Bird & Mammal Report

Norfolk’s birds and mammals certainly didn’t disappoint in 2010, but what was the highlight? Some birders might cite the appearance of the apparent Alder Flycatcher on Blakeney Point as the avian highlight, while others would plump for the first Spoonbill chicks raised in the county for 300 years or the massive influx of Waxwings last winter. The mammals may receive less attention, but the second and third verified county records of Leisler’s Bat and sightings of a pair of Northern Bottlenose Whales in The Wash were equally notable.

You can read more about these and all the birds and mammals seen in Norfolk last year in the 2010 Bird & Mammal Report, which is free to all N&NNS members (see www.nnns.org.uk/home/join.html for details) and costs just £12 (inc. P&P) to non-members (cheques payable to Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society).

Purchase your copy now using Credit Card or Paypal:

or send a cheque payable to Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society to:

Tony Leech, NNNS Publications
3 Eccles Road, Holt, Norfolk NR25 6HJ
birdreport@nnns.org.uk

This 240-page book contains a detailed, species by species summary of all the bird and mammal species recorded in the county in 2010, along with colour photographs of the rare and the picturesque.

Highlights of this year’s report include articles on:

• Finders’ accounts of the 2010 Norfolk ‘firsts’ - Alder Flycatcher, Northern Harrier and Wilson’s Petrel – plus other rarities including Trumpeter Finch and River Warbler
• The stranding of a scarce White-beaked Dolphin on Blakeney Point
• Movements of Woodcock over North Norfolk during the 2009/10 influx
• The birds ringed in Norfolk last year, including an Israeli Lesser Whitethroat and a Siskin that travelled to Estonia

It would not be possible to write the report without the records submitted by amateur naturalists such as yourselves Click here (www.nnns.org.uk/recording/recorders.html) to find the contact details for the county’s Bird and Mammal Recorders, and the recorders for all other taxa in Norfolk.

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