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21st February Day One of three – Norfolk Winter Birding tour
The birding at the moment is still a bit of a battle with the weather conditions. Winds of 25 mph average and gusts of 35-40mph making it pretty tricky at times. Nonetheless, with patience today we did reasonably well. First of all we walked the Little Ouse at Santon Downham, the river itself fairly well…
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 Three of Five. An Epic day out East
We set out for East Norfolk and the Broads today. We headed to an area of ploughed maize fields, presumably some spillage had occurred as the fields were holding a group of Cranes. Sure enough, a quick careful look revealed initially 4 Cranes feeding close by, plus another 2 Cranes in the field behind. We…
Read More16th November – Guided photography day
I spent the day in NW Norfolk with Renee, who was out for the day to do some photography. We started at Holme and eventually tracked down the Snow Buntings, which were quite flighty and it took several attempts before they settled. Fortunately Renee had settled down, as I had suggested and the Snow buntings…
Read More31st October 2019 Day three of 3 day tour
Another lovely day with a frost and clear, sunny blue skies! We took the walk out at Burnham Overy Staithe and out into the dunes. There was a big tide on arrival and we enjoyed vast skeins of Pink-footed Geese heading from their roost to feeding areas. Also nice flights of Dark-bellied Brents overhead. As…
Read More29th October 2019 – Day One of 3 Day tour
With a steady NE wind we started the day at Cley with a seawatch. There was plenty to keep us occupied, with a steady procession of Dark-bellied Brents arriving from the East, plus several groups of Eider, numerous groups of Common Scoter, plus Shelduck, several Red-throated Divers including close inshore on the sea, numerous Guillemots…
Read More27th October 2019 – Exclusive days Guiding Day One
We started the day at North Point, Wells. There was a goo selection of Teal and Wigeon, plus a group of 60 Curlew. Sev small skeins of Pink-feet passed overhead, and a nice covey of Grey Partridge dropped in front of us. Nearby Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Linnet, Yellowhammer & Goldfinch were all along the hedgerow.…
Read More17th October 2019 Exclusive day Tour
Today was an exclusive day tour and I collected Dennis, Dale and Margaret from Weybourne. We headed straight over to Walsey Hills where after a bit of searching I managed to locate one of the Jack Snipe, that had been present for several days. We then headed down the main path and were fortunate to…
Read More20th -21st September 2019 Two day Shorebird & Wader tour
Friday 20th September – A good two day tour culminating in 25 species of wader starting on the Friday at Snettisham, we stopped off en-route for a nice group of Grey Partridge, not a wader but great to see! At Snettisham there was again another great selection of shorebirds, with 30,000 Knot, 2000 Redshank, 3000…
Read More3rd-5th July Bucks U3A group
3rd July – Wells-next-the-sea & Titchwell – We started a 3 day tour today, with a group of 6 from a Buckinghamshire U3A group. Birding started in earnest at North Point, Wells-next-the-sea and we had just over 2 hours of excellent birding, at this recently established wetland. There was plenty of Reed and Sedge Warbler…
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