane spruce. Reed bunting (male) Top Blackthorn (south edge). WP Silver Service beech. Stock dove (4+) meadow and nearby. Stock dove (2) big oak or shed. [Kestrel over West Raynham Rd, north of Church Lane.] Redwing MSE hybrid poplars. Wren laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock shed roof. Dunnock song shed shrubs. Kestrel (female) mobbed by jackdaw (2) WRR. BHG (1, 2) SW over plot.

GT (2) pines. BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Collared dove Silver Service beech. Collared dove (2) round Silver Service plot. Blackbird (2) pines. Blackbird song, chaffinch song Silver Service plot. Magpie scratty hedge. Pied wagtail, GT on shed concrete. Blackbird a) WRR hedge; b) WBH (simreg). Red kite mobbed by carrion crow, jackdaw (10+) Church Lane. Robin shed concrete. LTT (2) towards spinney from Silver Service. Red kite over Church Lane. Nuthatch alarms big oak. Green woodpecker on WBH and washing-line posts. Goldcrest big oak. Tawny owl song spinney.

No frost, mist at first, sunny intervals later, 14C, wind SW BF 1-4.

Red list: Herring gull (4) over Church Lane.

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney. Dunnock (3) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. WP WRR. WP shed roof. Redwing over plot from north.

GT (2), BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Collared dove shed roof. Jackdaw (5+) Church Lane. Red kite over Church Lane. Buzzard (2) between WBH and WRR. GT song shed area. Robin shed concrete. Robin song ash2 tree. Pied wagtail (2) Silver Service plot (Ronnie’s house). Coal tit song spinney.

No frost, sunny intervals, 15C, wind SW or S BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (3) Church lane. Greenfinch (2) out of laurel hedge. Linnet (2) across meadow towards WRR. Marsh tit call/song WBH.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) big oak; b) Top Blackthorn; c) Church Lane. Stock dove (2 + 2) main pond trees, shed area, Top Blackthorn. Dunnock song yews. Dunnock (3) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn and shed roof. Grey heron west along Carr Stream. Rook call near plot. Sparrowhawk west across plot. Moorhen call main pond. Rook (adult) SE over plot. [Redwing (300, prob) SE near plot.] Kestrel (female) WRR pole.

Jackdaw (2+) Church Lane. GT pines. Chaffinch (male) yews area. Collared dove (2) big oak, shed area, etc. Blackbird (male) shed roof and big oak. Blackbird (3) WBH. LTT big oak. Pied wagtail Church Lane. Red kite (3), buzzard, carrion crow (2) over Church Lane. Robin shed concrete. BT (2) Top Blackthorn. Nuthatch, BT shed elders. [Buzzard (2) over Mill Covert. Buzzard (2) over spinney north of Church Lane spinney. Kestrel hovering west of WRR. Red kite (2+) Wensum valley.]

Badger prints Carr Stream bridge.

No frost, sunny intervals, 12C, wind W BF 2-4(5).

Red list: Fieldfare, greenfinch Church Lane hybrid poplars. Common gull (1, 2, 5, etc), herring gull (adult, 1YO, 2YO) SW over plot. Greenfinch (2) laurel hedge and laurel hedge blackthorn. Linnet (2) across meadow towards WRR.

Amber list: Stock dove big oak and main pond trees. WP shed roof. Song thrush song spinney. Dunnock (3) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn and shed roof. Dunnock song Top Blackthorn. Grey heron west along Carr Stream. Kestrel (female) hovering over WBH and nearby grazing. Rook (adult) south near plot.

Jackdaw (12+) big oak. BT, GT, goldfinch (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird laurel hedge track. Blackbird (2) Church Lane spinney near sunset. Chaffinch (male) near main pond. Collared dove display main pond area. Collared dove (2) shed area. Pied wagtail shed roof. GSW MSE hybrid poplars. Red kite over Church Lane. Carrion crow Church Lane arable. Nuthatch patio.

Yew trees by HH producing large amounts of pollen. Whirlygig beetles on main pond south end.

No frost, overcast after overnight rain at first, then sunny intervals, 13C, wind W BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (4) ash2 etc. Greenfinch songflight over meadow (MSW). Greenfinch (female) in laurel hedge, prob prospecting. Common gull (15, 25, etc) over plot. Skylark (2) west over main pond. Marsh tit ‘tew-tew...’ call big oak.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) big oak and main pond trees. WP shed roof. Dunnock (2) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. Song thrush song spinney. WP (40+) accipiter panic over Horseshoe Plantation. Wren pines. Redwing (6) Church Lane. Moorhen call main pond. Kestrel (male, female) WRR pole. Grey heron west along Carr Stream.

Goshawk (imm male) near Horseshoe Plantation, went north past St Martin’s, mobbed by carrion crow (2+).

Jackdaw (2) big oak. Jackdaw (20+), red kite, pied wagtail (3) Church Lane. Blackbird (4) laurel hedge blackthorn and track, some male-male aggro. BT (3), GT (female), goldfinch laurel hedge blackthorn. GT alarms pines. LTT (2) pines. Collared dove (2) main pond trees.

Yew trees by HH producing large amounts of pollen.

No frost, overcast with drizzle at first, then some sunny intervals, 12C, wind W or SW BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) big oak. Greenfinch (female) in laurel hedge, prob prospecting. Greenfinch (20+) assembling for roost on Church Lane hybrid poplars. Fieldfare Church Lane hybrid poplars. Herring gull (1, 1, etc) SW over plot. Common gull (1, 2, 4, etc) SW over plot. Marsh tit MSE hybrid poplars. Woodcock up from reeds MSE.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) big oak. WP (3), dunnock (2) shed roof. Song thrush song spinney. Mallard (male, female) on ground by pines and shed. BHG (3) SW over plot. WP (2) courtship Church Lane.

Jackdaw (8) big oak. Blackbird (4) laurel hedge blackthorn and track, some male-male aggro. BT (3), GT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Goldfinch big oak. Red kite Church Lane. Collared dove (2) across to Silver Service. Carrion crow Church Lane arable. Carrion crow (2) Church Lane spinney. Buzzard spinney area. Robin (2) patio (prob pair). Jay (2) MNE hawthorns. LTT MSE.

No frost, overcast at first, showers / rain from midday, 10C, wind SW BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch song yews or box area. Fieldfare, greenfinch (male) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Mistle thrush (2) across towards A1065 ashwoods.

Amber list: Stock dove display round main pond. Stock dove (3) ash3 tree. WP (2) big oak. Song thrush song spinney. Dunnock (2) courtship etc laurel hedge blackthorn. Kestrel (male) perched WRR pole. Redwing eating ivy berries A1065 cypress stump.

