Posts Tagged ‘Guided birdwatching Norfolk’
Norfolk Birds & Wildlife 4 Day Tour 3rd- 6th July
Day One 3rd July – Swanton Novers, Foxley Wood, High Kelling We started the day with a visit to the nearby Swanton Novers watchpoint where we had amazing views of Honey Buzzards, a displaying ♂ Honey Buzzard, followed by a second ♂ Honey Buzzard. Whilst enjoying the Honey Buzzard there was also Yellowhammer, Linnet, Chiff-chaff,…
Read MoreJune 30th Exclusive day
A lovely day out in North Norfolk with a couple for an exclusive days guided birding in North Norfolk. North Point, Wells offered up Green sandpiper, 4 Ruff, lots of avocet, Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, several superb Marsh Harriers, including 2 fresh juvs, lovely views of fledged Whitethroats, Sedge warblers and a flyover Spoonbill. Stiffkey…
Read MoreJune 16-18th Norfolk Three day tour
This was a three day tour in Norfolk in mid-June for a U3A group. It proved very successful with some nice surprises and we also managed to see most of the tricky breeding species as well. Day One – started with a lovely surprise in the from of the breeding Bee-eaters near Trimingham, we had…
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 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 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,…
Read MoreJanuary 24th-28th Five day Winter Tour
Day One of Five Norfolk Group Winter tour The first day of a five day tour was spent at Holkham NNR with a huge number of wildfowl as well as waders, divers and sea ducks. Thousands of Pink-footed Geese filled the fields to the north as well as 100+ White-fronted Geese showing down to 40m…
Read MoreNovember 23rd – 24th Norfolk Exclusive guided half days
A good morning at Holkham NNR on 23rd with an amazing 30,000 Pink-footed Geese present, a wonderful sight and sound! The 5 Shorelarks were still present in cordon area, but flew off inland just as we were leaving. The Pines held mix flocks of finches and tits, plus Treecreeper and we also caught up with…
Read MoreNovember 19th – Norfolk Exclusive guided day
Seawatching early on today produced a good mix of birds with 3 Eider, 20 Common Scoter, Red-throated Diver, Little Gull & 5 Great Crested Grebe. Out on the marsh there were skeins of Pink-footed Goose ,150 Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 2 Pintail, 3 Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine flushing a lot of the wildfowl, plus Avocet, a…
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