At a bit of a loss as to what to do as the weather got duller and starting drizzling lightly, Anne hit on the idea of going towards Fakenham to the Sculthorpe Moore Hawk and Owl Trust Reserve, a place we had not heard of before. Despite the weather we at least managed to get a good year tick there.
May 6, 2019 archive
May 06 2019
Holmes Dunes NWT 6th May 2019
Our visit to Holmes Dunes left us without any trace of Turtle Dove. They have been seen and heard recently but the poor weather has not been conducive to them singing. We had a walk around, down by the houses adn in the dunes but everything seemed to have gone back to bed after the nice start to the day. As the weather got a bit windier in the afternoon we had to settle for Cuckoo calling and not much else. We weren’t sure what to do now – except perhaps try elsewhere for better weather.
May 06 2019
Titchwell Marsh RSPB 6th May 2019
The weather held up in the morning and we felt we were in for a great day of birding. Although we planned to go to a few sites during the day, after Chosely it seemed logical to drop in at RSPB Titchwell. We were glad we did because we got an excellent year tick among the forty species we saw in a couple of hours.
May 06 2019
Thornham 6th May 2019
The morning of the 6th saw much better weather so I got up early for a walk down to the marsh, then back up to the start of the reed beds and over to the silted-up harbour, all just minutes from the front door of the cottage. The first sound I heard after opening the door was a Cuckoo and that set the tone for the day.
May 06 2019
Dotterel and Golden Plover at Chosely Drying Barns 6th May 2019
Our first port of call was Chosely Drying Barns again as we had read reports that a very few Dotterel had been seen in the fields. When we arrived there, there were already a few birders out there and locating the bird – for there was only one that we could see – was a case of finding the Golden Plover first and then looking to the right of that!