May 13, 2016 archive

Rutland Water 13th May 2016

Rutland Water 13th May 2016

To break up our journey back home we decided to stay overnight at the Barnsdale Lodge Hotel at Rutland Water and this would give us a chance to look at the Ospreys again. We had seen them at the start of our holiday so it seemed appropriate to have a go at them again and Rutland was an ideal half way home for us. The weather was rather different this time, being much cooler and more windy and overcast, and it looked like there might have been quite a bit of rain since we were last here.

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Thornham 13th May 2016

Thornham 13th May 2016

On our departure day from Thornham and Norfolk I took one last morning walk along the marsh and then through the reed beds up to the harbour. There is a change in the weather and, although it is still nice and sunny, a cold wind is blowing off the sea. This meant that a lot of smaller birds were hiding away in the bushes or reeds but I still saw a few and, as so often here, the first bird I heard as I left the house was a Cuckoo

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