8th March 2026 – Day tour to The Brecks #2
The second of two back-to-back single-day Brecks Tours. The original forecast was for better weather today than yesterday but it turned out worse. Fog at dawn lifted to mist which lingered to a greater or lesser extent all day. With next to no wind it was not great weather for raptors in particular. Still, we […]
7th March 2026 – Day tour to The Brecks #1
The first of two back-to-back single-day Brecks Tours. It was a cloudy, grey and rather cold day, although at least it stayed mostly dry. Not ideal conditions for early spring in the Brecks but we did surprisingly well despite the best efforts of the weather. We met this morning in Swaffham. Driving into the northern […]
6th March 2026 – Brecks Private Tour
A Private Tour to the Brecks today. Early spring is the best time of year to visit this interesting region, with its selection of scarcer or very localised birds. We had a particular target to try to find Lesser Spotted Woodpecker this morning. We succeeded – so if anyone wants to try to see this […]