Posts Tagged ‘Guided birdwatching Norfolk’
2nd October Days Exclusive Guiding
Paul Varney guiding for Norfolk Birding, a great day with plenty of migrants, plus views of Yellow-browed warbler, Wood warbler, Merlin & Pallid Harrier – a complete list below. Paul’s images of Yellow-browed warbler and Goldcrest. 1 Graylag Goose Holkham NNR–Holkham Meals 2 Brant Holkham NNR–Stiffkey Marshes 3 Mute Swan Holkham NNR–Holkham…
Read MoreMay 24-26th Norfolk group birding 3 day tour
Day One – Snettisham Coastal Park, Thornham Bank, Holme NNR, shore and dunes, Hunstanton Cliffs Day Two – Burnham Overy Staithe, Stiffkey Flood & Cley NWT Day Three – Great Cressingham, Santon Downham, Cockley Cley & Lynford Arboretum Highlights of day one were stunning close views of up to 4 Turtle Doves, a superb singing…
Read MoreMay 19th Norfolk Group Birdwatching Day Tour
A great birding day tour today visiting Cley, Kelling and Salthouse Heaths. The tour started at 2pm and continuing through till 10pm, with a Fish and chip supper in Holt. Guided by Paul Varney on behalf of Norfolk Birding. We saw 2 Short-eared Owl, 3 Barn Owl, heard Tawny Owl. Saw Spoonbill, Nightjars, Turtle Dove…
Read MoreMay 11th Norfolk Group Birdwatching Day Tour
Guided by Paul Varney on behalf of Norfolk Birding On this group tour today we visited Snettisham RSPB, Ken Hill NR & Titchwell RSPB. Highlights were undoubtedly nice views and purring Turtle Dove, good views of Cuckoo, Little Stint, Little Gull, Spoonbill a nice array of breeding plumage shorebirds and singing warblers. A total of…
Read MoreNorfolk 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 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 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 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…
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