Holkham Estate (Norfolk) head gamekeeper charged with offences (1 Viewer)

Oh what I would have give to be you.:t:

Shadow-watcher said:

........ but instead found me and my Minimi light machine gun. As I appeared from the bushes a meter away from them and totally unexpectedly, they jumped a full foot in the air. I escorted them out of the area, and a few minutes later watched the fox dissapear deeper into our no-tresspass zone. Just wish someone could have done the same at Holkham

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Retro me, Satanas :-O :-O :-O

Chris

Shadow-watcher said:

Just wish someone could have done the same at Holkham

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We don't have a local branch of 'Commandos R Us' here in North Norfolk!

MJB

I thought that's what the Holkom hall gamekeepers were.:C We come to Norfolk ever year, "I will not be visiting Holkom Hall".

acipiter said:

I thought that's what the Holkom hall gamekeepers were.:C We come to Norfolk ever year, "I will not be visiting Holkom Hall".

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Accipiter,
Entrance to the Holkham Hall grounds, where birding can be very good, is free, so you can show your disdain for Holkham Hall's proprietor by deciding not to pay the entrance fee to Holkham Hall itself. In some ways, that's a pity if you haven't been, because some of the interior of this first Palladian mansion in England are stunning. However, your principles do you credit.

The Holkham estate also owns the rights to Lady Anne's Drive, in which it now costs a small fortune to park your car for any decent length of time if you want access to the beach or the hides in the western Holkham Meals, but the village car park, off the access road to Holkham Hall, is free, and now all the understorey has been cleared, thieves who break into cars have no cover. The down side is that you have a longish walk to get to the beach and the area around the village car park is now almost devoid of passerines.
MJB
PS You also don't have to purchase any refreshments from the trailer at the southern end of Lady Anne's Drive: the trailer also belongs to Holkham Hall. (As does the real beer sales outlet to the south of the Holkham Hall grounds...

Anyone interested in joinig "Commandos R Us Norfolk"

Thanks so much for the info MJB, I have had a good look round both places many times before, I am thinking about looking a bit more In land this time, Foxley wood?.

acipiter said:

Thanks so much for the info MJB, I have had a good look round both places many times before, I am thinking about looking a bit more In land this time, Foxley wood?.

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Check with the NWT website first about any access restrictions - some woodlands are being thinned to achieve a better age-structure composition.

NWT also has a full list of their reserves and access status.

There are decent walks from the Wolferton raptor watchpoint.

Sculthorpe Fen is worth spending time in. Access to the most distant hide is stopped once the harriers start courtship.

Try the tiny private reserve at Flitcham - Little Owl is resident & Kingfisher may perch within 15 metres - see map attached - red dot is the tiny car park.

For other walks just in from the coast, there's Salthouse Heath (perhaps some chats), Kelling Heath (Dartford Warbler? North Norfolk Steam Railway) and Sheringham Park (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker amid mature oaks).

Pensthorpe Nature Reserve has many good habitats and many trails. While boning up on the exotics in the collection, you might well track down calling Willow Tit, but Marsh is much, much more likely. Check on the Corncrake breeding programme. I think they've run out of signed pictures of Kate Humble!

The OS maps of West, Central and East Norfolk have many footpaths maked on them, lots of which pass through or by woodland or waterbodies.
MJB

I can not thank you enough for your kindness MJB.:t: