{"id":87440,"date":"2025-11-11T07:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=87440"},"modified":"2025-11-11T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:30:41","slug":"i-must-go-down-to-the-sea-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/11\/11\/i-must-go-down-to-the-sea-again\/","title":{"rendered":"I must go down to the sea again…."},"content":{"rendered":"

The break is almost over. There will be work to do soon. But there was some great birding before the rain rather curtailed play yesterday.<\/p>\n

We went down to the sea at Cley, the shore being just over the sea wall at the end of this path.<\/p>\n

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There was not much bird activity when we got there, although a few seals seemed to be human spotting. On the way, there was, however, this male stonechat in an absolutely typical stonechat pose at the top of a tree. His mate was, as usual, nearby. They are almost always found in male\/female pairs.<\/p>\n

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There was also a very late in the season whinchat, which others, more experienced than me, agreed was that. It looks a bit like the stonehcat, and this was only the second time I had seen one.<\/p>\n

And then, one of my favourites, a little egret. How do they stay so white when they live on mud, except at night when they roost in trees?<\/p>\n

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I should remember to do this more often. I need reminding to do so, but this has been a lot of fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The break is almost over. There will be work to do soon. But there was some great birding before the rain rather curtailed play yesterday.
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