Rutland Water 13th May 2016 To break up our journey back home we decided to stay overnight at the Barnsdale Lodge Hotel at Rutland Water and this would give us a chance to look at the Ospreys again. We had seen them at the start of our holiday so it seemed appropriate to have a…
Thornham 13th May 2016 On our departure day from Thornham and Norfolk I took one last morning walk along the marsh and then through the reed beds up to the harbour. There is a change in the weather and, although it is still nice and sunny, a cold wind is blowing off the sea. This…
Holmes Dunes NWT 12th May 2016 We wanted to do something that involved as little driving as possible this day, because we were heading homewards the following day, so we decided upon Holmes Dunes NWT reserve. As it happens, we had already walked from our cottage in Thornham to one edge of the reserve and…
Thornham 12th May 2016 An early morning walk through the reed beds and up to the harbour and along the sea wall early in the morning (well 6.45am actually so not so early) on a lovely sunny morning was another treat and what a holiday when you can walk out of your cottage and within…
Thornham 11th May 2016 Because of the heavy drizzle first thing in the morning, I did not take my usual morning walk but the evening made up for it. On our walk to the pub, which is timed to be at Barn Owl showing time, we were still getting Reed and Sedge Warblers singing and…
Chosely Drying Barns & Titchwell NWT 11th May 2016 The second half of our day was going to be closer to home. After a snack in Wells-upon-the-Sea, we drove off to Chosely Drying Barns to look for Dotterel again. We did find a few again but they were much more distant and the views were…
Cley NWT and Blakeney Point 11th May 2016
Weeting Heath NWT 10th May 2016
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…
