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Windy North Norfolk
... I think the temperature must have dropped a bit because eventually we got fidgety and decided unanimously that it was time to move on. As we made the short walk bat to the car it started to rain and hail very hard - if we'd waited five minutes or left five minutes earlier we'd have missed it. A couple of minutes later our waterproofs were very wet and we were hiding behind the car with the boot up, wondering if it would be better to stay there until the weather ...
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 ...
Oh Jays
... to put a waterproof jacket on look a bit stupid had brought out numerous dragonflies and several butterflies too. At the end of the trail is a screen with slots for watching the birds through. There were plenty and the Spoonbills, being large birds related to storks, were very easy to spot, with four in reasonably close proximity to the screen. Amongst the numerous waders were a couple of tiny Little Stints.
We were down to t-shirts because ...
We're off to see the seals
... by commercial and pleasure vessels and is also something of a haven for wildlife. During the spring and summer much of the end of the point is inaccessible because of breeding birds, but outside the breeding season landing on the point for a short while is permissible. I have walked long-ish distances on the point on a couple of occasions and can confirm that it is incredibly hard work because the shingle bank, despite being huge and often over 10 feet high and flat on the top ...
Bloomin' Egyptian Geese
... for a spot of sea-watching. There wasn't much more than a handful of Red-throated Divers and a couple of distant gannets going by.
On the drive down, though, I had seen my 200th bird species for the UK for 2012 - Egyptian Geese - one of the most 'plastic' of British birds, being descended from escaped stock from exotic bird collections. A vagrant would have been more satisfying.
It was late afternoon by now and we had ...
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