Posts by Chris Mills
Outer Hebrides Birding Tour – May 14th-21st
Uists Birdwatching Tour Saturday 14th May – Saturday 21st May 2022 Tour leader – Chris Mills Norfolk Birding Participants:- Chris Brock, Chuck Butler, Alison Gordon, Brian Leeman, Mandy Myers, Graham Weaver & Carol Shepherd Accommodation The tour was based on 5 star self-catering accommodation on North Uist. The accommodation on North Uist is extra special!…
Read MoreApril 11th – May 11th Norfolk Birding Tours & Species recorded
Species recorded during April – May 11th During April 11th to May 11th 2022. There was quite a backlog of people as well as advertised Norfolk group tours and I ended up running guided birdwatching tours on 19 days during this period! It was impossible to keep up with daily Norfolk trip reports on the…
Read More8th-10th April Group 3 Day Tour
8th April – Day One of three We started the day at Burnham Overy in clear blue skies and a light chilly NW Wind. There was instantly lots to look at! The Grazing marsh held good numbers of Curlew, plus small numbers of the last Teal, Wigeon and Shoveler. In the channels there were more…
Read More21st March & 22nd March 2 Day Exclusive guiding
I spent two days with a couple guiding them down in the Brecks and then up in North Norfolk. 21st March – Brecks. This was mainly a repeat performance of last weeks guiding in the Brecks with all the target birds seen but with a couple of nice additions, the pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers…
Read MoreMarch 18-21st Three Day Tour
18th March – Mid and North Norfolk We started the day at Bintree Mill where there had been up to 6 drake Garganey the previous day & at least three still present the evening before, sadly they had departed overnight. However it was a beautiful bright sunny morning & undeterred we saw a lovely array…
Read More17th March 2022 – Brecks Day Tour
I headed to the Brecks today, we started early with a walk along the river, and was able to show the clients a pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, the male and female both in view showing very well. Nearby at least 4 singing Woodlarks were present and we had amazing views, well mainly sound as…
Read MoreISLAY TOUR REPORT
Birding Tour of Islay – 24th February – 3rd March 2022 Participants:- Paul Bascombe, Chris Brock, Rosemary Buckland, Peter Leach, Paul & Wendy Scarborough & Andrew Slack Tour Guide for Norfolk Birding – Chris Mills OVERVIEW OF THE TOUR This was a 6 day winter tour to Islay, off the west coast of Scotland in…
Read MoreFebruary 16th-18th Three day Winter Tour
February 16th – Day One Holkham NNR, Cley marshes & Stiffkey Greens We started off the day at Holkham NNR, a quick roadside stop gave us lovely views of 165 White-fronted Geese showing down to 40m from the minibus. Also several Egyptian Geese, Greylag Geese and 2 Pink-footed Geese in the same area. Also Buzzard, Marsh harrier…
Read MoreFebruary 4th-6th Three Day Photography exclusive tour
A three day mainly coastal based tour concentrating on getting the photographer in the right positions and locations for high quality images. A selection of the images taken are below, there are more images to be added.
Read MoreJanuary 31st- February 2nd 2022
Another 3 day Winter tour, similar to the previous 5 day tour but covering a little less ground. Day One – The Brecks was again successful with all the target species being seen, with the excpetion of Woodlark, which were sitting quiet in the cool grey weather! The day started with some lovely feeding Brambling,…
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