Description

Join us for a day out on the North Norfolk coast searching for and watching returning wading birds

North Norfolk is a fabulous location for bird watching. We will meet at and visit the RSPB reserve at Titchwell. The reserve is one of the showcase reserves of the RSPB with fresh and saltmarsh areas with hides. The beach has an area of petrified forest covered in mussels that wading birds feed upon. The weather before our visit plays an important part in what birds we will see but we hope there may be such birds from as far afield as the USA and the Arctic Circle. The number of this species we will see is unpredictable, but we will see some good birds.

We will move on in the afternoon to the harbour at Brancaster nearby. Guests will use their own vehicles and car parking here is free.

Waders using the area will be Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Grey and Golden Plover, Lapwing, Turnstone, Dunlin, Avocet, Oystercatcher, Bar and Black tailed Godwits, Curlew, Whimbrel, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Knot and Wood Sandpiper. There may also be Redshank as well as Spotted Redshank and Greenshank. Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff are also possible, and we may be lucky enough to see a White Rumped or Pectoral Sandpiper too! As always at migration times anything is possible.

Paths are good, but walking boots are recommended as the ground can be uneven in places. There are no hills and no steep slopes.

Although we will walk the whole of the reserve at Titchwell. There are plenty of places to rest, watch and photograph the birds.

It is a short road journey of 5 minutes to Brancaster where the harbour can hold various waders. We will look out across the harbour and wait for the birds to come to us.

Although this is a day designed to see waders we of course wont ignore any other birds we see which will be many.

We will then walk back to our vehicles to finish our day