Jackdaw ash3 tree. Jackdaw (5+) Church Lane. Blackbird laurel hedge blackthorn and track. BT patio. GT song shed area. Goldfinch (6) Church Lane spinney. Magpie across meadow. Red kite perched and circling Church Lane. Green woodpecker into spinney. Goldcrest pines.

[Herring gull, oystercatcher (2) Holt Road Fakenham. Grey heron near East Raynham.]

No frost, overcast at first, drizzle, 5C, wind E BF 1-4.

Red list: Marsh tit laurel hedge blackthorn. Greenfinch pines and with second on Silver Service beech. Greenfinch (female) big oak. Greenfinch (21+) assembling on Church Lane hybrid poplars for roost 1710 BST; apparently into roost by 1735.

Amber list: Stock dove ash3 tree. WP (2) WRR. Song thrush song spinney cypresses. Song thrush song a) Top Blackthorn; b) Church Lane spruce; c) spinney cypresses (simreg). Dunnock (3) courtship etc laurel hedge blackthorn. Moorhen call main pond.

Jackdaw (15) MSE hybrid poplars. Blackbird (3) shed area. Blackbird (2) WRR. Blackbird (male) WBH. Blackbird (3) ash2 tree. BT (4) laurel hedge blackthorn. Goldfinch big oak. Magpie WRR. Red kite over plot. Red kite perched Church Lane hybrid poplars for much of the afternoon. [Red kite west of WRR.] Egyptian goose near Church Lane. Carrion crow (2) Church Lane. Greylag goose (2) NE over plot.

Light frost, overcast at first, some sunny intervals later, dry, 4C, wind SE BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) aggro over Church Lane. Greenfinch (2) chasing shed area. Greenfinch song big oak. Greenfinch (3) in tops of MSE hybrid poplars, prob went into roost by main pond 1640 BST. Lapwing (60) SW over plot. Common gull (1, 2, 4, etc) over plot.

Amber list: WP (2) big oak. Reed bunting into reeds near Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song MNW maple. Redwing (6) in hybrid poplars and meadow area. Dunnock (2) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. Stock dove main pond area.

COMMON CRANE (6) west over plot 0820 BST.

Jackdaw ash2 tree. Chaffinch over plot from north. BT (15+), GT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Goldcrest pines. Collared dove (3) chasing shed area. Blackbird shed roof. Little egret along Carr Stream. Buzzard display over Church Lane.

No frost, sunny intervals, dry, 5C, wind NW BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) Church Lane spinney. Greenfinch song big oak. Common gull (1, 2, etc) across general plot area. Common gull (30) north near sunset.

Amber list: WP (5+) round general area plot. Stock dove (4) Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song scratty hedge or meadow.

Jackdaw (31) Church Lane towards sunset. Chaffinch, GSW Church Lane spinney. Carrion crow (2) scartty hedge. Nuthatch spinney. Red kite (2) over Church Lane.

No frost, sunny intervals, showers, 7C, wind W BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch song spinney. Common gull (1, 2, etc) across general plot area.

Amber list: WP (15+) round general area plot. Stock dove (2) courtship / aggro shed roof. Stock dove (4) courtship / aggro (including upward-fluttering) on and round ash3 tree. Dunnock (3) courtship / aggro laurel hedge and laurel hedge blackthorn. BHG south near plot. Moorhen call main pond. Redwing (5) MSE hybrid poplars.

Peregrine (imm male) NW across plot 1045 BST.

Jackdaw (10+) Church Lane (hybrid poplars and spinney). BT (2), GT, goldfinch, LTT laurel hedge blackthorn. Goldfinch (5+) meadow area. Magpie scratty hedge. Carrion crow, blackbird (male) Church Lane. Collared dove Silver Service plot. Buzzard perched scratty hedge. Red kite over Church Lane.

No or very light frost, rain, sleet / snow later until late afternoon, 2C, wind S BF 1-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (2 males) aggro in flight over shed area.

[At Pensthorpe Natural Park with Norfolk Conservation Corps for control of invading scrub on fen -- barnacle goose (4, feral), buzzard.]

Light frost, clear overhead, sunny later, 5C, wind NW BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch Church Lane hybrid poplars. Greenfinch song weeping willow. Greenfinch song beech. Common gull (1, 2, etc) across general plot area.

Amber list: WP (14) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Stock dove (3) courtship / aggro shed roof. Dunnock (2) courtship / aggro laurel hedge and laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song a) Top Blackthorn; b) MNE (poplar); c) Church Lane spruce (all simreg). Rook west over plot.

Jackdaw (10+) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Robin song shed area. BT (3), GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Red kite (2) prob display high over Church Lane 0820 BST. Magpie across plot. Carrion crow MSE hybrid poplars. Blackbird main pond trees. Blackbird laurel hedge track. Buzzard Church Lane. Buzzard circling over meadow. Collared dove Silver Service plot.

No frost, overcast, drizzle, 5C, wind E or NE BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch song main pond area.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) main pond area. WP ash2 tree. WP (10) round meadow area. Dunnock (3) courtship / aggro shed area and laurel hedge blackthorn. Redwing into Top Blackthorn near sunset.

Jackdaw hornbeam square. Jackdaw (8) ash2 tree. Robin (2), BT (4+) laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird big oak. Red kite circling Church Lane. Chaffinch Church Lane spinney. Magpie across meadow. Blackbird alarm near HH.

No frost, overcast, 7C, wind W, NW or N BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch song MSE hybrid poplars. Common gull (1, 2, 5, etc) over / near plot.

Amber list: WP (10) across meadow area. Stock dove (2) main pond area. Dunnock (3) laurel hedge blackthorn, courtship etc. Reed bunting song (broken) MNW area. Sparrowhawk (female) across plot from north. Redwing (2) MSE hybrid poplars.

Jackdaw (45) Church Lane hybrid poplars. Blackbird, GT song Top Blackthorn. Robin (2), BT (3+) laurel hedge blackthorn. Buzzard Church Lane. Goldfinch (4) shed area. Red kite (3) circling WRR. Tawny owl song spinney. Chaffinch weeping willow.

No frost, overcast, gloomy, drizzle or rain, 11C, wind S or SW BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (3+) MSE hybrid poplars. Greenfinch song beech or spinney. Fieldfare perched Church Lane hybrid poplars. Common gull (100+) west over / near plot. Starling (5) west over plot.

Amber list: WP (4) MSE hybrid poplars. Stock dove (2) courtship ash3 tree. Song thrush song Top Blackthorn. Song thrush across to Silver Service plot. Dunnock (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Mallard (male, female) over / round meadow. Wren shed area.

