Garth Peacock
Welney WWT Norfolk

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Friday 4th October - North Norfolk

Monday 7th October 2024

Tanzania Day 8 - The Serengeti

Saturday 5th October 2024

Two trips out with little to show.

Wednesday 25th September 2024

Tanzania Day 7 - The Serengeti

Monday 23rd September 2024

Abberton Reservoir - again

Thursday 19th September 2024

Abberton Essex

Wednesday 11th September 2024

A morning at Grafham Water

Thursday 29th August 2024

After holiday blues

Thursday 22nd August 2024

Trying out a new lens

Monday 5th August 2024

Tanzania Day 5 - Ngorogoro Crater

Saturday 27th July 2024

Kevin Robson's Tawny Owl hide

Thursday 25th July 2024

Local stuff

Saturday 20th July 2024

More local stuff

Saturday 29th June 2024

Catching up with a local rarity

Friday 14th June 2024

Tanzania - Day 1 - Arusha

Monday 13th May 2024

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Monday 13th October 2014

After a week of being under the weather with a heavy cold, I managed to remake my acquaintance with my gear last Friday 10th, but only locally to Welney WWT, just over the border in Norfolk.

Despite a beautiful day weather wise, there was little around so I relieved the boredom with a few shots of the resident Mallards but anything of any interest was much too far away.

Then a party of Whooper Swans made their approach, apparently just arriving from their migration flight from Iceland after, no doubt, a refuelling stop in Scotland.

One made a passable interpretation of a ski-jumper at the winter Olympics at Sochi.

and finally ending their long flight with a well-earned bathe.

Welney is also well-known for it's winter population of Bewick's Swans although it is still too early for them at present. However, I was informed that they have started their migration via Estonia. One group was followed on Thursday 9th October, leaving their breeding site at 6.00am and flying non-stop until 6.00pm covering 870 kilometres - an average speed of over 70 kilometers an hour - quite remarkable.

Hopefully I will be able to get out again this week although the weather forecast looks far from promising.