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18 May 2026 Hickling Broad
My sense that I might be getting a cold, yesterday, seems to have resolved into a bad hay fever caused by willow pollen so I struggled a bit through the day. We went to Hickling Broad where we joined the NWT. We walked the track down to Stubb Mill, stopping at each of the two platforms.
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17 May 2026 RSPB Minsmere
We paid a short visit to the Minsmere reserve on the 16th May with our friend who has just moved to the area and was unfamiliar with the reserve, we didn’t really drag her around the site that much, just giving her an idea of what it was like. We were leaving her on the 17th, so we dropped into the reserve again for a…
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14 May 2026 Lynford Arboretum, Nunnery Lakes and Lackford Lakes
We left the cottage and parked at the Sheperd’s Baa and walked down the arboretum track as far as the bridge. It started to rain heavily so we dropped into the cafe again to dry off and use the loos before getting into the car. We decided to try the picnic site at Santon Downham.
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13 May 2026 Lynford Arboretum
We had some friends visiting us at the cottage and we hoped for a nice walk but it started to rain so heavily we abandoned that idea and we drove straight out to Ye Old Windmill at Gressingham, an inspired pick on Anne’s part as it was a most wonderful pub, full of character, quiet and with good beer and food – A real find.
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12 May 2026 Weeting Heath, Lakenheath Fen and Nunnery Lakes
I was up early for our first morning at the Woodcutter’s Lodge in Lynford Arboretum, so sat outside on the patio drinking tea and listening to the assorted bird song – Blackbird, Blue Tit, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Goldfinch, Robin, Song Thrush, Swallow, Wood Pigeon and Wren.
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11 May 2026 Weeting Heath, Lakenheath Fen and Lynford Arboretum
We drove from The Old Pheasant at 9.15am in direction of Peterborough, Chatteris, Ely and Prickwillow., stopping at RSPB Lakenheath Fen where we just did the little loop around the bend in the river. It was freezing cold and windy and not very conducive to birding. We got very good views of our first Whitethroat of the year, though. Then on to NWT Weeting Heath…
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10 May 2026 Rutland Water
We set off from Manchester at 9am and took our planned route avoiding motorways which turned out to be a good decision because it was a lovely day, the route was straightforward and the traffic wasn’t too bad. We drove straight through to Wyndhampton Windmill near Rutland Water for about 12 which was perfect. We had some brunch and headed off for Rutland Water. We…
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