Sunday 30 April 2023
30th April - sunny am, cloudy, light showers later, 15C, light/mod S
Saturday 29 April 2023
29th April - 16C, light SSE, sunny spells, light showers late pm
28th April - cloudy am, sunny spells pm, mod NW, 12C
Thursday 27 April 2023
27th April - cloudly, light SE wind, 12C. Light rain developing mid-afternoon in to evening.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
26th April - mostly sunny, light SE, 13C
Tuesday 25 April 2023
25th April - fRost last night. Sunny, light N, 10C
Monday 24 April 2023
24th April - mostly cloudy, 10C, light breeze N/NE
Sunday 23 April 2023
23rd April - cloudy am, sunny interval pm, 12C, light WNW-NNW
Saturday 22 April 2023
22nd April - cloudy am, sunny periods pm, 15C, light SSW
Ruff and LRP
Friday 21 April 2023
21st April - chilly am 8C, mod NE, sunny interval pm and 12C, winf easing
Stanfoid reservoir; afternoon.
Two adult Little Gulls and a Common Tern. Cuckoo calling.
Shelduck pair, two Shoverlers.
Hirundines over the reservoir. More Blackcaps and Willow Warblers heard than recently.
Mistle Thrush still on nest. A Goldfinch singing near entrance gate.
Husbands Bosworth; evening.
Barn owl along Sibbertoft road.
Thursday 20 April 2023
20th April - Sunny until evening, 14C, then cloudy, spots of rain and cooler. Mod NE
Wednesday 19 April 2023
19th April - cloudy am, sunny pm, mod-keen ENE, 13C, feeling cool
Willey; Red Kite drifted over westward, low, 0750h.
Stanford reservoir; evening; Three Yellow Wagtails on dam
Lilbourne wet meadows; evening.
Three Yellow Wagtails, 22 Teal, 22 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, Shelduck pair.
18th April - cloudy am, sunny pm, light-mo NE, 13C, feeling cool
Soar Brook Lake;
Notable: three Little Grebes, 'trilling'
Three Oystercatchers.
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Monday 17 April 2023
17th April - mostly cloudy until late afternoon, then sunny, 14C, light E, feeling cool
Sunday 16 April 2023
16th April - Norfolk mostly sunny, 14C. Keen E/SE onshore wind feeling cool
Some highlights:
North Point Pools - Wells
Plenty of lapwings nesting, Ruff, Snipe, Black-tailed Godwits, Marsh Harrier, Shelduck, Curlew and Avocets.
Morston;
A male Ring ouzel in the horse paddocks and two Grey Partridge. Still a good number of Brent Geese about. A pair of Kestrels mating near the church atop a Yew tree.
Cley;
Pretty stiff, cool, onshore wind was keeping everything low or absent.
A single Fulmar passed.
Wells Harbor;
Bar-tailed Godwits, Herring Gull colony, with Lesser Black Backed in attendance!
Grey Seal and pup on Wells shore. Often seemed to be touching noses!
Saturday 15 April 2023
15th April - sunny periods, ,light NW, 13C
Friday 14 April 2023
14th April - showers, then rain mid-afternoon till late evening. 10C, cooler in showers/rain, light SW
Thursday 13 April 2023
13th April - mostly sunny periods, light breeze W, 12C
12th April - A touch of 'grass frost' again. sunny spells am, fresh/gusty S-SW, 9C, light showers pm
Tuesday 11 April 2023
11th April - mostly sunny morning, rain and wind, SSE/S from mid-afternoon, 12C
Willey
Three Fieldfares in barn fields area 0815h
Summer Leys NR; afternoon.
News of a male Kentish Plover found this morning tempted me to go and see it. It was feeding on Gull Island and looked great. Some record photos managed despite distance and weather.
Luckily, while watching this a White Stork (un-ringed) dropped in and showed well.
Other birds included two Common Terns, Great and Little Egrets, Grey Heron, Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, Goldeneye, Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal, Sand Martins.
10th April - mostly sunny am, then pm showers and fresh/gusty SW, 12C
Stanford Res - afternoon.
c100 Sand Martins, c40m Swallows, a few House Martins, A Willow Warbler singing, 5 Yellow Wagtails on the dam. A red kite.
Grey Wagtail.
Four Goldeneye.
Sunday 9 April 2023
9th April - Mostly cloudy, light S breeze, 14C
Shawell sandpit/landfill; late afternoon.