The Victoria Hotel at Holkham
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Windy North Norfolk
... Stiffkey car park a try because there's a view over the marshes so we thought we might pick up a harrier or two from the comfort of the car. There were plenty of egrets and a few common waders but not much else.
To our surprise the rain finally abated and we quickly relocated to Warham where there is a good spot for seeing raptors coming in to roost on the marshes towards the end of the day at the end of a rough and muddy track. We quickly found a Barn Owl ...
Just wind (except for the rain)
... to enjoy the views (which were non-existent anyway, because it was dark).
Suitably restored and with a couple of pints of beer/cider consumed as well we stepped back into the night and the wild weather. It wasn’t quite as bad as coming in the opposite direction because the wind was now more or less behind us, but it was fierce enough to make it unpleasant, to the extent that we felt compelled to stop in the Golden Lion bar for another ...
Oh Jays
... one at any time.
I was awake by about 06:30 and it looked like being a fine morning so I got myself ready and checked that Julie really did want to sleep a bit longer (she said that she did) and set off, intending to first check out the cliffs between Hunstanton and Old Hunstanton for any migrants and for sea watching possibilities and if the tide was too far out, possible try at nearby Holme-next-the-Sea.
Upon arrival at the Cliff Car ...
We're off to see the seals
... Tits and their distinctive metallic calls could not be heard either.
There were plenty of Avocets still on the fresh marsh – unlike in 2011 when we visited on almost the same date, by which all had departed, Titchwell being an important UK breeding site for this elegant wader. Numerous other water birds were present but we were particularly pleased to see a Grey Plover fly in because this was the first time in 2012 that we had found one of these rather ...
Bloomin' Egyptian Geese
... s not much parking in the village but as this is a frequently seen vagrant there were not so many people interested in it, so we found a space and walked down towards the coast. There was nothing obvious in view and we walked around three sides of the pool that it had been frequenting until we bumped into some other birders who told us that it had been seen flying off about 90 minutes earlier. We continued to the beach and up the high ...
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