Jackdaw (8) ash2 and ash3 trees. Blackbird (male) laurel hedge track. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (2) ash3 tree. Robin, BT (3), goldfinch (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. Buzzard, carrion crow perched scratty hedge. Red kite display Church Lane area.

No frost, overcast, gloomy, drizzle later, 8C, wind E or SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) over plot. Greenfinch song beech (or nearby). Greenfinch St Martin’s churchyard. Fieldfare scratty hedge.

Amber list: Wren laurel hedge blackthorn. Stock dove (3) display round main pond. Dunnock song Top Blackthorn. WP (3) ash2 tree Song thrush song a) Church Lane; b) Horseshoe Plantation. Redwing (3) hybrid poplars.

BT (2+) A1065 cypress stumps. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Robin song laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (5+) shed area. Collared dove (2) main pond and Silver Service. Goldcrest pines.

No frost, mainly overcast, mainly dry, 9C, wind SE BF 1-2(3).

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) over plot. Starling (14) east over plot 1530 BST.

Amber list: Wren song laurel hedge blackthorn. Stock dove scratty hedge. Stock dove (3) display round main pond. Dunnock (2) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. WP WRR. Song thrush song hybrid poplars. Grey heron (imm) round main pond. Redwing (25+) towards spinney.

GT (2), BT (2), blackbird (2 males, aggro), robin (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (28) hybrid poplars after arrival from roost. Collared dove WRR. Red kite Church Lane. Carrion crow Church Lane arable. LTT big oak. Goldcrest pines. Buzzard across plot.

No frost, overcast (thin cloud), patchy mist / fog at first, dry, 10C, wind S or SE BF 1-3.

[At Holt Lowes with Norfolk Conservation Corps for control of birch scrub (heathland restoration) -- great tit, robin, mistle thrush song, green woodpecker call, buzzard (3) overhead, rook, carrion crow, woodpigeon, stock dove song near carpark; calls of goldcrest, nuthatch detected on smartphone app. Linnet (40) assembling for roost near north-east corner of heath.]

[Brisley -- rook (500+), jackdaw (500+) assembling for roost on various trees north-east of village.]

[Fieldfare (150) on arable near PTC. Skylark (3+) near PTC.]

No frost, overcast (thin cloud), drizzle or showers later, 9C, wind S or SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Mistle thrush Church Lane. Common gull (1, 2, 10+, etc) over plot.

Amber list: Song thrush song spinney. Wren song near shed. WP (5) near St Martin’s church. WP (2) ash2 tree. Stock dove display round ash2 tree. Reed bunting (4) up out of meadow reeds, off SE. Reed bunting (2) up out of meadow reeds, off SW. Reed bunting (3) into reeds MNW. Kestrel (male) round WRR.

GT near A1065. Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Collared dove (2) main pond trees. Blackbird round HH. Robin song HH. Red kite, carrion crow Church Lane and nearby. Chaffinch song HH. Buzzard perched WRR pole. Little egret along Carr Stream.

No frost, overcast, dull, murky, drizzle or showers, 8C, wind E BF 1-3.

Red list: Marsh tit shed area. Finches (30, prob greenf*nch) across plot towards Horseshoe Plantation.

Amber list: Song thrush song WBH or spinney. Dunnock laurel hedge. WP Silver Service plot. Sparrowhawk (female) along Church Lane.

Jackdaw (12) hybrid poplars, big oak and ash3 tree. Blackbird laurel hedge track. BT (2), GT, robin (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. LTT big oak. Red kite Church Lane and neearby. Collared dove (2) round plot.

No frost, overcast, dull, murky, drizzle or showers later, 4C, breezy, wind E BF 2-4.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) perched hybrid poplars. Greenfinch (6) ash3 tree. Common gull (1, 2, 5, etc) eastwards.

Amber list: Stock dove round main pond area. Song thrush song scratty hedge area. WP hybrid poplars. WP WRR. WP (2) WBH ivy. Kestrel perched WRR cables.

Lone pink-footed goose over plot eastwards, calling, clearly lost.

Jackdaw (10+) hybrid poplars. Robin song yews. Blackbird alarms patio area. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. GSW Church Lane. BT, GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Red kite (2) WRR area, later perched pole and cable, 1 eating food. Buzzard (2) circling plot and nearby, some display over Church Lane. Goldfinch ash3 tree (with greenfinches).

Tawny owl song spinney before sunrise.

No frost, overcast, dull, misty at first, 9C, wind SE BF 0-2(3).

Red list: Common gull (1, 10, etc) east or west over plot. Snipe (2) along Carr Stream down on to rushy meadows west of WRR. Starling (17) south over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove ash3 tree. Stock dove (2) display / courtship main pond area. WP song shed roof. WP (2) WRR cable. Dunnock (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock patio. Moorhen call main pond.

Collared dove (2) courtship ash3 tree. Jackdaw (15) ash2 tree. Jackdaw (2) big oak. Egyptian goose over plot towards Church Lane. Robin (2), GT, BT laurel hedge blackthorn. BT shed. Robin song big oak. Carrion crow Church Lane arable. Magpie meadow area. Little egret along Carr Stream. Red kite over WRR. Blackbird patio. Blackbird (2) track near yew hedge. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch ash3 tree. Buzzard WRR pole. GSW hyrbid poplars. Buzzard, red kite (2) over Church Lane. Red kite perched oak tree Church Lane west end.

Jackdaw (2) occupying owl box WRR.

No frost, overcast, dull, dry at first, 4C, wind E BF 2-4.

Red list: Common gull (40+) SE over / near plot.

Amber list: Moorhen call main pond. Song thrush song scratty hedge area. Stock dove (2) courtship main pond area. Stock dove (2) over meadow. WP (5) Church Lane. Grey heron west over plot.

Egyptian goose over plot from north. Blackbird meadow area. Blackbird (3) Top Blackthorn. BT (5+), GT, robin (2, some aggro) laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin song yews area. Jackdaw (5+) main pond trees. Red kite Church Lane. Buzzard (2) circling over general plot area. Buzzard foraging WBH area. Collared dove (2) round pines area. Goldfinch shed elder. Greylag goose north over Church Lane.

No frost, overcast, dry but damp, 6C, wind E BF 2-4.

Red list: Common gull (15) over plot. Fieldfare round meadow. Greenfinch (2 males) big oak.

Amber list: Stock dove Top Blackthorn. Song thrush song spinney. WP ash2 tree. Mallard (male, female) up from main pond.

