(Juvenile male Siberian Blue Robin shares this feature, but tail shorter when full-grown and blue much less intense in any case latter species does not occur in juvenile plumage in our region.) Often feeds near the ground, hopping in European Robin-like fashion and flitting back into cover, or dropping on insects from perch and flying back in the manner of Common Redstart, but also forages in mid-story. The juvenile bird is heavily spotted like other small chats but has a blue tail. Orange flanks avert confusion with more skulking Siberian Blue Robin. Female and first-year males (and maybe some adult males) have grayish-olive heads and upper parts, conspicuous white throat center, distinct pale eye-ring, blue rump, upper tail coverts and tail (most noticeable in flight), and characteristic orange flanks. Often appears dark-throated unless seen from below or head-on, and in a deep shade of the forest, upper parts may appear merely dark. Adult male with its dark but bright blue upperparts and breast sides, orange flanks, and white throat center is unmistakable. It is considered one of the most old-world flycatchers. It is also known as Orange-flanked Bush Robin. The general structure recalls a small-billed redstart. Punk Is Dead - Steve Ignorant, Crass Songs - The L.The red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) size is about 13-14 cm in length and 10-12g in weight.Tired, disappointed, some of the 800 or so at dawn: Given the clear night and perfect conditions, as it got light it became evident that the bird had clearly moved on. Most had travelled many miles from all over the country and you can only feel for them heading off without seeing the bird. Hoping for better views I joined the inevitable throng the next morning pre-dawn.
The light was fading fast and it was eventually given up as darkness fell and people drove away in the moonlight. There is a terrific account of the afternoons events are here: I had a chat with one of the finders I believe James McCallum finally identified the bird after some hard work to locate and get decent views over the previous hour. I got several poor views of the bird as it moved along the tops of the bushes and trees northwards. The bird had been located in the tops of some of the trees along the lane.
There were a good number of people there, more than I had expected, with more arriving behind me. I knew straight away they knew where they were going - I didn't - so I kept in front and waited for them to indicate before taking the same track off the A149 straight to the right spot. I pulled out of Lady Ann's Drive in front of a well known Norfolk birder who was travelling at a decent speed. Although less than a mile away as the Robin flies, East Hills is almost inaccessible, and I was aware with an incoming tide there was no chance of getting there that afternoon, so I carried on my walk.Īs the second message came through, my amble turned into a sprint as the bird was clearly not at East Hills but somewhere at Wareham Greens, where I had been earlier that afternoon. Whilst ambling back to Holkham through Wells Woods, a message came through that a Rufous-tailed Robin, a bird only previously seen once in the UK and never on the mainland, had been found at East Hills. Then things suddenly got more interesting. A two hour walk was very nice but appeared to be no more than a pleasant sunny autumn afternoon. Strangely quiet, very little was seen or heard, with the exception of another Yellow-browed Warbler calling. After Cley, Wells Woods and Holkham seemed like a good destination.
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