The first park breeding record, and let us hope that not to many more pairs breed.Kingfisher: The female again showing in area 1 at 7.50am.
Redwing: A flock of sixteen flew south west at 7.35am.
Yellow-legged Gull: An adult was on a post at 1.30pm.
Egyptian Goose: 7 birds and one pair with three 2 day old goslings.
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Because it wanted its mummy...
They're cuter than their parents, that's one thing you could say.
They don't seem to be quite taking over the world yet, though an Egyptian was the first thing I saw when I went to Cley last year.
What was that foul concoction yesterday, heron-sick?
Good to see the heron chicks are visible, I shall have to have a look tommorow if the weather gets better
We have never had or wanted Gypo Geese for the collection as they are very aggressive. The ones here at present may have originated from Kew.
Are there many of the blighters there. If not then they must have come from further west. I don't think that they are part of the Norfolk population. I think those birds are quite sedentary.
Im guessing the pellet was the remains of a female frog. I did see one of the herons take a frog, behind the reeds on the opposite side of the bridge to area 1. Theres a sequence of photos ivf your interested here: http://my.opera.com/Ukwildlife/blog/heronry-report-9
Great photos on your blog. The Fox pics are very interesting. This if it is the same fox has been around for about three years. One morning it was running alongside a female jogger, she was really surprised. It has also been known to grab the end of a gardeners rake. I was told that it possibly has a brain disease, if it has it has lasted well.