Posts Tagged ‘Barn owl’
Norfolk Birdwatching 3 Day Winter Tour – January 27-29th 2023
Day One – Hempstead area, Swanton Novers, Holkham NNR and Warham Greens. We started the tour rather unusually by heading for farmland and woodland, as it suited the better weather conditions forecast for today. There was a really nice field close to Holt, with dedicated bird crop and here there was 2-300 birds. The majority…
Read MoreNorfolk 5 day Winter Birding Tour 16-20th January
Day One – 16th January – The Broads We kicked the tour off in tricky weather conditions, cold grey skies with intermittent showers, wintry by the days end. However, the birding was good and we didn’t let it dampen our spirits. We kicked off near Horning with a nice group of “wild” Swans, 20 Whoopers…
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 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 More22nd February Day Two of three – Norfolk Winter Birding tour
Another rough day of v windy weather! However at least the sun came out today! We headed East to our first location, Halvergate marshes, where a friend Pete was stood waiting our arrival. His eyes fixed firmly on where a Short-eared Owl had just landed, unfortunately now out of view. Eventually after searching for a…
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…
Read MoreMarch 4th 2019 – Norfolk Exclusive guided birding day
A really nice exclusive day based around Stiffkey, Wells-next-the Sea & Holkham NNR area. Shorelarks, raptors, geese, egrets and Spoonbills! I collected Jane & Pauline from Cley and we headed towards Holkham. Stopping off initially at Stiffkey fen area, where a pair of Marsh harriers, plus 2 other individuals delighted as they flew by at…
Read MoreFebruary 22nd -24th 2019 Three Day Norfolk Birding Winter Group Tour
Day One – 22nd February Shorebird Sensation! A great day with tens of thousands of Knot, Godwits and Golden Plover. Three Barn Owls, 2 Short-eared Owls and raptors displaying in the Spring-like skies . The day started slightly misty, as we arrived early at but eventually cleared away to clear blue skies and sunshine with…
Read MoreFebruary 12th Norfolk – A day on the patch
Non-guiding day at Sheringham A relatively quiet day up on my local patch, but 2 Avocets moving west were the first of the year, and a Peregrine was also the first I had seen. Out on the sea there was 100+ Red-throated Diver and plenty of Guillemots, a single adult Kittiwake and adult Gannet moved West and East respectively. A Marsh Harrier also passed through heading inland. Another highlight was watching a superb young male…
Read MoreMonday 21st -25th January – Norfolk Winter Birding Tour
Day One 21st January – A day of Owls & Geese! We started this winter tour on a cold frosty morning near locally near Bintree Mill and were soon enjoying 2 Barn Owls, the second Barn owl was watched hunting down a ride, just lovely to watch. We then headed to another spot nearby where…
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