Well it's that time of year again when we do our annual Normanby Parish bird race and I have to immediately say we did a whole lot better than last year but not as good as our record years. Our total this year is 91 but as I write this Wayne is still out there trying to get Great Spotted Wood Pecker in the park - a bird we have never missed before! I think our star bird of the day has to be an unexpected Grasshopper Warbler at Bagmoor with a Hobby over Burton Hills a close second - for our full list click on the tab link above. We have lost certain birds from the parish such as Bittern and Water Rail (both from Burton brick pit) and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker from Normanby Park which means we have to rely on migrants to get us into the 90's.
Normanby Park came up trumps though with an unexpected Wheatear in the Deer Park, it has been a great couple of weeks for the park if you consider the Ring Ouzels of last week.
At 5.30am tomorrow we are leading a National Dawn Chorus walk in the park and you can bet your life we will have G S Woodpecker!
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