North Norfolk Coast Autumn Bird Migration: 18th Oct 2025

Dates & Prices

Date: Sunday 18th October 2025

Price: £60 places available

Price Includes: Services of the guide for the day 09:00 – 17:00, trip report

Not included: Lunch, drinks & snacks, car parking charges (allow up to £10) entry into reserve (allow £6)

Meeting place: By the Toilet Block in the RSPB Car Park Titchwell The address of the Visitors Centre is Main Rd, Titchwell, King’s Lynn PE31 8BB. The Lat/Long location is 52.9628 0.60389. The What Three Words Location is ///happier.hazelnuts.laptops

Leader: Carl Chapman

Group Size: Minimum of 4 and a maximum of 12 guests plus 1 leader

Conservation donation: TBC

Holiday Highlights

Enjoy an autumn day out on the beautiful North Norfolk coast for a leisurely day of birdwatching
Led by local naturalist & guide Carl Chapman, who knows & loves the area & its wildlife intimately!
We will visit key locations to look for bird migrants arriving for the winter and passing through the area to winter further South
Relaxed pace to full appreciate watching the birds & to allow time for photography

We invite you to join us for a day of birdwatching on the North Norfolk coast this autumn, led by local guide Carl Chapman, who has lived in the area and loved it for 40+ years!

Your Guide

It’s not often a Yorkshireman praises another county above his birthplace but I’ve now lived in Norfolk for almost 40 years and I wouldn’t change a moment of my time here.

Birds first drew me to Norfolk. It is without doubt the centre of bird watching within the whole of the UK. Indeed, I qualified at the UEA (University of East Anglia) with a certificate in Ornithology. Although it must be said I have a penchant for a variety of wildlife, not just birds, and am currently the county’s Marine Mammal Recorder assimilating and checking records of pinnipeds and cetaceans. In addition, every bird watcher knows that there’s a period in mid-summer when it perhaps goes ‘a little quiet’ it’s from those quiet periods I developed an interest in Dragonflies and Butterflies.

So, in summary if it has wings or flippers … I’m your man.

It was this interest for all things wild which led me down the tour leading route which has been my mainstay since 2008. When I started tour leading someone in the business gave me some good advice. He said, ‘it’s not about the wildlife … it’s about the people!’ There’s nothing I like better than showing someone something for the first time. The kick I get equates to the ‘buzz’ of seeing it for the first time myself.

Join us for an Autumn Day out on the North Norfolk coast searching for and watching returning migrant birds

North Norfolk is a fabulous location for bird watching. Titchwell RSPB is rapidly becoming the organisations premier reserve. The weather plays an important part in what birds we will see but we will see a good number of Geese of several species that have come to winter within the UK. It really is unpredictable what species we will encounter but anything is possible. Winter thrushes, Redwings and Fieldfares will be starting to arrive and along with them will be Ring Ousels and maybe something rarer.

The paths are good, but walking boots are recommended as some of the paths and beach area can be uneven There are no hills and no steep slopes.

We will meet by the toilet block in the car park of the RSPB Reserve at Titchwell. This wonderful reserve may hold species such as Great White Egret along with the occasional Bittern. Raptors will be well represented, and it regularly has Hen Harrier among the Marsh Harriers as well as Barn and Short eared Owls. Indeed we may be lucky enough to see one coming in off the sea. We will search the beach for Snow Bunting and Shorelarks as well as Divers and Scoter flocks at sea. The latter often containing a few Velvet Scoters. We will walk to the sea and explore from the four hides and screens on the reserve.

We will eat our lunches at the Reserve picnic area. In the afternoon we may travel in our own vehicles to the nearby Thornham marsh. A journey of just a few miles. Here we will search for the charming little Twite which will have recently arrived from their Pennine breeding areas.

We will walk along the sea wall searching for migrating passerines as well as the odd waders in the dykes and channels. We will then walk back to our vehicles to finish our day.