9th January 2025 – Winter Tour, Day 4
Day 4 of a 4-day Winter Wildfowl, Cranes & Owls tour. There was less of a frost overnight but it was still a chilly day with a fresher WNW/W wind. The skies were blue though, with lots of crisp winter sunshine – much better than it being “mild” (which is weather forecaster code for wet […]
8th January 2025 – Winter Tour, Day 3
Day 3 of a 4-day Winter Wildfowl, Cranes & Owls tour. It was a cold start with a hard frost overnight but with light winds today it didn’t feel as cold. The skies were rather grey all day though, with high cloud persisting. We spent the day in the Fens. It was a long drive […]
7th January 2025 – Winter Tour, Day 2
Day 2 of a 4-day Winter Wildfowl, Cranes & Owls tour. It was a much nicer day today. After a light frost overnight, it was a beautifully clear and crisp morning with just a little more cloud around in the afternoon. Yes, it was chilly in the fresh SW wind. But so much better than […]
6th January 2025 – Winter Tour, Day 1
Day 1 of a 4-day Winter Wildfowl, Cranes & Owls tour. The weather was not great – rain on and off all day and increasingly windy and cold – but hopefully it is getting much better for the next three days. So we headed down to the Broads today, given we would therefore be spending […]
15th-23rd Dec 2024 – Mauritius & Réunion
Not a tour but a family holiday to the Mascarene Islands with plenty of wildlife for the birding contingent. We spent 4 nights on Mauritius, in the south-west at Bel Ombre, and 4 nights on Réunion, on the west side at Saint Gilles. Neither island boasts a huge list of bird species and we only […]
1st Dec 2024 – Early Winter Tour, Day 3
Day 3 of a 3-day Early Winter Tour. A cloudier and greyer day, it was dry first thing but the rain caught up with us for an hour or so late morning. Thankfully it had mostly stopped by lunch, although it was still rather damp. We spent the day in North-West Norfolk. Our main destination […]
30th Nov 2024 – Early Winter Tour, Day 2
Day 2 of a 3-day Early Winter Tour. After a rather grey and misty start, the low cloud lifted and it was a nice day with some bright and even sunny spells. It was rather mild for the time of year too, with temperatures up to 13C today. We spent the morning in North Norfolk […]
29th Nov 2024 – Early Winter Tour, Day 1
Day 1 of a 3-day Early Winter Tour. After a frosty start, it was a lovely bright and sunny day with lots of blue sky. The temperature got up to a high of 9C though with a freshening SSE wind in the afternoon. We spent the day in North Norfolk. This morning, we headed first […]
15th-22nd Nov 2024 – The Gambia
An International Tour organised in conjunction with our friends at Oriole Birding. In the space of only a week, and just in coastal The Gambia within easy reach of our base at one of the tourist hotels by the beach, we recorded 251 species. A very relaxed introduction to West African birding. If you like […]
10th November 2024 – Late Autumn Tour #2
The second of two single day Late Autumn Tours today in North Norfolk. We actually saw the sun for a while first thing, the first time for over a week! It did then cloud over again, but it was not as misty as it has been and again it stayed dry and was fairly still […]
