Posts by Chris Mills
Norfolk Day Two of Three Day Tour – 19th October
Today was a very different day in many ways! Less rare, but equally special, with an incredible 100,00 shorebirds to see, hear and excite us! It was an early start, but was rewarded with one of the most spectacular high tides seen at Snettisham, probably 120,000+ Red Knot & masses of Oystercatchers and Bar-tailed Godwits…
Read MoreNorfolk Day One of Three Day Tour – 18th October
There was a wealth of rare birds to head off and look for today, after a period of high pressure and North Easterly winds. We took the decision to head firstly for the rarest of rare, a Rufous-bushchat that had been found and Saturday and I had managed to see on the previous afternoon. The…
Read MoreNorfolk Day Five of Five Day Tour – 16th October
We started the day at Cley with an hour of seawatching, it was fairly quiet but there was still Red-throated Divers, Common Scoters, Wigeon, Teal & Gannets all moving offshore. Things livened up when first we spotted a Peregrine way, way out to sea, incredibly 3-4 miles out it was seemingly chasing down prey. After…
Read MoreNorfolk Day Four of Five Day Tour – 15th October
With the belated news the previous day of a Red-flanked Bluetail being found at Holme-next-the-sea, we were sent back heading to a previous day’s destination. On arrival it was apparent that we would need patience, the Bluetail had been seen just once in two hours. We decided to head off and do some birding in…
Read MoreNorfolk Day Three of Five Day Tour – 14th October
I decided we would set out at North Point near Wells and walk along the bushes and hedges, as the weather looked good for thrushes and migrants with a NE wind and showers. On arrival there was good numbers of thrushes, mainly Redwing, some Fieldfare, many Blackbirds, some Song thrush and plus small numbers of…
Read MoreNorfolk Day Two of Five Day Tour – 13th October
We started the day with a couple hours of looking at the sea, it was a nice busy session with a constant Westerly stream of wildfowl – Dark-bellied Brent Goose 160 WestCommon Shelduck 8 WestEurasian Wigeon 100 WestNorthern Pintail 4 WestEurasian Teal 30 WestGreater Scaup 3 Fem EastVelvet Scoter 3 WestCommon Scoter 37 WestGreat Crested…
Read MoreNorfolk Day One of Five Day Tour – 12th October
We made our way towards Holkham and en-route noted a couple of Red Kites, though we were set to see plenty more up at the coast. We were greeted at Holkham with small skeins of Pink-footed Geese, as we set off in search of smaller target birds! Our first foraging flock appeared and there was…
Read MoreExclusive Guiding 2 persons North Norfolk 26th September
We started the day birding in challenging conditions with strong onshore winds & squally showers! We had a look at the sea and in between the worst showers there was some nice birds to see! Brent Goose (Dark-bellied) 3 westEurasian Teal 20 WestCommon Scoter 40 WestGreat Crested Grebe 1 westBar-tailed Godwit 1 westRuddy Turnstone 10Dunlin…
Read MoreExclusive group Guiding North Norfolk Day Two – 23rd September
I collected the group from Blakeney and we headed off towards Wells. The early morning rain had eased and we arrived at North Point with drier conditions. The pool at North point held 3 Greenshank, though these soon headed off East. Just as I was scanning a nice fresh looking juvenile Wheatear caught my eye…
Read MoreExclusive Two Day Tour Snettisham High Tide 22nd September
We had not been travelling far when I noticed a Great White Egret in a field near Sculthorpe, an unusual location for this species, we pulled over and had a good look at it! This was followed by another fantastic visit to Snettisham RSPB for a Norfolk Birding High Tide spectacular. A stunning performance from…
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