Blackbird (5+) Top Blackthorn. Jackdaw (20+) over Church Lane area, prob disturbed by accipiter. GT, BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin eating scrap rice on shed concrete. Buzzard (2) WRR. Magpie, jay round meadow.

No frost, overcast, damp, dry at first, 9C, wind S or SE BF 0-1.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) south near plot. Common gull (90) east over plot from arable west of WRR. Mistle thrush song scratty hedge big ash. Greenfinch song beech (in spinney). Starling (10), fieldfare (10) over meadow and Horseshoe Plantation area from north.

Amber list: WP (15+) on ivy todd scratty hedge. WP (2) courtship big oak. Stock dove (3) St Martin’s church tower. Stock dove (2+) display round meadow etc. Dunnock song MSE or Top Blackthorn. Reed bunting (male) Top Blackthorn. Reed bunting (2) up from Top Blackthorn, went off NE. Song thrush song spinney. Dunnock shed roof. Moorhen call main pond.

BT Top Blackthorn. Red kite Church Lane. Blackbird (3+) Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (2) laurel hedge. GT main pond trees. Magpie scratty hedge etc. Robin big oak. GT, BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Collared dove (2) round plot. Jackdaw (45), carrion crow (2) assembling on hybrid poplars near sunset. Chaffinch (male) Silver Service plot.

No (or very light) frost, sunny intervals, 9C, wind S or SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) over plot. Mistle thrush song hybrid poplars. Mistle thrush perched Norway spruce (Church Lane). Fieldfare Top Blackthorn. Greenfinch song main pond area. Marsh tit under hybrid poplars.

Amber list: WP, redwing Top Blackthorn. Stock dove (2) main pond area. Wren laurel hedge. Dunnock song Top Blackthorn. Reed bunting (5) up out of reeds MSW around sunrise, went off SW. [Redwing (40) SE over Wensum.]

Jackdaw main pond area. Robin song hornbeam (by hornbeam square). BT, GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Red kite round Norway spruce Church Lane. Buzzard perched scratty hedge. Little egret landing Carr Stream near WRR. Blackbird across meadow. Carrion crow (3) scratty hedge big ash.

No frost, overcast, murky, drizzle from early on, 7C, wind SE BF 2-4.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) NE over plot. Mistle thrush ash2 tree. Marsh tit laurel hedge blackthorn.

Amber list: WP across meadow. Stock dove (2) ash3 tree. Redwing Top Blackthorn.

Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Jackdaw (4+) Church Lane. Robin song shed concrete area. Robin shed concrete (eating scrap rice). BT, GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird main pond area. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Collared dove (2) meadow and Silver Service area. Collared dove pines. Red kite over Church Lane. Greylag goose SE across plot. Goldfinch (3+) ash3 tree and hybrid poplars.

No frost, overcast, 5C, wind E BF 1-2.

Red list: Fieldfare (2) into Top Blackthorn from west. Greenfinch across meadow. Common gull (1, 2, etc) south over plot. Mistle thrush (2) ash2 tree.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) spinney; b) Church Lane. WP (5) St Martin’s church tower. WP WRR cables. Dunnock song MSE. Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn. Moorhen call main pond. Reed bunting (6) up out of reeds MSW (from roost). Stock dove ash3 tree. Mallard (2) along Carr Stream. Kestrel (male) perched WRR / Church Lane junction.

Jackdaw (7+) St Martin’s churchyard. Robin song pines. GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (2+) Top Blackthorn. Collared dove display meadow and main pond area. Red kite (2) display calls over Church Lane. Chaffinch, carrion crow Church Lane spinney. Pied wagtail up out of reeds MSW around sunrise. Green woodpecker call east of meadow. Goldfinch (4) ash3 tree. Magpie (2) scratty hedge and Top Blackthorn.

Sharp frost (thawed by midday), mist at first, sunny intervals, 7C, wind E or SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Fieldfare Top Blackthorn. Greenfinch Church Lane.

Amber list: Song thrush song a) spinney; b) A1065 ashwoods (simreg). WP (1, 2, etc) round plot. Wren laurel hedge blackthorn.

Jackdaw (1, 2, etc) round plot. BT (2+), GT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Carrion crow Church Lane. Collared dove display main pond area. Goldfinch (2) hybrid poplars. Jay (3) across meadow. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Little egret along Carr Stream. Buzzard near WRR.

[Starling (500+) in treetops Stanfield. Gulls (HG, common gull heading south at sunsrise, Whissonsett area. Kestrel near NBW.]

No frost, overcast, drizzle or steady rain until midday, 7C, wind SE BF 2-5.

Red list: Fieldfare Top Blackthorn. Starling (500) NE over Church Lane 0850 BST. Common gull (1, 2, 5, etc) south over plot.

Amber list: Song thrush song WBH. WP (1, 2, etc) round plot.

Jackdaw (2) shed concrete. BT (2), LTT (3), robin (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Carrion crow scratty hedge. Robin shed concrete area. Collared dove display main pond area. Goldfinch (15+) Silver Service plot. Chaffinch (male) pines. GT by shed. Blackbird into Top Blackthorn.

No frost, overcast, murky, 5C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Marsh tit on burdock near shed. Mistle thrush across meadow. Fieldfare (2) MSE hybrid poplars.

Amber list: Song thrush song main pond Salix trees. Redwing, WP across meadow. Redwing (2) MSE hybrid poplars. Kestrel perched WRR cable. Kestrel with food WRR pole. WP big oak. Stock dove round meadow. Stock dove mobbed by blackbird over shed area. Moorhen call main pond.

Jackdaw (15+) St Martin’s churchyard. Blackbird (3) Top Blackthorn. GT (2), BT (4) laurel hedge blackthorn. Carrion crow across meadow. Robin song shed concrete area. Robin (3) shed concrete area, some aggro. Egyptian goose (2) along Church Lane. Little egret along Carr Stream. Red kite perched Church Lane hybrid poplars. Red kite (2) over Church Lane. Collared dove display main pond area. Collared dove (3) round plot. Buzzard (2) round plot. GSW Silver Service beech and hybrid poplars. Goldfinch (3) MSE hybrid poplars. Goldfinch (12) collecting on oak Silver Service plot near sunset (prob for roost). Goldcrest pines.

No frost, overcast, dry, 7C, wind SE BF 1-3.

[At Swanton Novers with Norfolk Conservation Corps for control of birch scrub (heathland restoration) -- woodpigeon (15+), buzzard, blue tit, blackbird, mistle thrush song; starling (150+), fieldfare (150+), skylark on adjacent rape crop; linnet (30) assembling for roost in heathland area. Red kite over Swanton Novers village. Sparrowhawk Swanton Novers village. Prob slime mould (green) on birch stems. An amazing array of veteran trees in this remarkable ancient woodland.]

