Garth Peacock
Norfolk Coast

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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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Tuesday 16th January 2024

10th January and a not-so-early start. My friend was driving to my house near Cambridge from St.Ives and he was rather delayed by a road traffic accident - the usual 35 minute drive took an hour and a half!!

Still off we set arriving at Thornham harbour with the tide out. First on show was the usual Greenshank but still very flighty,

and a couple of Dunlin.

Not much else so we moved on to Brancaster Staithe where the first sighting was a Red-throated Diver snorkeling in the harbour. Not much opportunity for a decent shot as it was always looking upstream.

We then moved on through the usual harbours, finding nothing. Even a drive along Lady Anne Drive at Holkham produced nothing so we made our way back. We then noticed a flock of 100 to 150 Barnacle Geese in a roadside field at Holkham - worth pulling into the layby for a few shots.

Eventually, the whole flock was spooked into a flyby and landed back in the field.

Very convenient.

Retracing our steps, we called into Brancaster Staithe again. The usual subjects on show but a Redshank was busily trying to extract a mussel - different although rather distant for a decent shot.

And that was it for the day.