Holme (1 Viewer)

I'm finding very little in the way of reports from Holme. Has it been turned into a Butlitz or something? It used to be one of my favourite reserves especially in the Autumn. Seen some great birds there over the years. Has it fallen out of favour for any reason?

It's one of those places that when theres plenty of birds about it's great,but when it's quiet it's quiet.

Holme seems to be one of those places that's fallen out of favour, at least relatively speaking. In the 80s I used to go there regularly and it seemed to be regarded at the time as being one of the 'essential' places to visit during a day or weekend in Norfolk. I still vividly remember seeing my first Brent Geese, Short-eared Owl and Glaucous Gull there.

Nothing wrong with Holme! Still good in the Spring or Autumn! I suppose the only drawback is paying two sets of admission unless you're a member of both groups!

Saw my first stilts there, bred too, now living in the middle east I'm tripping over them.

I was under the impression that if you wanted to just visit the HBO you could tell the NNT people at the entrance that you were not going on their reserve and as such they should let you in.

There always seemed to be an underlying animosity beteen the NNT and the NOA that went back to the very early days. Is it still the same today?

I'll never forget one particulary Autumn afternoon. As frequent visitors and therefore NOA members Peter Clark the Warden at the time came up to us and gave us a brief glimpse of a bird in his hand, asked us if we could identify it. Then he showed us the wing, then the head and basically gave us an ID quiz. It was an Arctic Warbler, then he let it go as he had just ringed it. Cool!

Edit! Having 2nd thoughts here, it may have been a Greenish.Senility is setting in. Well it was 30 years ago. Doh!