[Red fox near east edge of Fulmodeston.]

[Lapwing (40) with mixed thrush flock (200+) between Colkirk and Ryburgh.]

No (or very light) frost, sunny intervals, 8C, wind SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (1, 1, 5, etc) E or SE over plot and near Church Lane. Fieldfare (6) hybrid poplars. Greenfinch song beech. Marsh tit by laurel hedge. Mistle thrush ash2 tree. Herring gull (adult) S over plot. Starling (5) SE over plot near sunset.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) across meadow. Stock dove (2) upward fluttering near shed. Stock dove mobbed by blackbird near WBH. WP (12) on ivy todd by Church Lane arable. Song thrush song main pond trees. Wren MSE. Reed bunting (7, in 1, 2, etc) up from MSE reeds 0841 BST, off SW. Kestrel (male) perched big oak and ash3 tree, also attacked passerine in pines. Dunnock (3) courtship laurel hedge blackthorn. Redwing ash2 tree.

Jackdaw (15+) hybrid poplars after arriving from east. Siskin (20) east across meadow. GT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Collared dove big oak. Green woodpecker call Horseshoe Plantation. Nuthatch Church Lane. Carrion crow perched Church Lane. Buzzard display over Church Lane. Robin (2) shed concrete area. BT (2), GT near shed. Goldcrest pines. Grey squirrel near main pond. Egyptian goose (2) along WRR at dusk.

No frost, overcast, drizzle later, 8C, wind SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (1, 1, 30, etc) E or SE over plot and near Church Lane. Fieldfare (2) round and in Top Blackthorn. Starling round meadow, perhaps up from roost in Top Blackthorn.west over Church Lane.

Amber list: Stock dove display main pond area. Stock dove (2) courtship big oak. WP (10+) plot area. Moorhen call main pond. Song thrush song main pond trees. Song thrush song pines. Kestrel from NE towards WRR around sunrise. Kestrel (male) perched big oak. Redwing (2) ash2 tree. Redwing (10) hybrid poplars.

Jackdaw (40+) hybrid poplars after arriving from east. Pied wagtail up out of reeds 0900 BST. Carrion crow Church Lane arable. Goldfinch (15) across meadow. Magpie, blackbird (3) Top Blackthorn. Robin song, BT (8), GT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Goldfinch (5) hybrid poplars. Collared dove (2) across / round plot. Green woodpecker call St Martin’s church area. Egyptian goose over Church Lane. Chaffinch (2) in pines eating bramble seeds. Nuthatch big oak. Red kite, buzzard over Church Lane. Coal tit pines.

No frost, sunny intervals, hazy cloud, 7C, wind SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (1, 1, 30, etc) E or SE over plot and near Church Lane. STARLING (10000+, ballpark estimate) WNW over plot 0910 BST. Vast flock spread over a dense band at least 300 metres wide. Fieldfare into Top Blackthorn. Greenfinch (2+) St Martin’s churchyard. Greenfinch (3) hybrid poplars. Starling (25) west over Church Lane. Starling perched ash north of meadow. Mistle thrush MSE hybrid poplars. Lapwing (22) west over Church Lane.

Amber list: Stock dove main pond and meadow. WP shed roof. Song thrush song WBH. Song thrush song weeping willow. Moorhen call main pond. Redwing (3) out of Top Blackthorn around sunrise. Redwing (30) hybrid poplars.

Jackdaw (4+) beech. Pied wagtail (2) up out of reeds 0900 BST. Red kite (2) over Church Lane. Carrion crow (3) Church Lane hybrid poplars etc. Goldfinch (2) round meadow. Magpie (2), blackbird (3+), BT Top Blackthorn. GT (2), BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Grey squirrel (2) shed / big oak area. Robin song big oak. [Greylag goose dropping down north of Church Lane.] Collared dove (3) round plot. Goldfinch (2) ash3 tree. Goldfinch (12) round plot. Blackbird (2) round shed area. Buzzard across plot. [Buzzard (3) over Mill Covert.] Jay along hybrid poplars.

No frost, sunny intervals, then drizzle, 9C, wind SE BF 1-4.

Red list: Common gull (1, 1, 5, etc) E or SE over plot and near Church Lane.

Amber list: Stock dove ash2 tree and shed area. Song thrush song spinney. Redwing (20) Church Lane.

Marsh harrier (dark) SW over plot 0938 BST.

Jackdaw (2+) big oak. Pied wagtail (4) up out of reeds 0849 BST. Jackdaw (5+) with red kite (2) over Church Lane. Carrion crow Church Lane arable. Goldfinch (25) hybrid poplars. [Buzzard over Mill Covert.] Magpie Top Blackthorn.

No frost, overcast, drizzle at first, 9C, wind SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, 20, 35, etc) south over plot and nearby around sunrise. Herring gull (adult) south over plot. Mistle thrush big oak.

Amber list: WP WRR. WP pines. WP (10+) over plot area. Song thrush song near HH. Stock dove shed area. Redwing hybrid poplars. Redwing (2) Top Blackthorn. Sparrowhawk circling Church Lane spinney. Kestrel (male) round shed area. Wren laurel hedge blackthorn.

Jackdaw (20+) arriving from east at sunrise. Jackdaw (3) ash3 tree. Robin song HH area. BT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Collared dove round plot and Silver Service. Carrion crow (2) Church Lane arable. Buzzard west near Church Lane. Blackbird (2), BT Top Blackthorn. Nuthatch shed area. Goldfinch (3) ash3 tree. Coal tit pines. Red kite Church Lane. LTT (2) beech. [Red kite perched west of WRR.]

Pied wagtail (7 + 4 + 2 = 13 total) into reeds MSW 1715 BST approx. Near sunset -- redwing (2), blackbird (2+), magpie (2) into Top Blackthorn; blackbird (2+) heading for Church Lane. Rabbit (2) near main pond.

No frost, mist at first, mainly overcast, 9C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) south over plot and nearby. Mistle thrush perched ash2 tree. Greenfinch Church Lane spinney. Starling (20) south over plot near sunset.

Amber list: WP, song thrush Top Blackthorn. Stock dove (3) courtship, WP shed roof. Moorhen call main pond. Moorhen (2) main pond south end. Kestrel (male) perched WRR pole.

