Archive for February 2019
February 22nd -24th 2019 Three Day Norfolk Birding Winter Group Tour
Day One – 22nd February Shorebird Sensation! A great day with tens of thousands of Knot, Godwits and Golden Plover. Three Barn Owls, 2 Short-eared Owls and raptors displaying in the Spring-like skies . The day started slightly misty, as we arrived early at but eventually cleared away to clear blue skies and sunshine with…
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Feb 18th 2019 Another great day visiting Holkham Shorelaeks, Snow Buntings, Spoonbills, Long-tailed Duck and Great White Egrets The day rounded off with yet another great raptor roost & a Barn Owl. I collected Peter and Sue from The White Horse, where we enjoyed breakfast together, chatted over their target birds and agreed the logistics fr the next two days. We arrived at Holkham and were…
Read MoreFebruary 17th 2019 – An Exclusive Birding Tour in North Norfolk
A lovely day walking out at Burnham Overy and visiting Holkham fantastic numbers of Lapwing, also Spoonbill, Great White Egret & Russian White-fronted Geese. The day rounded off with a great raptor roost I collected Carl, Dodie, Sarah and Tony in Fakenham at 8.30 and we headed up to Burnham Overy Staithe. We were immediately greeted by vast numbers of birds! Brent and Pink-footed…
Read MoreFebruary 16th 2019 – The persistence of a Merlin!
Non-guiding day Sheringham I headed up to my patch early. It was fairly quiet save 3 Eider moving east, a few Skeins of Pink-footed Geese, seemingly heading off in a Westerly direction. There was a nice group of 50 Yellowhammers and 12 Reed Bunting feeding on the topped barley. It was a warm, mild morning…
Read MoreFebruary 12th Norfolk – A day on the patch
Non-guiding day at Sheringham A relatively quiet day up on my local patch, but 2 Avocets moving west were the first of the year, and a Peregrine was also the first I had seen. Out on the sea there was 100+ Red-throated Diver and plenty of Guillemots, a single adult Kittiwake and adult Gannet moved West and East respectively. A Marsh Harrier also passed through heading inland. Another highlight was watching a superb young male…
Read MoreFebruary 11th 2019 Norfolk An Exclusive Day Tour in The Brecks
A beautiful day in The Breckland area with Goshawks, the first singing Woodlark, Hawfinch, Bramblings, Crossbill and a delightful encounter with 2 Otters! I met up with Bob in Swaffham at 9am for an exclusive days guided birding. We started the day South of Swaffham and were soon enjoying a flock of Yellowhammers feeding and perching up in a hedgerow. A Sparrowhawk whizzed by and our attention was soon distracted by my first singing Woodlark of the year. The…
Read MoreFebruary 8th Norfolk Exclusive Day Tour 2019
A windy day in the Holkham & Wells area, but still bird-filled with Shorelarks, Snow Buntings, Black Brant & a raptor roost! I collected Araba and Lily from Hidolveston today, for an exclusive day out. We arrived at Holkham with grey skies and strong blustery SW wind, birding wasn’t going to be easy! However, the…
Read MoreFebruary 5th Norfolk Exclusive Day Tour 2019
A lovely winter’s day birding filled with wildfowl and special birds! I picked up Steve & Debbie from the White Horse at Brancaster and we started with some nice easy birding just at the back of the pub, out on the saltmarsh. There was a lovely selection of birds, lots of Dark-bellied Brent Geese, Teal,…
Read MoreFebruary 1st -3rd Norfolk Winter Tour 2019
February 1st – Raptor raptures & scores of Scoters I collected an exclusive of group of 6 today at just after lunch and we headed up to Holkham. On arrival we enjoyed several Red Kites and Marsh Harriers, plus a lovely group of c1000 Dark-bellied Brents, plus lots of Pink-footed Geese and thousands of Wigeon…
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