East Anglia is lucky to be blessed with several very rare or scarce breeding species – including Spoonbills, Dartford Warblers, Woodlarks and Bitterns. In 2022 and 2023, we also had breeding Bee-eaters in a local quarry and in some years we also have summering Honey Buzzards. Our summer tours will focus on looking for these rare breeding birds, as well as providing opportunities to catch up with other iconic local breeding species, such as Marsh Harriers, Avocets and Bearded Tits.
Despite it being summer for us, for many waders the breeding season is already over. Particularly for species that breed in Scandinavia or the arctic, they will set off south as soon as they can and even from mid-June we can have the early returning waders here, failed breeders or non-breeders and those sexes which play no role in raising the young, including Ruff, Spotted Redshank and sandpipers. So July can be a good month to see a selection of waders here and there is often a rarity around at this time of the year too. On previous July tours we have seen exciting species like White-rumped and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher and Black-winged Stilt.
There is also a good variety of other wildlife to see at this time of year, and we always see a great selection of different butterflies, dragonflies, etc on the Summer tours.
We will meet either in Hindolveston at 8.00am or Wells-next-the-Sea at 8.30am, depending on where we are heading first, and we will then go off to explore the North Norfolk coast. Transport is in our spacious 9-seat minibus and we will visit several different sites during the course of the day. There is a moderate amount of walking, but it is very slow paced and broken into smaller amounts, with lots of stops to look at birds. We normally finish around 4.30-5.00pm.
The price of the tour is £60 per person.
Prices are based on a minimum of four customers booked per tour. If there are fewer people booked, pricing may have to vary by negotiation or the tour may not be able to proceed as planned.
All transport and guiding on the day to and from the agreed meeting point.
You will need to bring a packed lunch. Reserve entrance fees are not included and we will visit nature reserves such as RSPB Titchwell or NWT Cley Marshes, so please make sure you have any membership cards for organisations like RSPB or Norfolk WT if you are members (a small charge of up to £5 per person is payable on entry for non-members).
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