Rural Foxes
For some time we have known that our local common was home to a number of rural foxes. We’d seen one fox carrying off a rabbit…
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Wildlife in Lockdown
Since early March this year life has been very different in North West Norfolk. This was because of Lockdown. Unfortunately, we were unable to explore our…
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Sparrowhawk in the garden
Living in a village in rural Norfolk there’s always plenty of birds in our wildlife friendly garden. During the summer we often caught a glimpse of a Sparrowhawk flying over the…
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Along the Norfolk Coast
It’s a good day for a walk in mid September, in the middle of an Indian summer with temperatures in the mid to upper 20’s….
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Kingfishers and Ospreys
It was now our third visit to Lackford Lakes, this time in late summer. Lackford Lakes is situated between Thetford and Bury St Edmund’s. In total it…
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Bempton Cliffs more than just a Sea Bird Colony.
This was our second visit to the cliffs at Bempton on the Yorkshire coast. Famous mainly for its huge sea bird colony of Gannets, Razorbills,…
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Visit to Lackford Lakes
Last year whilst visiting the Hawk & Owl Trusts reserve at Sculthorpe Moor we talked to another visitor who recommended a visit to Lackford Lakes. This is a…
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Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve never fails to impress
A visit to the Hawk and Owl Trust Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve in Norfolk never fails to impress. Living about half an hours drive from the reserve…
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Parrot Crossbills in Thetford Forest
Last week I heard Steven Fry liken some aspects of the internet to a modern day Pandora’s box, containing many of the evils of the…
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Redshanks vs Spotted Redshanks
Redshanks are a common wader found, year-round, on the marshes of the north Norfolk coast. At any time of year, on a visit to RSPB Titchwell,…
