Holkham NNR 9th May 2016 Holkham NNR certainly knows how to make money at £2 an hour for parking. We paid £3 for 2 hours and started off on the left path that goes through the woods to the hides. There were various birds about and we felt that there should have been Crossbills but…
Holkham Hall 9th May 2016 We started off our attempt to check out Holkham by paying a visit to Holkham Hall but this was basically your average stately home and whilst you would be bound to find some birds there, it was such a big site that we felt our energies would be better used…
Cley Marshes NWT 9th May 2016 We left Chosely Drying Barns for Cley Marshes nature reserve. I asked about Spoonbills and was given a very cagey reply. As far as I can gather the authorities do not want to encourage anyone looking for them during the breeding season. We did meet a couple who told…
Chosely Drying Barns 9th May 2016
Thornham 9th May 2016 I started the morning with a walk along the edge of the marsh at Thornham. The Reed and Sedge Warblers were all singing and I got good views of Sedge Warbler and Wren. I immediately heard a Cuckoo calling and on the marsh there were Redshank, Shelduck and the usual Corvids…
Thornham 8th May 2016 We had visitors coming to see us and have a pub lunch, followed by a walk so most of our birding today was incidental. However it was not without some good sightings. We had to get some food and drink in but it was a Sunday so we had to wait…
Titchwell RSPB 7th May 2016 After having settled in at our cottage in the village of Thornham, we decided that we were ready for a full day at the Titchwell RSPB reserve, just a mile down the road. As soon as we arrived we checked out availability of places on the “guided tour” of the…
Thornham 7th May 2016 I took an early morning walk on my own through the reed beds to the old, silted up, harbour. The reed bed was alive with the sound of Reed and Sedge Warblers and the sound of Oystercatchers and Redshanks is always in the air, more, or less, distant depending upon the…
Thornham 6th May 2016 After our stop over at Horsey Mere, we stopped of at NWT Cley Marshes for a cup of tea and then ploughed on to Thornham where we were due to stay for a week. It was quite late by the time we got there so we cleaned up and then went…
Horsey Mere 6th May 2016 Today we had to move from our cottage rental in Halesworth to out next cottage in Thornham, near RSPB Titchwell. This turned out to be quite a long drive because, although the distance isn’t great, it takes a long time on the small roads that we prefer to drive on….
