Articles
Norfolk 5 day Spring Birdwatching Tour
April 22nd- 26th 2024 Over this 5 day tour we visited a whole range of areas and birdwatching locations. Day One – Thornham Bank, Holme NNR, shore and dunes, Hunstanton CliffsDay Two – Sheringham Sea, Cley NWT, Salthouse Marshes, Gramborough HillDay Three – Great Cressingham, Santon Downham, Cockley Cley, Lynford ArboretumDay Four – Swanton Novers…
Read MoreScottish Highlands Birdwatching Tour 6th-13th April 2024
Tour leader – Chris Mills Assistant guide – Richard Thaxton Participants:- Linda Barrett, Laurie & Linda Bryant, Shenagh Gilliard, Sean & Sue Greenway & Helen Prandy. The tour offered a good overview of the specialist Highland species, and this year we had good views of many of the iconic Scottish Highland species, Crested Tit, Osprey,…
Read MoreNorfolk Winter 3 Day Birding Tour
February 2nd – 4th This was a three day/3 night group tour and visited similar areas to the last 3 & 5 day January tours, however there were a few species recorded that were different to the previous trips, a full list of species recorded is below along with the locations we visited. We recorded…
Read MoreNorfolk Winter 5 Day Birding Tour
Day One 22nd January – Cley, Glaven Ford, Stiffkey Flood & Warham Greens A great start birding at Cley with lovely views eventually of the Red-breasted Goose, plus 5000 Pink-footed Geese added to the wonderful sounds and scene. Also Red-throated Diver on the sea, and a good spread of wildfowl, Pintail, Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler and…
Read MoreJanuary 19th – Exclusive Norfolk Birding day for 4 people
A lovely day out in North Norfolk with a group of four for an exclusive day. We started with some nice Fieldfare, Redwing & Mistle Thrush, then 2 Goshawk sightings. Moving up to the coast we had a mixed finch flock of c500 finches, including some nice Brambling, plus a showy Water Rail – sat…
Read MoreNorfolk Birding 3 Day Winter Tour
12-14th January 2024 Friday 12th January NW & North Norfolk Day One of Three We started the tour with a walk out along the shore at Brancaster, as we parked up there were 2 Spoonbills in view and a Marsh harrier skidded past, a nice start! As we walked along the shore we started to…
Read MoreNorth India Tour 2023 Land of the Tiger, Forktails and Ibisbill
NORTH INDIA TOUR 1st-16th December 2023 An international tour of 16 days undertaken in conjunction with Oriole Birding, bookings via their website for 2024 tour The tour took in four areas each with its own character brought about by habitat and altitude and thus we encountered a wide variety of avifauna, mammals and other aspects…
Read MoreOctober Norfolk Birding sightings
The following is an overview of the birds recorded whilst guiding and birding in Norfolk during October. Birds seen whilst birding without are marked with an asterisk*! Dates is either first date recorded, or the date with the largest count. The more unusual species and larger counts are in bold. Guiding on:- October 11th, 12-16th…
Read MoreDays guided birding around Cley – 26th September
A nice day around Cley guiding Clare and Peter two regulars, they finally got to see Long-billed Dowitcher. Lovely close views of Red-throated diver, Guillemots, Razorbills and Gannets just offshore making the most of good fishing conditions. On the shore there was a very smart 1st winter Caspian Gull. An adult pale phase Arctic skua…
Read MoreNorfolk Birding 3 day September tour
22nd September Day One – Holme Dunes, North Point Wells & Stiffkey Fen We kicked off the tour at Holme dunes NNR, as we headed up through the dunes, there was a light passage of Meadow Pipits and Swallows passing by. Also several Stonechats including a family party, plus Reed Bunting and a nice flock…
Read More