Cley – 7th August 2013 a summer walk around NWT Cley Marshes, taking in the sights and sounds of a soporific August day. More articles in this series can be found here. It’s been a successful breeding season for the birds of Cley. During June and July the scrapes were alive with Avocet chicks. Everywhere…
Cley – 15th May 2013 – Spring is often interrupted by a brief return to colder, inhospitable weather on the North Norfolk coast. Wildlife seems to take this anomaly in its stride, but for us fragile humans it can be frustrating. More articles in this series can be found here. Just as you think things…
Another walk around the Norfolk Wildlife Trust reserve at Cley – 27th March 2013. It is an ever changing scene on this stretch of coast at this time of year, but despite the best efforts of winter to extend its season, nature will, as always, plough on regardless. Other articles in this series can be…
Welcome to my Identification Guide: Winter Waders Part 3, the concluding article in the current series which deals with the larger waders that are relatively easy to see in the UK during the winter period. Other guides to wintering waders can be found here (small waders), and here (medium sized waders). To support the conservation…
Welcome to my Identification Guide: Winter Waders – Part 2. Continuing with the theme of winter waders, we’ll now look at some medium sized birds that you may encounter during that season. The categorisation of waders into medium/large is somewhat arbitrary, as is the term ‘winter’. Many of these birds will be present in the…
We crested the ridge overlooking the reedbed, finding before us an open area beloved by basking adders in spring, now being heated by an autumnal sun shining from a sky of purest blue across which a pair of birds arrowed hither and thither. Hobbies: young birds, not yet fully enthused with the urge to move…