Posts Tagged ‘Norfolk birding’
November 8th & 9th Norfolk Exclusive 2 day Tour
Day One – Back to Snettisham again for another high tide! I picked up Sarah, Sue & Maggie in Hunstanton and then we headed straight to Snettisham for another High tide, none of them had ever seen it and their excitement was great to see! They weren’t to be dissappointed! Adding to the theatre of…
Read MoreNovember 5th-7th Norfolk 3 day Tour
Day one 5th November – Cley, Wells-next-the-sea, Stiffkey Greens We started today with a lively seawatch off Cley Coastguards. Numerous Red-throated Diver, with many close inshore, also Great crested grebes, steady passage of Gannet, and an Easterly arrival of Dark-bellied Brents in small groups moving West, wildfowl was well represented with groups of Wigeon, Teal,…
Read MoreOctober 13th -17th Norfolk Autumn tour
Scarce & Rare Bird Tour – (minus the rare birds this autumn!) This year wasn’t the best for Scarce or Rare birds, with weeks of Westerly winds, there was a distinct lack of scarce migrants or rare birds along the East Coast of the Uk and Norfolk! However, we enjoyed some nice birding and managed…
Read MoreOctober 9th & 10th – Norfolk High tide Spectaculars
A weekend mainly birding at Snettisham with an exclusive tour on Saturday, followed by a group tour of fourteen on Sunday. Both days concentrated on the High tide spectacular with close on 100,000 Red Knot, again providing an amazing spectacle. Other highlights over the weekend were 1500 Golden Plover, 3 Little Stints, 4 Spotted Redshank,…
Read MoreSeptember 21st-23rd Norfolk Birding Group tour
September 21st Day One – North Norfolk We kicked off the first day of the tour with a walk out at Burnham Overy Staithe, it was a beautiful morning and the first surprise came early with a juvenile Tree Sparrow in the hedgerow amongst a group of Goldfinches. Also a Kingfisher whizzed along the shoreline…
Read MoreJuly 2021 – Norfolk Guided Birding & wildlife tour reports
As well as the 4 day wildlife tour we also ran several exclusive Norfolk guided birdwatching days through July. From early July returning adult waders and shorebirds started to appear. A list of bird species recorded are below and and include species recorded during guiding and personal birding sessions. The better birds are in bold!…
Read MoreNorfolk Day Three of Three Day Tour – 20th October
Today we headed to Cley. Although the winds were Southerly and not encouraging for a seawatch, I was sure an hours effort would see us add a few more birds to our total. It was fairly slow going but several Red-throated Divers were sitting offshore, a few Common Scoter passed by and several parties of…
Read More26th August 2020 – Day Three of three. Exclusive Guiding Tour
With a strong WNW wind we had a really enjoyable day seawatching the stand out birds were the Black Guillemot, and Osprey that flew in off the sea. Unfortunately these were both before David and Sue arrived, but they throughly enjoyed getting to grips with Arctic & Great Skuas, plus Common and Sandwich terns, a…
Read More25th January Day Two of three – Norfolk Winter Birding tour
We set out for East Norfolk and the Broads today. We started in area of ploughed maize fields, in the same place I had visited just a week ago, this time there was 11 Cranes present and we enjoyed watching them interacting with some birds displaying. Also Marsh Harrier, Kestrel and a big flock of…
Read More13th – 17th Norfolk Birding Winter Tour- Day Four of Five. The Brecks
We headed to the Brecks today and started in the North with a look for the now very scarce Willow Tits! As we headed up the track it’s nearest congeners, a Marsh Tit was calling and eventually we all got good views as it fed low down on a mossy branch.As we walked further on…
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