Posts Tagged ‘Norfolk birding’
September 27th – Exclusive Birding Day in South Norfolk
Today we guided an American lady visiting the UK, she was also joining the High Tide tour tomorrow, so she asked we concentrated on woodland and passerine species today. Whilst we headed for the reliable and interesting farmland and woodland habitat of The Brecklands, we did stop off of the impressive post breeding gathering of…
Read MoreNorfolk 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 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 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,…
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 16-18th Three Day Norfolk Birding group tour
Day One – 16th November Hunstanton, Holkham & Titchwell This 3 day/ 3 night Norfolk tour was based from The Burleigh at Hunstanton. We started the day with a quick look at Hunstanton Cliffs, this proved productive, with highlights being 2 Whooper Swans moving South out over the sea, plus a superb ringtail Hen harrier…
Read More