​Led by Nick Edwards
Report & Bird List: Mandy Etherington
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10 of us met in the car park at Lackford Lakes on a beautiful spring morning. It was nice to welcome 2 new members & some who aren't often able to make the outdoor trips. We headed straight to Sayers Breck in search of Nightingale. Almost as soon as we were through the gate we heard one singing in the scrub alongside the entrance track. Despite some time searching we could not find the bird, and this was the theme for the morning!

Leaders: Ptolemy McKinon & Alan Hughes
Report: Cath Robinson
Bird list: David Laurie

Around 22 of us arrived and virtually took over the village car park outside the entrance to Holkham Hall. It was a lovely sunny morning but there was a real bite to the brisk N Westerly wind and I for one was glad that I put on an extra layer before we left. And gloves.
We started with a few seeing high flying Ravens and then Red Kites displaying over the car park and along the drive down to the Victoria. Chiffchaffs were singing and were a constant accompaniment for most of the day.

Leader: Drew Lyness

Morning Report: Buckenham Marshes – Wigeon Saturday! By Kathy Blake

Sixteen members of the club headed to Buckenham Marshes on a crisp, cold but beautiful morning under the splendid leadership of Drew Lyness of the RSPB. The low winter sun lit the landscape exquisitely and the photographers among the group had a field day. Visibility was great and we could clearly see Cantley sugar beet factory three miles away. 

By Cath Robinson

The Bird Count often comes up with some new challenges: Covid stopped it for a while; we had floods last year and this year we had ice and it hardly got above freezing all day. A lot of standing water was frozen after a prolonged period of very cold temperatures, so it was a challenge to find wildfowl. Last year there was so much water they could be anywhere and this year there was so little they were just as hard to find!