Wildlife

James Lowen

We saw a few other things en route. Stonechats flitted around, but one male posed nicely for a few seconds. We had presumably the same pair of Cranes on both the way into Horsey and the way out. The first time they were in flight, and I failed to get anything more than record shots despite them being super-close. The second time they were grazing about 150m from the road: surprisingly, these were my best ever views on the deck. Earlier in the day, we had enjoyed a decent flock of Pink-footed Geese near Clippesby. Their noise and numbers made Maya's jaw drop, and thus made her Daddy very happy. Even more so when he spotted a couple of Tundra Bean Geese in their midst: part of a sizeable influx to eastern England, it appears.

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13 Dec 2014 - Papping pups

As you may have noticed (here and here) I am rather a fan of Norfolk's Grey Seals. To have Britain's largest breeding marine mammal frequenting the shorelines of my adopted county is a boon. So, with gorgeous light today, another trip to the Horsey Dunes colony was in order. A bit of papping was in order, but the point of today's trip was to expose the next generation of wildlife-lovers to the joys of pinnipeds. So the Sydney and Lowen broods stomped along Nelson's Head track, the girls cracking ice in puddles as they walked. We had a fabulous time - and the expression on the lasses' faces as they saw the closest of the young female seals made the comparatively long walk worthwhile. Our very own Project Wild Thing.