Garth Peacock
The Norfolk coast.

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A couple of hours or so locally

Sunday 5th April 2026

A trip around my home county

Friday 3rd April 2026

The Norfolk coast.

Tuesday 31st March 2026

Grafham Water and Willow Tree Fen

Wednesday 25th March 2026

Welney WWT and area

Tuesday 17th March 2026

A lucky visit to Fen Drayton Lakes

Thursday 19th February 2026

A rainy day in West Norfolk

Sunday 15th February 2026

Abberton Reservoir Essex

Friday 23rd January 2026

Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB

Monday 5th January 2026

Fed up with Twiddling my fingers

Friday 19th December 2025

North West Norfolk

Monday 15th December 2025

A Red Kite Fest!!!

Friday 12th December 2025

Leighton Moss RSPB - My first visit

Monday 1st December 2025

Never visited here before

Monday 24th November 2025

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Tuesday 31st March 2026

Lat Wednesday, late evening, I decided to go to the Norfolk coast the next day with the weather forecast to be bright and sunny with light winds. High tide was around mid-day - not ideal - so I decided to begin at RSPB Titchwell rather than the tail end of the day.  

The water level on the freshmarsh is still much too high for any waders, in fact there was not much there at all, except for a few Black-headed Gulls bathing.

So I walked up to the beach and also found nothing of interest except for a small flock of Sanderling on the tide line. Now I love photographing Sanderling taking a few long distant shots before trying to get closer.

and at that they all took off and flew out of sight. Time to retrace my steps.

This time, there were a number of Brent Geese on the freshmarsh bathing and flying around

and a pair of Gadwall in front of the hide.

A pair of Shoveler managed a fly-past

and that was about it. Time to move on.

Next was the harbour at Burnham Overy Staithe where a Jackdaw showed some interest,

but nothing at all at Holkham so, once again, I retraced my steps and called in at Brancaster Staithe harbour. By this time the tide had ebbed so there was some mud showing and a couple of drake Shelduck showed well in the sunlight.

and a brief visit by the usual Turnstone.

but, once again, nothing of real interest. Next visit was to Thornham harbour where a few Teal showed well in the late afternoon sun

and that was it. Time to head home.