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Windy North Norfolk
... east we stopped off at Sheringham for a sea watch. The wind direction wasn't ideal for bringing birds close but there was a bit of northerly in the predominant westerlies and the visibility was just about perfect so the seating and the possibility of a bit of shelter was tempting.
We sat for about 90 minutes. There were lots of birds with many Red-throated Divers, Razorbills and Guillemots and dozens of flocks of between 20 and 100 Dunlins all heading west but ...
Just wind (except for the rain)
... towards winter, so I needed to be at home for that, but we thought that we could go over on Friday after work and have a full day, arriving back home in time for a curry.
I picked Julie up from Wolverhampton because she had been working from home that day. Getting into and out of the centre of Wolves is not particularly quick during rush-hour periods but much preferable to the alternative of heading into central Birmingham late on a ...
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
... 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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