Wensum Valley Birdwatching Society

This is the first in a series that will take us along the Wensum Valley from West to East. It won’t necessarily follow the river closely, but it will stay in our reporting area and hopefully introduce you to places you may not have been before. This first trip will concentrate on Sculthorpe Moor and the Great Ryburgh area, including the Raptor Watch Point.

Meet at 8 a.m. at the Community Nature Reserve at Sculthorpe Moor, west of Fakenham, Grid Reference TF900306. (admission donation requested)  We will spend about 2 hours here, taking in the boardwalk and hides, looking for Water Rail, wood and marshland warblers and other birds, with the possibility of Hobby, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Spotted Flycatcher if we’re lucky. We’ll then move on to the Raptor Watch Point at Great Ryburgh, leaving a couple of cars at the village and taking their drivers with us to the Watch Point where we’ll hope for some nice raptors over Sennow Park. We should also see hirundines and maybe some farmland birds. We’ll have our lunch here, then take a farmland walk on tracks and bridleways back to Great Ryburgh, where we will complete this trip at around 2 – 2.30 p.m.

Wear shoes or walking boots appropriate to the weather and to walking on both marshy paths and bridleways. Bring packed lunches and folding chairs if you’d like to take it easy at the Watch Point. Don’t forget water bottles especially if it’s hot, and sun hats, sun cream, insect repellent and raingear as appropriate! You can nip into Morrison’s at Fakenham en route between Sculthorpe and Great Ryburgh if you need anything.

Your leader for this trip is Jacky Pett. Please sign up for the trip on the notice at the next meeting, or at one of the earlier June events.

If you’d like to start your ‘Length of the Valley’ trip even further up the river, look at the Wensum Valley Bird Walks – No 3 (provided for your own use, not an organised walk) at West Raynham.

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