Blackbird alarms main pond laurels. Pied wagtail (5+) up out of reeds 0850 BST. Red kite Church Lane hybrid poplars. Jackdaw (18) spinney. Jackdaw (5) St Martin’s churchyard. Magpie, blackbird (4) Top Blackthorn. BT (4), GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Carrion crow across plot. Robin big oak. Green woodpecker into spinney / A1065 ashwoods from north. Chaffinch, BT ash3 tree. Robin (2) shed concrete. Collared dove (2) plot and Silver Service plot. Nuthatch, BT, blackbird (female) MSE hybrid poplars. Red kite over Church Lane. Buzzard perched WRR cables. Buzzard round and near meadow. Chaffinch (2) with redwing (3) Church Lane spinney near sunset.

No frost, overcast, 9C, wind SE BF 0-2.

[At Upgate Common with Norfolk Conservation Corps for control of invading birch scrub -- woodpigeon (15+), grey heron, siskin (30) on alder trees, GSW (drumming), robin, great tit (song), carrion crow (3+), common frog.]

Robin song yews or box.

[Rook (1000+), jackdaw (100+) assembling for roost in Brisley. Fieldfare (25+), starling (10+) near Pear Tree Corner.]

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No frost, overcast, 9C, wind SE BF 0-2.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) south over plot and nearby. Common gull (30, all adults) foraging over Church Lane arable. Starling (14) SE over plot near sunrise. Greenfinch near St Martin’s churchyard at dusk. Mistle thrush (2) across meadow towards spinney at dusk.

Amber list: Reed bunting (3) emerging from roost at MSW 0905 BST, went off SW. Stock dove round meadow. Stock dove (3) courtship shed roof. WP song pines. WP WRR. Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn. Moorhen call main pond. Kestrel (female) perched WRR cables.

Blackbird (2) Top Blackthorn. Blackbird alarms main pond laurels. Siskin (60) across meadow went off west. Pied wagtail (8) up out of reeds 0855 BST, off NE. Goldfinch (8) across meadow. Collared dove display meadow area. Nuthatch call Church Lane. Nuthatch, BT, GSW (2) MSE hybrid poplars. Red kite Church Lane and nearby. Buzzard (2) over Horseshoe Plantation. Jackdaw (5+) Church Lane spinney. Jackdaw (2) big oak. GSW round plot. Green woodpecker Church Lane. GT (2), BT laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin song box or spinney. Magpie across plot. Pied wagtail (6) round meadow 1710 BST (presumably assembling for roost).

[Finches (14+) assembling for roost west of WRR.]

Light frost, sunny intervals, broken cloud, 8C, wind S or SE BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (7+) south over meadow. Fieldfare (40) from west over Church Lane. Fieldfare (5+) meadow and Top Blackthorn. Fieldfare eating sloes Top Blackthorn. Marsh tit on Red Sentinels. Mistle thrush ash2 tree. Common gull (1, 3, etc) across plot and nearby.

Amber list: Redwing Top Blackthorn. Redwing (11) St Martin’s churchyard. Reed bunting (3) emerging from roost at Top Blackthorn 0910 BST, went off SW. Stock dove (2) round meadow. WP ash2 tree. Dunnock by shed. Song thrush ash2 tree, probably flycatching.

Blackbird (2), BT Top Blackthorn. Blackbird (2+) eating Red Sentinel crabapples. Siskin (17) across meadow west then east. Nuthatch call Church Lane. Nuthatch (2), BT hybrid poplars. Red kite Church Lane. and nearby. Buzzard across meadow. Jackdaw (5+) Church Lane spinney. Goldcrest, BT (2) A1065 cypress stumps. GSW hybrid poplars. Green woodpecker Horseshoe Plantation.

No frost, overcast, rain or drizzle from midday, 9C, wind S or SE BF 1-3.

Red list: Mistle thrush ash2 tree. Common gull (1, 2, etc) over plot. Fieldfare over plot. Starling (11) south over plot 1616 BST. Fieldfare (10) with redwing (15) up from main pond area, off south 1619 BST.

Amber list: Stock dove main pond trees. WP WBH. Moorhen call main pond.

GT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (2) eating Red Sentinel crabapples. Blackbird (2), goldfinch (5), magpie Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch (3+) feeding on ash seeds ash4 tree.. BT (4+) patio shrubs. Siskin (10+) ash2 tree. Nuthatch main pond trees. LTT box. Goldcrest pines.

[Herring gull, house sparrow (5+) Holt Rd Fakenham. Common gull (100+) arable near East Raynham. Rook (20+) Hempton.]

Sharp frost, clear, sunny intervals, more cloud later, dry, colder, 5C, wind SW or S BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch over plot. Greenfinch Horseshoe Plantation with goldfinch (3). Mistle thrush St Martin’s churchyard. Mistle thrush hybrid poplars Church Lane. [Starling (20) west over area north of St Martin’s.] Greenfinch (8) St Martin’s churchyard. Starling (80) SE near plot 1620 BST.

Amber list: Redwing Church Lane. Redwing (11) St Martin’s churchyard. Stock dove (2) big oak. WP (2) hybrid poplars Church Lane. Song thrush (2+) MSE under hybrid poplars. Wren inside shed.

GT (2) pines. Chaffinch St Martin’s churchyard. Blackbird new HH. Blackbird (5+) eating Red Sentinel crabapples. Blackbird (3+) MSE. (Southern of 2 Red Sentinel trees is now almost completely stripped of fruit). Jackdaw (6+) on or round big oak. Carrion crow hybrid poplars Church Lane. Magpie, blackbird Top Blackthorn. Red kite Church Lane and plot area. Buzzard over Horseshoe Plantation. Robin song pines / main pond laurels. GSW Horseshoe Plantation. Jackdaw (30) west near plot 1625 BST. Goldcrest pines.

No frost, overcast, drizzle at times, milder, 10C, wind S veering W BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch St Martin’s churchyard. Common gull (1, 1, etc) over plot.

Amber list: Redwing St Martin’s churchyard. Song thrush Top Blackthorn. WP round plot. Stock dove display over meadow. Kestrel (male) perched big oak.

Peregrine (male) WNW across plot 1115 BST (not much bigger than kestrel, pointed wings, flapping / gliding, quite high over Mill Covert, clearly travelling).

GT pines. Robin song main pond laurels. Jackdaw (9) ash2 tree. Blackbird (4) eating Red Sentinel crabapples. Blackbird (3+)Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch (8) round plot. BT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Chaffinch St Martin’s churchyard. Buzzard perched scratty hedge. Egyptian goose (2) over plot, landed near Horseshoe Plantation.

No frost, overcast, milder, 11C, wind S BF 1-2.

Red list: Greenfinch (2) near Church Lane. Mistle thrush alarms ash2 tree. Fieldfare Top Blackthorn. Common gull (1, 1, etc) over plot. Lapwing WNW over plot. Marsh tit calls near WBH / shed.

