The Adventure begins here

You will find information on my walks on the wildside below. 

Just get in contact if you would like more details or to book a space 

howard@blueeyedbirder.com 

Sorry if it jumbles the dates a bit when you look on your phone!

Click here for a quick overview of the upcoming winter programme 

Suffolk coast  
Sunday 26th November 2023
Wednesday 29th November 2023
Friday 15th December 2023
Saturday 30th December 2023
Sunday 14th January 2024
Monday 15th January 2024
Monday 29th January 2024
Saturday 10th February 2024
Monday 4th March 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12

We shall visit some less familiar sites along the coast to search for winter passerines and Waders, Geese on the marshes and hopefully some movement on the sea.

North Norfolk coast 
Saturday 2nd December 2023 
Sunday 3rd December 2023 
Friday 19th January 2024
Saturday 27th January 2024
Sunday 28th January 2024
Monday 12th February 2024
Saturday 17th February 2024 
Sunday 18th February 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12. 

The skies will be full of Geese and the sea should hold Seaduck and Divers and the beaches Bunting and Larks. We shall start where the birds are but Holkham at dawn is likely!

Essex coast & Abberton Reservoir
Friday 26th January 2024
Saturday 27th January 2024
Friday 23rd February 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12. 

Winter on the Essex coast and it estuaries will see the skies full of Brents and waders and the reservoirs teaming with wildfowl.

Norfolk Broads - Cranes and Raptors
Saturday 16th December 2023 
Sunday 21st January 2024
Sunday 4th February 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12

The day will be spent exploring the Broads before a well wrapped up wait at Hickling for the Crane and Raptor roost.

Yare Valley - Geese and Corvids
Friday 17th November 2023 
Sunday 17th December 2023
Saturday 20th January 2024
Saturday 3rd February 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12

By now there will be wintering Geese and 1000's of wildfowl on the marshes with hunting raptors and hopefully a spectacular corvid roost too.

Somerset Levels 
Saturday 6th January 2024 
Sunday 7th January 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12

A two day exploration of the Levels to immerse yourself in the swirling mass of Starlings and to search for Bitterns, Egrets and Cranes.  I will be staying in the Travel Lodge in Glastonbury.  

The Wash Wader Spectacular
Tuesday 13th February 2024 
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12

Immerse yourself in the sight and sounds of tens of thousands of waders swirling over the mudflats and even your head.  An early meet up - 5.30am - for a 7am high tide but it will be worth the effort.  We shall visit Titchwell afterwards.

The Brecks
Sunday 11th February 2024
Monday 19th March 2024
Saturday 2nd March 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12 

Spring comes early in the Brecks and hopefully we shall find the first singing Woodlarks, drumming Woodpeckers, Firecrests and soaring Goshawks.

The Cambridgeshire Fens
Wednesday 14th February 2024 
Sunday 3rd March 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12. 

The Fens offers the opportunity to get wonderfully close to Whooper Swans and other wintering wildfowl along with the increasing Crane and Bittern population. Where we go will depend on the weather!

Wintery Kent
Wednesday 24th January 2024 
Thursday 25th January 2024
Saturday 24th February 2024 
Sunday 25th February 2024
£30 per adult £15 per child over 12
Join me for one day or two.

Join me for a trundle around the county visiting Dungeness in search of winter Wildfowl and Egrets before heading along the North Kent coast where we shall end up on Sheppey to look for Geese and Raptors. Wrap up!

You will notice that some of the East Anglian and Kent/Essex day trips run consecutively so that you can plan two days or more as a short break away.  

Hope to see some of you over the coming months.

If you would like more details please get in touch

Click here for a quick overview of the upcoming winter programme 
More trip dates to come soon...

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