Month: June 2018
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29th June 2018 – RSPB Minsmere
Our last day on holiday in East Anglia and we chose to revisit RSPB Minsmere – a combination of a good walk through woodland, marshes and coastland and plenty of opportunity for birdwatching. There was very little activity in the first two hides (Bittern and Island Mere) but we did see a bittern in flight…
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28th June 2018 – Southwold
We had a very pleasant walk from Walberswick to Southwold and back. Not much to report except for some swallows, a few butterflies and the wild flowers behind the beach huts at Southwold , one of which was for sale (a single one) in an Estate Agents for £135,000. What a crazy world.
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27th June 2018 – Suffolk
In the last two days we have visited some of the smaller reserves in Suffolk as well as making another trip back to RSPB Minsmere. Hen Reedbeds (on the River Hen just outside Southwold) is a delightful small reserve with a superb platform looking across the roadbeds where you can generally see marsh harriers, grey…
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25th June 2018 – RSPB Minsmere
We love going to RSPB Minsmere (surely the Mecca for birders in the UK) as early as we can and at 7 a.m. on a lovely sunny day it was as magical as ever. We were pleased to see the sand martins back and watched them for a while but I was quite frustrated trying…
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24th June 2018 – Walberswick National Nature Reserve
A very early morning walk at 5.30 am (well if I wanted to watch England play in the World Cup at 1 pm I had to make an effort) was well rewarded especially with my first Common Ringed Plover of the year. (The football was pretty amazing too) Only minutes in to my walk and…
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23rd June 2018 – RSPB Strumpshaw Fen
As we moved from Norfolk to Suffolk on our East Anglia holiday we decided to visit RSPB Strumpshaw Fen which is on the River Yare in Norfolk, around six miles east of Norwich. The new road system around Norwich totally flummoxed our GPS system in the car and our journey took a little longer than…
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22nd June 2018 – North Norfolk
Although there was sunshine forecast for the whole day there was a cold wind blowing from the north and so we decided to go in land for a countryside walk. We walked from Blakeney to Glandford to the excellent telescope and binocular centre of Cley Spy to pick up on the circular Bayfield Bird Walk.…
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21st June 2018 – North Norfolk
It was a sightseeing sort of day with a trip to the Blickling Estate. On the way back we stopped off at Cley beach and I had a few feeble attempts at a little tern at sea. Blickling Hall The only wildlife photo at the Blickling Estate The Blickling Estate Little tern at Cley beach…
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20th June 2018 – Holkham Hall and RSPB Titchwell Marshes
We were having a day off “birding” today and were going to visit Holkham Hall. However, the Hall was closed but we did enjoy a pleasant walk around the grounds and to the (enormous) walled garden. It was rather too windy to go for a walk on the beautiful beach at Holkham and so instead…
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19th June 2018 – Blakeney and Cley Next The Sea
Another wonderful day round and about Blakeney in North Norfolk. Not so many birds photos today but lots of walking until the sun set. Blakeney We walked on a circuitous route through the Blakeney Marshes to Wiverton Hall where we met the legendary colourful character Desmond McCarthy from the television series “Normal in Norfolk” which…
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