stuart white
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Shut it, or I'll subject you to some more of my photos !
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- Thread starter Edward woodwood
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Shut it, or I'll subject you to some more of my photos !
Penny Clarke
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Tractorboy69
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14 Shorelarks were still at Holkham this afternoon, but maybe of more interest following the recent discussions, the Pay & Display system is now in operation down Lady Annes Drive. Its £2 for up to an hour, £2.50 for up to 2 hrs, £3.50 for up to 3, and £5 for more than 3 hrs, so its cheaper now for a quick visit but obviously £1.50 more for a long stay.
Simon
Simon
stuart white
Well-known member
Do you have to pay to park near the victoria ?
Titchwell March 30th
Today's highlights
Sedge warbler - 1st of the year singing in reedbed this afternoon
Blackcap - 1st of the year singing on Meadow Trail
Tree sparrow - 3 on feeders
Bittern - male booming + 1 feeding in reedbed
Hen harrier - ringtail over reedbed early morning
Med gull - 2 adults on fresh marsh all day
Wheatear - 1 on beach
Paul
Today's highlights
Sedge warbler - 1st of the year singing in reedbed this afternoon
Blackcap - 1st of the year singing on Meadow Trail
Tree sparrow - 3 on feeders
Bittern - male booming + 1 feeding in reedbed
Hen harrier - ringtail over reedbed early morning
Med gull - 2 adults on fresh marsh all day
Wheatear - 1 on beach
Paul
Sue G
Well-known member
Yeah, well after all, they do need to finance more rounds of amunition for their punters to shoot another 800 Woodcocks....
Sue , they do not need to finance the woodcock shooting punters. The woodcock shooters will have spent a lot of cash to shoot them. I am not sure what its costs to shoot woodcock at Holkham , but they charge the guns £42.00 per pheasant they shoot. That is what pay's for the habbitat the woodcock need and without it many of the estate woodlands would have been cut down and growing corn. Its a sad fact but all farmland has to pay for its self by growing crops or providing habitat for game so the shooting can be sold. The equasion is simple these days wildlife has to pay by providing tourism or sport.
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Lightthiscandle
David Bryant
Charges at Holkham
To be realistic: it's the parking fees that keep the chavs away. Free-access reserves in Norfolk often end up vandalised and dodgy to visit. Let's face it: nothing good is for free any more!
To be realistic: it's the parking fees that keep the chavs away. Free-access reserves in Norfolk often end up vandalised and dodgy to visit. Let's face it: nothing good is for free any more!
black kite 1964
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Interesting concept charging to keep the chavs away!! I have seen lots of "chav" at Holkham on a bank holiday weekend!! I suspect it is more to do with making money!!!:cat:
Titchwell March 31st
Today's highlights
Bittern - 1 in flight over reedbed
White wagtail - 3 on beach, 1 on fresh marsh
Wheatear - 1 on beach
Avocet - 50 on fresh marsh
Red necked grebe - 1 offshore
Tree sparrow - 3 on feeders
Blackcap - 1 singing on Meadow Trail
Paul
Today's highlights
Bittern - 1 in flight over reedbed
White wagtail - 3 on beach, 1 on fresh marsh
Wheatear - 1 on beach
Avocet - 50 on fresh marsh
Red necked grebe - 1 offshore
Tree sparrow - 3 on feeders
Blackcap - 1 singing on Meadow Trail
Paul
mr.sim
Honourable founding member of the "day late" gang
Except patch-watching...mostly!
Tim P
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No only on the drive up to the beach
firstreesjohn
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Greylag: gargantuan gourmet goosefest ?
Haven't tried Woodcock, although I've heard they're very tasty. (Wood ants might have an opinion.) Snipe, too.
It's a pity we can't convince the mass murderers of our feathered friends that Greylag is some kind of delicacy, though.
Haven't tried Woodcock, although I've heard they're very tasty. (Wood ants might have an opinion.) Snipe, too.
It's a pity we can't convince the mass murderers of our feathered friends that Greylag is some kind of delicacy, though.
I've tried woodcock. I thought it was overated. I love pheasant but partridge is my absolute favourite. Pigeon breast is great too, a very cheap underated meat. I love wildlife and birds, but also think we must let some traditional country ways, i.e shooting game, carry on as it has the last few hundred years.
