After a particularly rubbish day at work yesterday, I left the office mid afternoon and sort refuge at Draycote Water where I knew a Black Necked Grebe had been spotted earlier in the day. The Grebe was amongst Coot in Toft Bay and was very active, diving continually, so quite hard to spot at first but worth the journey as it had been an unseen tick (for this year anyway). As the weather seemed unsettled, I did not risk walking round any further and battled my way home through the rush hour instead. Note the Tuftie going "Wot you staying at?"
Friday 14 September 2012
Draycote Revisited
After a particularly rubbish day at work yesterday, I left the office mid afternoon and sort refuge at Draycote Water where I knew a Black Necked Grebe had been spotted earlier in the day. The Grebe was amongst Coot in Toft Bay and was very active, diving continually, so quite hard to spot at first but worth the journey as it had been an unseen tick (for this year anyway). As the weather seemed unsettled, I did not risk walking round any further and battled my way home through the rush hour instead. Note the Tuftie going "Wot you staying at?"
Sunday 9 September 2012
Tour of Britain in Norfolk
Myself and my birder's wife like to get away for our anniversary. However, unlike other years, our anniversary date leapt upon us quicker than anticipated and we suddenly found by last Wednesday that we had not booked anywhere. We really wanted to get over to Suffolk or Norfolk to view the Tour of Britain as it passed through East Anglia and after much searching eventually managed to find quite a posh B&B in Sheringham for a couple of nights.
On Friday, we left very early so that we could make the most of the day in Norfolk and as part of the tradition stopped by the Wolferton Triangle to try and get a view of the Golden Pheasants (unfortunately they weren't playing this time). We then worked our way along the North Norfolk Coast towards Sheringham with a stop at Cley. Prior to lunch we went into Cley Nature Reserve to see what was about and had a wader fest with Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruff, Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper and Spoonbill. We decided to give Norfolk Wildlife Trust yet more of our money by having lunch in the visitor centre and then had a further walk on the reserve (clocking up a Yellow Legged Gull). By this time, we were pretty tired and had a quick snooze before heading on to our B&B at Sheringham.
The following day, my birder's wife very kindly indulged me by allowing us to go and twitch a Barred Warbler at Holme Dunes but by the time the little blighter decided to show itself we were far too hot and bothered to care. We then made our way back to Sheringham with a few stops along the way for shopping and beach sitting.
Today, we made our way down to Horstead (just noth of Norwich) via a quick visit to Felbrigg Hall NT and watched the Tour of Britain zip past us. On the long way home I couldn't resist a quick stop off at Ouse Washes RSPB to try and spot one of my Unseen Birds and thanks to those in the Kingfisher Hide soon had seen my first White Rumped Sandpiper.
On Friday, we left very early so that we could make the most of the day in Norfolk and as part of the tradition stopped by the Wolferton Triangle to try and get a view of the Golden Pheasants (unfortunately they weren't playing this time). We then worked our way along the North Norfolk Coast towards Sheringham with a stop at Cley. Prior to lunch we went into Cley Nature Reserve to see what was about and had a wader fest with Green Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruff, Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper and Spoonbill. We decided to give Norfolk Wildlife Trust yet more of our money by having lunch in the visitor centre and then had a further walk on the reserve (clocking up a Yellow Legged Gull). By this time, we were pretty tired and had a quick snooze before heading on to our B&B at Sheringham.
The following day, my birder's wife very kindly indulged me by allowing us to go and twitch a Barred Warbler at Holme Dunes but by the time the little blighter decided to show itself we were far too hot and bothered to care. We then made our way back to Sheringham with a few stops along the way for shopping and beach sitting.Today, we made our way down to Horstead (just noth of Norwich) via a quick visit to Felbrigg Hall NT and watched the Tour of Britain zip past us. On the long way home I couldn't resist a quick stop off at Ouse Washes RSPB to try and spot one of my Unseen Birds and thanks to those in the Kingfisher Hide soon had seen my first White Rumped Sandpiper.
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