Field Trip: Sat 26th November – Chris Skinner’s High Ash Farm
Published December 12, 2011 | Over 30 members gathered in the car-park on Stoke Road, Caistor St Edmund and shortly after 08.30 set out over the road into High Ash Farm estate. We immediately started to climb up rolling fields along the permissive paths. On our left were great panoramic views of Norwich. We were so close to the city and yet the so far into magnificent countryside. Who said Norfolk is flat? Continue reading
The Norfolk Bird Atlas
Published April 22, 2011 | The end of March saw the publication of the latest Norfolk Bird Atlas. It took joint authors, Moss Taylor and John Marchant and a host of volunteers over 8 years to complete and for the first time it has been produced by the BTO. Continue reading
Field Trip: 27th February: The Length of the Valley – Part 3
Published March 15, 2011 | We arrived in bright sunshine at Shallowbrook Lakes carpark where Andrew was already directing traffic. We set off around the lake – all thirty-two of us – on the stroke of 0930 but saw only a few common species. As we followed the path up to higher ground and cut diagonally across a field we started to pick up the sound of Skylarks making the most of the sunshine. A great panoramic view of Norwich with the two cathedrals clearly visible seemed very close. Continue reading
Ringing report for Sculthorpe Moor 2010
Published February 17, 2011 | 2010 proved to be a productive year for some species at Sculthorpe, and for others less so, with the possible loss of two Red data species as a breeding bird, namely Willow Tit and Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Continue reading
Field Trip – Sunday 23rd January; Strumpshaw, Buckenham and Corvid Roost
Published February 17, 2011 | On a dull, grey, but dry Sunday morning we pulled into the carpark at Strumpshaw to find it already brimming with familiar faces. Suitably “rugged up” we set off at 10 o’clock following our leader, Glenn Collier. Continue reading