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 […]
9th November 2024 – Late Autumn Tour #1
The first of two single day Late Autumn Tours today in North Norfolk. It was a cloudy and grey day, rather misty at times, but dry and fairly mild with only light winds. The light could have been better but the weather could have been a lot worse! We had a nice day out in […]
20th Oct 2024 – Autumn Migration, Day 4
Day 4 of a 4-day Autumn Migration tour. The weather looked like it might be very difficult today, with Storm Ashley forecast to lash the UK with heavy rain and high winds. Thankfully, once again, it was nowhere near as bad as predicted, although it was still damp and decidedly breezy! Not ideal, but we […]
19th Oct 2024 – Autumn Migration, Day 3
Day 3 of a 4-day Autumn Migration tour. The forecast was for heavy rain this morning, which never arrived. It was meant to brighten up in the afternoon though and that didn’t happen either, at least not until after we had finished. And the afternoon ended up being wetter than in the morning! As it […]
18th Oct 2024 – Autumn Migration, Day 2
Day 2 of a 4-day Autumn Migration tour. The early mist quickly burnt off and we were left with a glorious sunny autumn day with oceans of blue skies. Not great for migrants but lovely weather to be out birding. Our first destination this morning was Cley. We parked in front of Walsey Hills and […]
17th Oct 2024 – Autumn Migration, Day 1
Day 1 of a 4-day Autumn Migration tour. After a cloudy start, it brightened up late morning and was bright and sunny in the afternoon. Our destination for the morning was Holkham. As we got out of the minibus at Lady Anne’s Drive, several Jays flew back and forth out of the pines. They would […]
