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notes from the valley skip to main content notes from the valley search search this blog pages home rspb surlingham church marsh guide private guided tours earliest arrival dates of migrants in surlingham and south yare surlingham church marsh life list south yare valley life list more posts grey phalarope a new patch bird april 13 2021 the 7th of april was another bitterly cold spring day hats and gloves in prime position on pegs and in bags ready to be deployed a few brave garganey have been reported north of the river but it was a bird from the north itself that had me rushing for the thermals and the telescope late in the day i was thankful for the local whatsapp group who were quick to report that a grey phalarope had been seen on rockland broad this tiny wader would have come in on the northerlies over the last few days although to grace one of the broads is a real surprise since most stick pretty close to the coast before moving on indeed my experience of the birds has usually been on a sea watch in the autumn waves crashing and foam flying my eyes straining to pick them out as they fly low just above the surf they are fantastic birds and now one was here on the patch i had a brief panic when i realised my scope was in my car at the garage thankfully i do have a much older spare but once th share get link facebook x pinterest email other apps post a comment read more recent posts a change is as good as a rest march 31 2021 casting my mind back to february 14th survival rather than love was in the air for the birds of the yare valley tramping across the surlingham corner of the patch i recorded 8 woodcock within 2 hours these cryptic waders had been forced out of hiding and even amongst the woodland floor they were easier than usual to spot against a backdrop of snow the small pine wood opposite the church and adjacent to the parking area held at least 2 birds creeping around and huddled up low to the ground a further investigation of likely habitat around church marsh and i was presented with 6 more a record count for me in a single day i hope they made it through the trial sent from the north in the form of ice and snow a great egret exploring a dyke at postwick must ve been thinking twice about the whole range expansion thing however a small squadron of bewick s swan and a single goosander over claxton fitted the mise en scene nicely during this period that image and that day fee share get link facebook x pinterest email other apps post a comment read more a mole from duncton january 26 2021 i ve had moles on the mind of late as a child i eagerly read books about anthropomorphic animals as many as i could get my hands on the redwall books by brian jacques were a nice compliment to the embryonic stages of tabletop wargaming with my father pitting badger against weasel and many more besides in a medieval type high fantasy setting watership down followed as did of course wind in the willows when moles did feature invariably they were worriers loners reverent led by better animals earlier this week i finally finished reading duncton wood by william horwood a feat i was unable to accomplish as a child perhaps i was put off by the intimidating size of the book and the adult themes inside it is a stone cold classic pun intended for those who have read the novel that follows the lives of a group of moles living in the duncton wood system their stories of love and loss soon stretch to other systems culminating in an unforgettable trek to s share get link facebook x pinterest email other apps post a comment read more claxton on sea january 03 2021 although it was not quite the christmas we wanted here in the valley the rain has bought its own gift a grim vision of the future perhaps but right now the patch is peaking and is alive with birds and for that i am thankful on christmas eve it was a job to navigate away from the village due to standing water that had left abandoned cars and undelivered presents in its wake the rain had been persistent and unforgiving the ground saturated over on the marsh where there had once been a muddy puddle amongst the pasture a city had sprung from the leak with a plethora of new occupants noisily laying claim to a patch of sodden marsh wigeon and black headed gulls in their thousands now wheeled and whistled over and amongst the newly formed pools accompanied by smaller numbers of teal and shoveler a flock of two hundred strong lapwing enjoyed feeding on the less damp spots where green grass was still exposed and thrown in for good measure have been a couple of ruff the share get link facebook x pinterest email other apps 4 comments read more reflect on a pec and a look at the new norm september 16 2020 in a year that has delivered more than its fair share of loss grief and uncertainty it is perhaps ironic that the period of national lockdown provided myself and closest family with both happiness and security like everyone it was hard not to hold loved ones away from home but the enforced measures meant we had more time together as a 3 we are lucky to live in the south yare valley complete with garden home to some chickens and as it turns out 3 hedgehogs and a lot of moths many a happy day has been spent teaching my daughter how to tend to the chickens explaining what makes a tomato happy and of course walks down the marsh only the other day we stumbled across an otter a piece of magic from a box of tricks that keeps on giving with no choice but to stay at home every day became an intimate look at parish life for the flora and fauna water voles dyke dipping the garden mole and passing cranes experiences i would have missed had we not all been at home historical rea share get link facebook x pinterest email other apps post a comment read more everything is about edge february 11 2020 hardley where it is often confusing to define where the garden ends and the marsh begins tumble down houses and rickety shacks away from any bus route and team sky sorts wrapped in lycra this is a village that by choice is cut off the secret is out and pre storm ciara as many as 10 large lenses littered the river bank firing at will their target winter ghosts first the classic scooby doo type as a barn owl responds to an ill advised squeak in the grass and heads towards the onlookers another quickly joins the hunt their formation a picture of double edged stealth but these year round residents are not the key objective today that honour is given to the short eared owl 3 4 of these can be seen from the staithe at the minute floating like giant moths over the tussocks and edges in a recent article in the new yorker jake fiennes states everything is about edge hedges ditches scrub forgotten tracts of land that link nothing and no one fiennes now share get link facebook x pinterest email other apps post a comment read more rockland and hellington looking again november 26 2019 i just need a kick up the arse sometimes and what with november in the broads coming across a little turgid water rather than duck it was the report of a local long eared owl that got said backside out amongst the fields and the furrows once more i relish the webs counts but the lack of any notable wildfowl has found me heading away from the river seeking out the edgelands of the local parish the owl itself had been seen at roost in a thick hedge of hawthorn but the scrub and briar held nothing as i pushed on to the hellington and rockland community reserve i recall passing through here in the summer hot and tired too thirsty and out of water to give the place the time it deserved now i looked on anew os map in hand i traced with my finger the broken lines that encircled the small reserve before splitting up and heading back home to claxton or onward to rockland village for me there is nothing quite like the slide of mud and crunch of rotting reed under my feet whe share get link facebook x pinterest email other apps post a comment read more more posts 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