From Holmes Dunes we drove back past Thornham and on to RSPB Titchwell for our last visit of the holiday. The weather was a bit better today so we were hoping for one last chance of Turtle Dove that are known to purr near the car park. And that is exactly what we found.
May 9, 2019 archive
May 09 2019
Turtle Doves at Titchwell Marsh RSPB 9th May 2019
May 09 2019
Grasshopper Warbler at Holmes Dunes NWT 9th May 2019
We had much better weather on our last day in Norfolk and we started out at Holmes Dunes NWT reserve, once again looking for Turtle Dove. We arrived an hour before the gate opened so we started to park up near the houses. As we approached we saw a couple of birders so we pulled up alongside them and asked if they had seen anything. To our great surprise the head that popped inside the car window was that of Andy Bunting, the main bird lister at Martin Mere and one of the two chaps who run the In Focus shop there. They hadn’t seen anything much yet and hadn’t heard any Turtle Doves.