Archive for October 2021
October 25-27th Norfolk Three Day tour
Day one – Hunstanton cliffs, Holme Dunes & Titchwell RSPB The day and the tour started bright and early with an amazing 3 hours watching visible migration at Hunstanton Cliffs, with an amazing passage and continuous flow of birds passing South, that included 54,800 Starling, 6013 Chaffinch, 88 Brambling, 162 Siskin, 387 Lapwing and also…
Read MoreOctober 21st Cley & Stiffkey Marshes
An exclusive days guiding around Cley & Salthouse, in tricky showery & windy conditions! Highlights of the day off Cley – 5 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, a single Manx Shearwater, 50 Little Gull, an adult Mediterranean Gull, good numbers of Red-throated Diver and at the end of the day Stiffkey Greens – 300 Golden…
Read MoreOctober 13th -17th Norfolk Autumn tour
Scarce & Rare Bird Tour – (minus the rare birds this autumn!) This year wasn’t the best for Scarce or Rare birds, with weeks of Westerly winds, there was a distinct lack of scarce migrants or rare birds along the East Coast of the Uk and Norfolk! However, we enjoyed some nice birding and managed…
Read MoreOctober 9th & 10th – Norfolk High tide Spectaculars
A weekend mainly birding at Snettisham with an exclusive tour on Saturday, followed by a group tour of fourteen on Sunday. Both days concentrated on the High tide spectacular with close on 100,000 Red Knot, again providing an amazing spectacle. Other highlights over the weekend were 1500 Golden Plover, 3 Little Stints, 4 Spotted Redshank,…
Read MoreSeptember 27th – Norfolk exclusive day tour
A group of regulars joined me for a days birding on a Norfolk exclusive day tour . The conditions from mid-morning were testing with heavy rain showers so we took advantage and shelter in the hides at Titchwell, but had time for a walk along the autumn trail before we headed for the hides. We…
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