Posted by Graeme Lee on February 12, 2007 at 9:14 AM
After some location advice really. Off to Norfolk this weekend around Cley and Salthouse.
Wondered if there are any known good spots for low level Waders etc.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Graeme
Posted by Chas Spradbery on February 13, 2007 at 8:48 AM
Not waders... but you could try the UK's only breeding population of cranes at stubb mill, Hickling. Need to be there at dawn or dusk to see them though.
Posted by Mike Smith on February 13, 2007 at 10:07 AM
I don't know the area that well as I tend to do only a few spots on the coast, but there is a long staying Yankee lesser Yellowlegs at Thornham creek which seems to be very approachable.
Stubbs Mill mentioned by Chas has the infamous Harrier Roost (90+ reported this winter) as well as the Cranes at dusk (these usually feed around Walnut Farm area during daylight)
Titchwell - reed pond hide may yield water rail, the first hide along main path is good for bathing waders and brent geese at high tide, the second hide better for feeding waders and avocet etc depending upon current water levels. At end of track boardwalk is and old gun emplacement, during rising tide sit yourself here for typical shoreline waders being pushed up to you, I have had purple sandpiper here, further east on shingle past the two sunken bren carrier chasis where there is a freshwater outlet from the RSPB reserve can be good for snow bunting in the shingle - check the sightings log
Road "oppositish" Titchewell entrance runs to a farm where there are chances of little owl and tree sparrow and corn bunting
Holkam park (south of coastal road) has large lake with feral egyptions geese, occasional rarer grebe and typical woodland birds, a tawny owl roost (but not usually photographable), to the north of the coastal road [queen annes drive?] to the dunes are the "grey" geese grazing fields and washing pool, there is a large hide there now, but it is poorly placed for photography, follow tracks through the trees to the sueda inlet saltings and there can be flocks of twite, but they are elusive due to the large numbers of walkers etc
Further east Cley reserve has large number of hides, but I have never tried photography there, Nigel Blake usually comes back with some belters from there tho' and east again is Salthouse again good chances of shorelark and snow bunting on the shingle/car park saltings southside of the shingle ridge to the sea
Dusk barn owl are regular at Titchwell and Cley, but rarely photographable.
The beauty of the North Norfolk coast is that every trip is different and you normally come back with something on the card/in the can.
Mike
Posted by Graeme Lee on February 13, 2007 at 3:15 PM
Discussion
3 repliesWondered if there are any known good spots for low level Waders etc.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Graeme
Stubbs Mill mentioned by Chas has the infamous Harrier Roost (90+ reported this winter) as well as the Cranes at dusk (these usually feed around Walnut Farm area during daylight)
Titchwell - reed pond hide may yield water rail, the first hide along main path is good for bathing waders and brent geese at high tide, the second hide better for feeding waders and avocet etc depending upon current water levels. At end of track boardwalk is and old gun emplacement, during rising tide sit yourself here for typical shoreline waders being pushed up to you, I have had purple sandpiper here, further east on shingle past the two sunken bren carrier chasis where there is a freshwater outlet from the RSPB reserve can be good for snow bunting in the shingle - check the sightings log
Road "oppositish" Titchewell entrance runs to a farm where there are chances of little owl and tree sparrow and corn bunting
Holkam park (south of coastal road) has large lake with feral egyptions geese, occasional rarer grebe and typical woodland birds, a tawny owl roost (but not usually photographable), to the north of the coastal road [queen annes drive?] to the dunes are the "grey" geese grazing fields and washing pool, there is a large hide there now, but it is poorly placed for photography, follow tracks through the trees to the sueda inlet saltings and there can be flocks of twite, but they are elusive due to the large numbers of walkers etc
Further east Cley reserve has large number of hides, but I have never tried photography there, Nigel Blake usually comes back with some belters from there tho' and east again is Salthouse again good chances of shorelark and snow bunting on the shingle/car park saltings southside of the shingle ridge to the sea
Dusk barn owl are regular at Titchwell and Cley, but rarely photographable.
The beauty of the North Norfolk coast is that every trip is different and you normally come back with something on the card/in the can.
Mike