Posts Tagged ‘Birdwatching in Norfolk’
22nd March-24th March 2019 Day One of three day tour.
Day One 22nd March – Brilliant Brecks! Today started steadily, we arrived at Santon Downham and there was immediately lots of birds! Siskin, Brambling, Redpolls, Grey Wagtail all appeared very quickly within minutes of arrival. We then headed down the river. The Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers had been showing up till 9am, but we arrived a…
Read MoreFebruary 22nd -24th 2019 Three Day Norfolk Birding Winter Group Tour
Day One – 22nd February Shorebird Sensation! A great day with tens of thousands of Knot, Godwits and Golden Plover. Three Barn Owls, 2 Short-eared Owls and raptors displaying in the Spring-like skies . The day started slightly misty, as we arrived early at but eventually cleared away to clear blue skies and sunshine with…
Read MoreFebruary 18th & 19th 2019 A 2 day Exclusive Birding Tour in North Norfolk
Feb 18th 2019 Another great day visiting Holkham Shorelaeks, Snow Buntings, Spoonbills, Long-tailed Duck and Great White Egrets The day rounded off with yet another great raptor roost & a Barn Owl. I collected Peter and Sue from The White Horse, where we enjoyed breakfast together, chatted over their target birds and agreed the logistics fr the next two days. We arrived at Holkham and were…
Read MoreFebruary 8th Norfolk Exclusive Day Tour 2019
A windy day in the Holkham & Wells area, but still bird-filled with Shorelarks, Snow Buntings, Black Brant & a raptor roost! I collected Araba and Lily from Hidolveston today, for an exclusive day out. We arrived at Holkham with grey skies and strong blustery SW wind, birding wasn’t going to be easy! However, the…
Read MoreFebruary 5th Norfolk Exclusive Day Tour 2019
A lovely winter’s day birding filled with wildfowl and special birds! I picked up Steve & Debbie from the White Horse at Brancaster and we started with some nice easy birding just at the back of the pub, out on the saltmarsh. There was a lovely selection of birds, lots of Dark-bellied Brent Geese, Teal,…
Read MoreFebruary 1st -3rd Norfolk Winter Tour 2019
February 1st – Raptor raptures & scores of Scoters I collected an exclusive of group of 6 today at just after lunch and we headed up to Holkham. On arrival we enjoyed several Red Kites and Marsh Harriers, plus a lovely group of c1000 Dark-bellied Brents, plus lots of Pink-footed Geese and thousands of Wigeon…
Read MoreMonday 21st -25th January – Norfolk Winter Birding Tour
Day One 21st January – A day of Owls & Geese! We started this winter tour on a cold frosty morning near locally near Bintree Mill and were soon enjoying 2 Barn Owls, the second Barn owl was watched hunting down a ride, just lovely to watch. We then headed to another spot nearby where…
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