Month: June 2018
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18th June 2018 – RSPB Titchwell Marshes
RSPB Titchwell Marshes is one of the RSPB’s flagship reserves and is probably the one place that most inspired my interest in birding. Today we had another great day although many people we met said they thought it was very quiet. Well I’m quite happy if its quiet and we see a tawny owl and…
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17th June 2018 – Blakeney National Nature Reserve
A good start to our stay in Norfolk with a Sunday morning stroll from the beautiful coastal village of Blakeney towards Cley along the Norfolk Coast path with views of redshank (and chicks), oystercatcher, avocet (and chicks), little egret, reed bunting, buzzard, marsh harrier, lapwing, little ringed plover (and chicks), black-headed gulls, greylag geese (and…
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2nd June 2018 – Somerset Levels
Another amazing day on the Somerset Levels: we briefly visited Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve and RSPB Greylake at the beginning and end of the day but the best was at RSPB Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve, two fantastic reserves only divided by a road but run by two different bodies. There…