Amber list: Redwing (1, 2, etc) round / over plot. Bullfinch calls WBH. Song thrush Top Blackthorn. Stock dove ash2 tree. Kestrel perched big oak and spinney. Redwing main pond trees. Redwing (5+) out of WBH area.

Rough-legged buzzard (prob) south over plot 1150 BST (flapping / gliding, long wings).

GT laurel hedge blackthorn. Robin song main pond laurels. Jackdaw (4+) big oak. Blackbird pines. Blackbird (3) hornbeam square and shed area. Blackbird (7) eating Red Sentinel crabapples. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Goldfinch (12) on burdock by laurel hedge. BT shed area. Nuthatch big oak. Grey squirrel under hybrid poplars. Collared dove (2) round plot. Chaffinch across meadow. Redpoll south near MSW track. Buzzard (3) over area between Church Lane and Horseshoe Plantation. Red kite Church Lane. [Magpie west of WRR.] Tawny owl song spinney.

WRR hedges being brashed by Raynham Farm.

Sharp frost, mainly overcast at first, cold, 5C, drizzle or rain later, wind freshening S or SE BF 1-5. Main pond still frozen.

Red list: Starling (8) across plot NE. Greenfinch (5) across towards spinney from Church Lane. Mistle thrush alarms ash2 tree. Fieldfare (5) east over Church Lane. Fieldfare (12) main pond trees and hybrid poplars. Fieldfare (9) ash3 tree. Fieldfare eating Red Sentinel crabapples. Common gull (1, 1, etc) over plot.

Amber list: Redwing (2) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Redwing (3) big oak. Bullfinch calls WBH. Reed bunting (2) Top Blackthorn. Stock dove, WP ash2 tree. Song thrush eating sloes on laurel hedge blackthorn. Grey heron west along Carr Stream. Kestrel (male) perched big oak, hybrid poplars etc.

[Pink-footed goose (3, prob) SW over Mill Covert area.]

BT (6), robin laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (6+) beech. Blackbird (8) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Green woodpecker call near plot. Goldfinch (5) big oak. GSW (3) big oak, spinney and main pond trees. Buzzard perched fir at Church Lane spinney. Buzzard (2) display over Church Lane spinney. Chaffinch (female) ash2 tree. Chaffinch (male) pines. GT (2) shed shrubs. Red kite over plot. Collared dove (2) round plot. Magpie WRR. Coal tit pines. LTT across to Silver Service. Jay hybrid poplars and pines. Grey squirrel under big oak. Muntjac (male) WBH.

Light frost, dusting of snow or hail in morning, sunny intervals, cold, 3C, wind NE BF 0-2. Main pond still frozen.

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) over plot. Greenfinch (3) in tops of hybrid poplars MSE. [Lapwing (20) west over area north of Church Lane.] Marsh tit on big oak burdock. Fieldfare hybrid poplars.

Amber list: Song thrush, wren laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock (2) courtship laurel hedge. Stock dove (2) courtship main pond trees. WP ash2 tree. Kestrel (female) across plot and Silver Service plot. Kestrel (male) perched ash3 tree. Redwing spinney. Bullfinch (male) WBH. Song thrush pines.

BT, robin laurel hedge blackthorn. GT song pines. GT foraging on ground under pines. Goldfinch (3+) near shed. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Jackdaw (8+) main pond trees. Magpie, jackdaw, carrion crow Church Lane spinney. Egyptian goose (2) along Carr Stream. [Greylag goose (15+) down onto area north of Church Lane.] Chaffinch (male) Silver Service workshop roof. Little egret round / over plot. Collared dove round plot. Blackbird (5+) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Jackdaw (9+) foraging on ground under big oak. Blackbird (female) eating sloes on laurel hedge blackthorn. GSW main pond trees. Blackbird spinney.

No frost, snow now melted, overcast, steady rain, cold, 3C, wind N BF 2-5.

Red list: Marsh tit laurel hedge blackthorn.

Amber list: Song thrush laurel hedge blackthorn. Sparrowhawk across MSW area.

Blackbird, BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (2+) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Blackbird (male) foraging on hornbeam square. Egyptian goose (2) near Church Lane.

Sharp frost, still some unmelted snow, overcast, cold, 4C, wind SW rotating to E BF 0-4(5). Main pond still frozen.

Red list: Greenfinch (18+) St Martin’s churchyard, also eating seeds on maple by track, some song. Mistle thrush (4) St Martin’s churchyard and Church Lane spinney. Fieldfare out of MNW area. Marsh tit shed shrubs (elder). Lapwing over plot area.

Amber list: WP WRR hedge. Stock dove (2) big oak. Song thrush foraging by shed, breaking snail shell on shed concrete. Song thrush eating sloes Top Blackthorn. Song thrush (2) laurel hedge blackthorn.

Siskin (70) in alders on NW edge of Horseshoe Plantation.

Blackbird (9) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Blackbird, BT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Jackdaw (5), nuthatch big oak. Goldfinch (15) round plot. Little egret west along Carr Stream[, later foraging by Carr Stream beyond WRR]. Robin laurel hedge. Contractors in Church Lane spinney. Buzzard across meadow. Grey squirrel big oak. Carrion crow Horseshoe Plantation. Carrion crow (2) Church Lane spinney. Jackdaw (15) Church Lane arable.

Goldfinch song WRR.

Sharp frost, most snow melted, some sunny intervals, cold, 4C, wind W or NW BF 2-4. Main pond still frozen.

Red list: Marsh tit big oak burdock and budock by laurel hedge. Mistle thrush St Martin’s churchyard. Mistle thrush ash2 tree. Mistle thrush attempting to eat Red Sentinel crabapples. Common gull (1, 2, etc) over or near plot. Herring gull (4) over north. Lapwing (1, 2, etc) east and west in vicinity of Carr Stream. Fieldfare MNW. Greenfinch (5) near meadow.

Amber list: WP (5+) Church Lane area. Song thrush yew hedge track. Stock dove (2) MSE. Stock dove St Martin’s churchyard. Bullfinch (male) across plot. Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn. Grey heron west along Carr Stream. Redwing (2) hybrdi poplars. Kestrel (male, female) perched Church Lane by hybrid poplars. Song thrush on A1065 ivy ‘hedge’.

Merl*n (prob) out of main pond trees, very brief view.

[Raven over Wensum.]

