Ok. A little bit premature with this thread as we arrived yesterday. But here we go.
Took us about 5 hours to get to North Norfolk after we'd swapped cars. The taxi has a leaking clutch master? Cylinder so we took the bus instead. This was the longest trip the pup had taken and he was brilliant. The cottage is in Docking and is very cosy and comfortable. Good access to all of North Norfolk's reserves. And a chippy within 50 metres:t::-O
Today we took the children out and went to Wells. Was brilliant to hear skeins of PFG's flying over when we opened the front door. It took a while to find the dell when we arrived, but now I know where it is we'll be back later in the week. Couldn't find any Redpolls let alone Arctics. Loads of people here with some beautiful dogs. Good to see everyone cleaning up after them as well. 100% different to Kenfig Pool:storm:
From here it was over to Holkham. Not been here before either so had no idea where to go. Settled on scanning the sea from the dunes. A pretty good choice as there were some quality birds there - Slavonian Grebe, Red necked Grebe, BTD and a Long Tailed Duck. We then walked round and found where the Shore Larks had been seen earlier but had since flown off. There was some compensation in the form of a big flock of Snow Buntingsthough. Back at the car park a large flock of Brent Geesewere around. Now if Wells was busy then Holkham was akin to IKEA when we left. I think a week day visit would be much more preferable.
We decided to head back to Docking and the oldest and I headed to Hunstanton to get some food shopping in. By Sandringham I stopped on the off chance to scan a field. Flushed a Partridge which, with the assistance of the 60x zoom on the SX60, turned out to be a Grey Partridge. Saw quite a few Kestrels on the lanes which are always good to see.
The intention later in the afternoon was for me and the oldest to have a go at fishing in the village pond. Turns out it looked about 12 inches deep and only contained Koi/Goldfish. Quickly knocked that idea on the head. :-O.
Tested the chip shop out last night and it's well worth a visit if you're in the area. Appears the gents behind the counter were Arsenal fans though so I neglected to say who I supported:-O
To be contd.
Rich
Took us about 5 hours to get to North Norfolk after we'd swapped cars. The taxi has a leaking clutch master? Cylinder so we took the bus instead. This was the longest trip the pup had taken and he was brilliant. The cottage is in Docking and is very cosy and comfortable. Good access to all of North Norfolk's reserves. And a chippy within 50 metres:t::-O
Today we took the children out and went to Wells. Was brilliant to hear skeins of PFG's flying over when we opened the front door. It took a while to find the dell when we arrived, but now I know where it is we'll be back later in the week. Couldn't find any Redpolls let alone Arctics. Loads of people here with some beautiful dogs. Good to see everyone cleaning up after them as well. 100% different to Kenfig Pool:storm:
From here it was over to Holkham. Not been here before either so had no idea where to go. Settled on scanning the sea from the dunes. A pretty good choice as there were some quality birds there - Slavonian Grebe, Red necked Grebe, BTD and a Long Tailed Duck. We then walked round and found where the Shore Larks had been seen earlier but had since flown off. There was some compensation in the form of a big flock of Snow Buntingsthough. Back at the car park a large flock of Brent Geesewere around. Now if Wells was busy then Holkham was akin to IKEA when we left. I think a week day visit would be much more preferable.
We decided to head back to Docking and the oldest and I headed to Hunstanton to get some food shopping in. By Sandringham I stopped on the off chance to scan a field. Flushed a Partridge which, with the assistance of the 60x zoom on the SX60, turned out to be a Grey Partridge. Saw quite a few Kestrels on the lanes which are always good to see.
The intention later in the afternoon was for me and the oldest to have a go at fishing in the village pond. Turns out it looked about 12 inches deep and only contained Koi/Goldfish. Quickly knocked that idea on the head. :-O.
Tested the chip shop out last night and it's well worth a visit if you're in the area. Appears the gents behind the counter were Arsenal fans though so I neglected to say who I supported:-O
To be contd.
Rich