Welcome to the 220 for 2022 – May Update. The darling birds of May, or something like that; the peak of spring migration, so anything is possible. It’s simply a question of getting out there and hoping you happen to be in the right place at the right time. In that regard I didn’t do…
‘It’s only half a mile’ he said. And I foolishly believed him. ‘Just past the church and you’ll see the bunkers dead ahead’. That much of the directions given by a fellow birder I encountered in the car park was literally true, you could indeed see the bunkers when you passed the church, but they…
There is indeed so much, so close to home. I’d forgotten how rich the small wetland area we used to call ‘Whitlingham Marshes’ can be. It was one of those areas we stumbled upon as children, as we gradually stepped out of our comfort zone to widen our explorations. At first we ventured no further…
Welcome to my 220 for 2022 – April Update. What a busy month! Good weather, good company and great birding. A joy to see the sun shining from clear blue skies for a couple of weeks, even if the northerly wind took the edge off it somewhat. There’s lots to tell you about, so let’s…
The sun was shining, the wind had abated, and with this fine prospect we found ourselves spending an afternoon at Salthouse. It wasn’t planned that way, rather a quick look at the pools, followed by perhaps a visit to nearby Cley was the loose idea, but it turned out wonderfully different. We did firstly park…
Welcome to the 220 for 2022 – March Update. Something of a challenging month for some competitors with bouts of illness and other personal issues rightfully taking priority over ticking birds. My own UK list was put on hold whilst I enjoyed a week or so in Extremadura, Spain (I’m not expecting any sympathy here)….
Welcome to the 220 for 2022 – February Update. Bit of a breezy month, with various storms battering us during the middle couple of weeks. It was a question of taking advantage of the lulls between these events, attempting to mop up as many of those tricky winter visitors as possible before they move back…
220 for 2022, what’s this all about then? If you have been a reader/follower of this website since its inception, you will know that it was originally created to serve as a platform to document my quest to see 2,020 species of bird, butterfly and moth during the year 2020, hence its name, Wingsearch2020. I…
Salthouse Pools in North Norfolk are, for their size and location, providers of enormous entertainment and interest for the wildlife enthusiast. They run parallel to the coast road for a couple of hundred metres, are only 20 metres wide, but act as a magnet for wild birds of all kinds. They are presumably fed by…
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…