Blackbird (4) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Blackbird Top Blackthorn. Chaffinch across meadow. Jackdaw (2+) Church Lane. Jackdaw (4) ash2 tree. GT pines. BT (5+), blackbird (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. Buzzard Church Lane. Collared dove round plot. Muntjac WBH track. Goldfinch (4+) round plot. Little egret west along Carr Stream. Rabbit tracks MNE track.

Hard frost, 2cm of lying snow in morning, some sunny intervals, cold, 2C, wind W or SW BF 0-2. Main pond frozen. (-12.5C at Marham overnight.)

Red list: Greenfinch Church Lane spinney. Greenfinch (male, female) songflight across main pond, into hybrid poplars. Snipe across rushy grazing north of meadow. Snipe over main pond area. Common gull (adult) foraging over Church Lane arable. Fieldfare eating Red Sentinel crabapples. Mistle thrush big oak.

Amber list: WP (15+) Church Lane area. Bullfinch call MNW. Song thrush laurel hedge blackthorn. Wren patio. Dunnock shed area. Kestrel (male) perched MSE hybrid poplars. Stock dove (2) across meadow.

Cormorant (3) west along Carr Stream.

Blackbird main pond trees. Jackdaw (5+), chaffinch Church Lane spinney. Jackdaw (5), nuthatch big oak. Jackdaw at ash3 box. Jackdaw (2) on oak box. BT Top Blackthorn and MNE. Siskin call over meadow. Carrion crow Church Lane hybrid poplars. Buzzard across plot, mobbed by jackdaw (15+). Red kite Church Lane. BT, GT (2), goldfinch (3+) big oak burdock. Blackbird (5) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Collared dove round plot. Muntjac (male) WBH track. GT song near pines. Robin in blackthorn tub. Jay hybrid poplars. Goldfinch (6), BT (3+), LTT WBH.

Sharp frost, 2cm of lying snow in morning, some sunny intervals, cold, 2C, wind NW or W BF 1-3.

Red list: Mistle thrush Church Lane spinney. Mistle thrush ash3 tree. Greenfinch Church Lane spinney. Greenfinch (45+) collecting for roost at Church Lane spinney 1530 BST approx. Common gull (1, 2, etc) over / near plot. Snipe (4) across main pond area, also snipe landing at main pond. Snipe (2) over Church Lane. [Lapwing (40) over arable near Mill Covert.] Starling (2) NE over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove shed area. WP (15+) Church Lane area. Redwing across meadow. Grey heron along Carr Stream. Kestrel (female) hovering MSW, later perched WRR pole. Moorhen call MNW. BHG (imm) north over plot.

[Great white egret north of Church Lane spinney.]

Blackbird (4+), BT, goldfinch laurel hedge blackthorn. Blackbird (2) Top Blackthorn. Jackdaw (5+), chaffinch, goldfinch, red kite Church Lane spinney. Jackdaw (40+) collecting for roost Church Lane. Magpie near plot. Greylag goose (3) near Church Lane. Buzzard (2) chasing near Horseshoe Plantation. Siskin across meadow. Blackbird (3) harvesting Red Sentinel crabapples. Jay (2) across to Church Lane from A1065.

Sharp frost, sunny intervals, cold, breezy, 1C, wind NW or W BF 1-3.

Red list: Greenfinch (male) St Martin’s churchyard. Greenfinch (8) Church Lane spinney. Snipe up from plot, prob main pond. Lapwing (2) north over plot.

Amber list: Stock dove (4) main pond trees. WP (10) round Church Lane arable. Grey heron along Carr Stream. Song thrush eating sloes laurel hedge blackthorn. Dunnock laurel hedge blackthorn.

Blackbird (3), BT (3) laurel hedge blackthorn. Goldcrest, GT pines. Muntjac under big oak (had probably eaten the scrap apples put out for blackbirds). Muntjac (2) Church Lane. Grey squirrel (2) under big oak. Chaffinch Church Lane. Magpie (2) Church Lane towards WRR. Blackbird (2+) beginning to harvest Red Sentinel crabapples (so far almost untouched). Red kite Church Lane. Buzzard near meadow. Robin shed concrete.

Sharp frost, snow showers, cold, breezy, 2C, wind NW BF 2-4(5).

Red list: Snipe (2) down on to Carr Stream area opposite meadow. Marsh tit big oak burdock and patio. Greenfinch (6) St Martin’s churchyard.

Amber list: Stock dove (2) round shed. Song thrush alarm spinney. Song thrush with snail prey patio. WP (2) WRR. WP (15) round Church Lane arable. Kestrel hovering MSW / MNW. Grey heron west over plot. Redwing Church Lane.

Blackbird (7 max, 3+ females, 3+ males) hornbeam square and shed area, contesting discarded apples. Robin, BT, GT (2) laurel hedge blackthorn. BT (12+), GT (2+), goldfinch patio area. Goldfinch (4) burdock by HH. Chaffinch spinney blackthorn. Buzzard, jackdaw (2) Church Lane. Red kite spinney.

Sharp frost, sunny intervals, breezy, 2C, wind NW BF 2-4(5).

Red list: Common gull (1, 2, etc) over / near plot. Fieldfare MNE hawthorn. [Lapwing (10+) north of Church Lane.]

Amber list: Stock dove (2) courtship big oak. Stock dove inside ash3 tree box. WP (4+) round plot. Song thrush with food by shed. Grey heron west along Carr Stream. Bullfinch (male) MSW.

Jackdaw (12) Church Lane arable. Blackbird (4) hornbeam square and shed area (1 eating discarded apples). Robin, BT (4+) round HH. Goldfinch (2+) Church Lane. Collared dove big oak. Red kite, buzzard over plot.

Little owl call WRR / Church Lane junction area.

Sharp frost, sunny intervals, breezy, 5C, wind W or NW BF 2-4(5).

Red list: Mistle thrush perched Norway spruce Church Lane. Greenfinch (18+) Church Lane spinney. Common gull (1, 2, etc) over / near plot. Marsh tit shed shrubs, patio, and big oak burdock. Fieldfare (3) MNE hawthorn.

Amber list: Stock dove (3) shed area. WP (10+) Church Lane arable. Wren by Carr Stream MNE. Redwing Church Lane. Redwing round plot. Kestrel (male) big oak area. Song thrush song spinney.

Jackdaw (10+) plot area. Little egret westwards along Carr Stream. Blackbird (2) Top Blackthorn, MNE. GT, robin, BT (3+) round HH. Goldfinch (3+) meadow area. Siskin over meadow. Magpie Church Lane spinney. Green woodpecker Church Lane. Collared dove (2) round plot. Red kite with food / prey over Church Lane spinney, hassled by buzzard (2) and jackdaws, dropped food into wood. BT (15), GT (2), goldcrest patio area.