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Windy North Norfolk
... interesting and after an hour or so of enduring the breeze we hose to give up and try somewhere else.
Salyhouse was our next stop, a few miles east along the prettiest section of the A149. The end of the beach road that reaches the shingle bank that eventually becomes Blakeney Point is another well-known site for over-wintering birds, this time Snow Buntings and more interestingly Lapland Buntings, one of which had been reported from here the day before at ...
Just wind (except for the rain)
... was probably the only alternative after 9 o’clock in Hunstanton at the end of October. The walk from The Golden Lion is perhaps 200-250 yards but it was downright unpleasant. The wind was coming straight off the sea and into our faces, driving lots of cold rain with it. Our jackets were adequate to keep the worst of it off our top halves but neither of us like waterproof trousers and our legs were getting wet and cold. We didn’t ...
The start of the start.
... month isn't long enough. These are valid points and hot topics when you are sitting in the tea room. So today was meant to be when I got all my ducks in a row. All my short shorts (top gun mavericks) tee shirts and not forgetting my all so famous vests as all the lads know I do like a nice vest all packed and forgotten about till the departure of my 27 hr flight of which every hour I am wishing away like a fat kid to ...
Oh Jays
... three minutes drive from our chalet I noticed two bird watchers leaning against the north wall of the cafe. I went over to say hello. It turned out that they were regular migration watchers and therefore the people who had logged the big counts of Jays on various websites. It was also quickly apparent that they really knew their stuff as regards bird identification both visually and particularly from calls. Within a couple of minutes of my arrival they had ...
We're off to see the seals
... Less common was a Spotted Redshank that was found on the part of the reserve that is subject to tidal fluctuations in the water level and this was another tick for us, putting Julie onto 199 for the year.
The tide was well out when we reached the beach and a brief sea watch produced nothing of note although we did find out from another birder that the Pectoral Sandpiper had returned to Kelling Water Meadows.
King's Lynn is a town that neither Julie nor I ...
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- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Wheelchair accessibility
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