Christmas is the time for giving and there are many very worthy causes, but LOHP would really appreciate a donation, however small, to our fundraising to cover the purchase of the new stretch of land in Blo’ Norton and enable us to restore the habitat and wildlife. www.justgiving.com/campaign/pri...

A fine looking home grown carrot #growyourown

What a lovely spring morning with robin, wren, dunnock, collared dove woodpigeon singing and blue tits getting territorial!!

Booking essential to walk around our new land

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Thank you for donations so far but still a way to go to help repay the loan for our purchase . Please share the link to your friends and family to help us with our restoration of this unique area . www.justgiving.com/campaign/pri...

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We look forward to seeing our members and non-members to our AGM and Annual Talks

Shame there is no mention of LOHP in the article But the picture is taken at Little Ouse with Rob and Ellie

EXCITING NEWS - LOHP have purchased 27 acres of land in Blo’ Norton. Find out more in the link. The purchase of this unique area was made possible by a interest free loan of £120,000 and further fundraising will be essential. Please donate through just giving link www.lohp.org.uk/prince-fredd...

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Volunteers have been busy over the last few weeks clearing fen vegetation from New Fen, and had some unlikely helpers last week while unloading the tarpaulins onto the ever growing arisings pile on Parkers Piece! Photos courtesy of Ellie Beach. #volunteersmakeadifference

A first for me this morning with a grey wagtail flitting across the beams inside the Hall Road B&Q, Norwich.

BBC News - Fisherman films 'magical' humpback whale off Norfolk coast - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Our thanks to Mark Smith, one of our volunteers, who was a font of knowledge leading our Moss Identification walk on Sunday. Everyone found it very interesting and went away knowing a little more about this fascinating species. #moss #littleouseriver #fens

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It must take a lot of small fish to satisfy the appetite of a grey heron. Doesn't seem like the best strategy..but I suppose its better than nothing.

The @metoffice.gov.uk weather warnings never make sense to me. On #Unst a few weeks back there was one and we had 80mph wind with the sea throwing rocks out onto the road. Today in Norfolk we have another yellow warning and the trees are barely moving and had a couple of mm of rain 🤷

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Who has just had to Google Great Crested Flycatcher #Shetland

Stepped out into the garden this morning after being on #Unst for 2 weeks and saw more birds in 10 minutes than in the entire fortnight. Flocks of redwing heading west with the odd fieldfare. Skylark and meadow pipits also on the move #Norfolkbirding

In the last 3 consecutive years #Shetland #Unst has been extremely rewarded and has produced 2 amazing lifers each year. As this trip comes to an end I look forward to what next autumn brings #RareBirdsUk #BirdingScotland #UKBirding

It took a while to connect with the blackpoll warbler at Haroldswick #Unst today. What a great bird 🤩🤩

Just been watching the bluethroat at Holsens Bridge #Unst quite nicely from the road. A car load of birders turned up and because it wasn't on view for them, decided to walk the entire area and flush everything 😡😡

Glossy ibis at Norwick #Unst

Quiet day on #Unst and was sitting at Haroldswick mid afternoon when a WhatsApp message appeared from a birder a few metres requesting assistance. He'd briefly seen what he thought was a blackpoll warbler but his views were too brief to say for certain. He was sure it was an American warbler..

It's not very often you discover something new so this double headed glossy ibis at Norwick #Unst was a real surprise.

Here's a few scenic shots of a sunny Baliasta #Unst

Very quiet day on #Unst and not sure if there have been any new arrivals in the past few days. The short-toed lark was still present at Burrafirth and gave much better this time.

What a truly memorable experience, I don't really have any words so I'll let these images do the speaking #Rarebirds #BirdingScotland #Shetland

After a 4 hour wait and boom, sibe thrush on the list!!!

With the winds easing the birding got better. Highlight of the day was a short-toed lark at Burrafirth, not approachable so watched from a respectable distance #Unst Also saw yellow-browed warbler plus chiffchaff & blackcap at Shore Station. Great skua and glossy ibis around Uyeasound.

Now this is skill, fishing in 60mph wind #Unst

A few atmospheric photos of Westing beach #Unst #StormAmy

With strong gusts of wind up to 60mph and squally showers for most of the day we decided to stay indoors. Fortunately, our accommodation is 100m away from the beach so we spent the day watching from the porch. Highlights were a couple of kittiwakes, a lone common scoter and this arctic tern #Unst

Popped to the local bakery on Unst the other day to buy some cake. I've just noticed that the one I bought comes from County Cork. That's nearly 900 miles away!! Bloody ridiculous that a bakery buys in cake from such a distance.

Apparently accordingto BBC news, Storm Amy set a new record for the deepest area of low pressure in the UK for October. Storm Amy showed central pressure of 947.9hPa at Baltasound, Shetland. This exceeds the previous record of 950.9hPa in 1988 #Unst

Had this Coue's arctic redpoll at Hunters Wood #Unst. That's Hornemann's and Coue's in 2 days.

Storm Amy has arrived on #Unst. Fingers crossed for a few North American rares in the morning.

Quite breezy on #Unst today with Storm Amy bearing down on us. Tough going to find any birds, only one of note today was this crossbill on Westing Beach.

Slightly better birding on #Unst today. More blackbirds, chaffinch and brambling around. Other birds of note; blackcap, garden warbler, whitethroat, chiffchaff, willow warbler, yellow-browed warbler, swallow, house martin, bluethroat, glossy ibis and hornemann's artic redpoll.

Another tough day on #Unst with strong gusty wind and driving rain/drizzle. This smallish ruff at Clivocast got the heart racing momentarily until it flew and could see the diagnostic tail pattern. Finally caught up with a glossy ibis and otter.

I'm still undecided on this and value others opinions. It was amongst the docks on Westing Beach #Unst It looks really scruffy but it's not wet as this photo was taken after 2 days without rain. It feeds on the ground and didn't interact with chiffchaffs nearby.

Great Northern Diver, Westing #Unst Photographing a black and white bird on a grey sea with thick cloud cover overhead = a black and white image. Best bird of the day was a goldfinch 🙄

Had a faint aurora glow last night #Unst

The only place to get a decent cup of tea and cake on #Unst has closed for good!!