Posts by Chris Mills
13th – 17th Norfolk Birding Winter Tour- Day One of Five
Day One of five – Norfolk Winter Birding tour Today started early with a arrival at Snettisham around 7.35am for the high tide. En-route we had 2 Barn owls, the second we had perched and were able to watch hunting. We then arrived at Snettisham just in time to watch thousand Pink-footed geese leaving their…
Read More3rd January 2020
Exclusive days guiding – Holkham NNR & Raptor roost We started the day at Holkham, there was masses of wildfowl from the car park plus Snipe, Ruff, Redshank, close Brents & Pink-footed Geese. We then walked out on to the beach at Holkham where we soon found the Snow Bunting flock of around 60 birds,…
Read MoreNORTHERN INDIA TOUR REPORT A Wildlife & Birding Tour of Northern India December 3rd-17th 2019
Participants:- Richard & Janet Lobley, Neil & Sheila Barnes, Andrew Slack Tour guides for Norfolk Birding – Chris Mills, Sumantha Ghosh, Brijendra Singh & Jaypee OVERVIEW OF THE TOUR This tour took in the amazing sights and sounds of Northern India’s wildlife and birds. The tour included a wide and varied cross section of habitat.…
Read More16th November – Guided photography day
I spent the day in NW Norfolk with Renee, who was out for the day to do some photography. We started at Holme and eventually tracked down the Snow Buntings, which were quite flighty and it took several attempts before they settled. Fortunately Renee had settled down, as I had suggested and the Snow buntings…
Read More8th-10th November – Three Day group tour
Day One – 8th November A tricky day dodging showers and dealing with a gusty NE wind! However, we still had a great day! We started at Burnham Overy and were soon watching several nice skeins of Dark-bellied Brents, plus skeins of Pink-footed Geese. Out over the marsh we were soon also enjoying regular Marsh…
Read More6th November – Norfolk Exclusive day
An exclusive day for David & Sandra – in North Norfolk. We started off looking at the sea off Cley. A nice selection with Wigeon, Common Scoters, Red-throated Divers, Gannets, Guillemots & Dark-bellied Brents all passing in reasonable numbers. Further East the sea poll still held the Long-tailed Duck which was holding close company with…
Read More31st October 2019 Day three of 3 day tour
Another lovely day with a frost and clear, sunny blue skies! We took the walk out at Burnham Overy Staithe and out into the dunes. There was a big tide on arrival and we enjoyed vast skeins of Pink-footed Geese heading from their roost to feeding areas. Also nice flights of Dark-bellied Brents overhead. As…
Read More30th October 2019 Day two of 3 day tour
We started today with another sensational high tide! The pictures paint a thousands words, We also had Peregrine, Merlin, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard and Marsh Harriers in and around the 50,000 Knot & other shorebirds. Also some nice groups of c800 Golden Plover and c30 Pintail, plus a great Pink-foot roost exit. On the way to Holme…
Read More29th October 2019 – Day One of 3 Day tour
With a steady NE wind we started the day at Cley with a seawatch. There was plenty to keep us occupied, with a steady procession of Dark-bellied Brents arriving from the East, plus several groups of Eider, numerous groups of Common Scoter, plus Shelduck, several Red-throated Divers including close inshore on the sea, numerous Guillemots…
Read More28th October – Exclusive Guiding Day Two
A very early start today for the Snettisham High tide. We arrived at 6.15am and there were many, many birds, 20,000 Pink-footed Geese and 20,000 Red Knot a wondrous sight and sound, especially shortly after arriving they were flushed into the air by a Peregrine Falcon! The birds out on The Wash were spectacular, we…
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