Bird Watching and Photographic Workshops and tours.

Specialist in the UK including Norfolk and Suffolk

During the winter months the hours will be betwen 9am and 4pm, summer between 9am and 6pm

If your preference is a photography trip, you will need to bring your own camera,  but Robert is happy to give advice on equipment and will have Canon lenses available on the day. We are currently being sponsored by Canon to do reviews on their equipment so we can answer any questions you have on their equipment but can also help with other makes.

Tours are available for individuals at £140 a day per person (2nd and 3rd Person £80)  or for groups from £60 a day ( four or more). Summer months will be five pounds extra to cater for the longer hours. We will be using sites around Norwich and the North coast which are well known to Robert, and with a British Bird List of well over 500 species he can also pass on his vast knowledge of identification techniques. This helps greatly when learning habits of birds etc to be in the right place for the perfect photo or viewing. Other wildlife such as butterflies and dragonflies will also be included in the day. Tours can be specifically designed to suit the group attending.

Field craft is very important and this will be discussed during the day as will camera functions such as light and shutter speed.

Our workshops are different. At the end of the day we offer you a unique opportunity to visit our shop in Norwich to print copies of your favourite shots from the day (included in the price). We currently have the best photo lab in the city and we can explain how to get the best prints from your files, including file sizes, colour corrections and cropping. We can also help with the difference between a real photo lab, the new dry labs and di sub printing. If the day does not end in Norwich, don't worry, we will ask you to send in a disc with images from the day on and  pop them in the post for you or visit at a time convenient to you.

If you wish to be a bit more adventurous we can also arrange tours to other areas of the country. Robert has extensive knowledge of good wildlife sites after years of rarity chasing. If you have an area in mind or would like Rob to suggest somewhere to go fo a more specific wildlife species please give us a ring. We can happily suggest the right time of year to go as well as setting up a personalised itinary to suit your needs.

We combine wildlife and photography together but Rob is also happy to lead a birdwatching tour without the photography. He has often found rarities in the UK and generally finds around 80 species in a day tour with enough time to discuss plumage differences.

All workshops are suitable for all levels of experience

Booking essential. Full amout to be paid on booking.

Any questions ( I am sure we missed something out) please call on 01603 219119 or Rob's mobile 07738175255

Possible Bird List for May

Avocet – Salthouse

Barnacle Goose – Southwold and Minsmere

Bar Tailed Godwit – North Coast

Barn Owl – Hardley

Bearded Tit – Cley, Hardley

Bewick Swan - Welney

Bittern – Lackford, Strumpshaw Minsmere, Hen Reed Bed

Blackbird – all over

Black Cap – all over

Black Headed Gull – everywhere                                            

Black Swan – strumpshaw

Black Tailed Godwit – Titchwell

Blackbird – Whitlingham and other

Blue Tit – Whitlingham and other

Brent Geese – North Norfolk

Bullfinch - Sculthorpe

Buzzard – Brecks

Canada Goose – Whitlingham

Cetti’s Warbler – Whitlingham, Cley all over

Chaffinch – all over

Chiff Chaff – Whitlingham, sculthorpe                                

Collared Dove – all over         

Corn Bunting – North Norfolk                                     

Common Gull – everywhere

Common Sandpiper - Cley

Common Snipe - Cley

Common Tern – Minsmere

Coot – all over

Crossbill - Brecks

Crow – all over

Cuckoo – Wheatfen, Cley

Curlew – Titchwell or Brancaster                                           

Curlew sandpiper – Cley

Dartford Warbler – Kelling or Westleton                                

Dunlin – Cley, Salthouse                                                         

Dunnock – Whitlingham and other         

Fulmar - Hunstanton                              

Egyptian Goose – Whitlingham                                      

Gadwall – Whitlingham and Cley

Gannet – Sheringham, Cley, Titchwell

Garden Warbler – Norwich

Garganey – Lowestoft

Golden Oriole – Lakenheath

Golden Pheasant – Sculthorpe or Wayland                                                          

Golden Plover – North Norfolk

Grasshopper  Warbler – Surlingham                                           

Great Black Backed Gull – Great Yarmouth                                

Great Crested Grebe – Whitlingham     

Great Shearwater - Coast                          

Great Spotted Woodpecker – Whitlingham and Sculthorpe            50

Great Tit – Whitlingham and other                                             

Great white Egret – North Norfolk                                               

Greenshank – Titchwell, Cley                                                 

Green Sandpiper – Cley - titchwell

Green Woodpecker – Minsmere                                            

Grey Heron - Minsmere

Grey Partridge – everywhere

Grey Plover - Brancaster

Grey Wagtail – Sculthorpe                                                       

Hawfinch – Lynford Arboretum                                           

Herring Gull – All Over                                                          

Hobby – Lakenheath or Minsmere                                            

Honey Buzzard  - near Guist                                                     

House Martin – All over

House Sparrow – Surlingham and all over

Iceland Gull – Lowestoft                                                        

Jay – Whitlingham, Ipswich and Sculthorpe

Kestrel – Hardley and other

Kingfisher – Lackford, Strumpshaw, Whitlingham                             

Knot – Snettisham

Lapwing – all over                                                                

Lesser Black- Backed gull – everywhere                              

Lesser Whitethroat – Coastal                                                                                    

Linnet – Salthouse, Sea Palling

Little Egret –North Coast

Little Grebe – Minsmere                                                        

Little Owl – Surlingham

Little Ringed Plover – Cley, Yarmouth

Little Stint – Cley                                                                

Little tern – Yarmouth

Long –tailed Tit  - Whitlingham and other

Magpie – all over                                                                

Mallard – all over                                                                

Mandarin – Ipswich

Marsh Harrier – Cley and Sculthorpe

Marsh Tit – Sculthorpe

Meadow Pipit - Salthouse

Mediterranean Gull – Yarmouth

Mistlethrush – Welney                                                

Montague’s harrier – North Norfolk

Moorhen  - all over

Mute Swan – Whitlingham.

Nightingale – Lackford, Minsmere                                            

Northern Wheatear – Coast                                                  

Nuthatch – Whitlingham and other

Oystercatcher – Brancaster, Titchwell

Peregrine – Norwich, Buckenham, Ipswich

Pheasant – everywhere

Pied Wagtail – Norwich                                                          

Pintail – Lowestoft

Pochard – Cley                                                                        100

Red Legged Partridge – everywhere                                          

Redshank – Brancaster                                                                                           

Reed Bunting – all over                                                                                    

Reed Warbler – all over

Ring Ouzel – Sea Palling

Ringed Plover – Cley and Titchwell

Robin – Whitlingham and other

Rook – Buckenham, Hardley and all over                            

Ruff – Cley, Titchwell

Sand Martin – Minsmere

Sanderling – Titchwell

Sandwich Tern – Minsmere                                                     

Sedge Warbler – all over                                                                     

Shelduck – Titchwell or Cley

Shovelor – Minsmere or Cley

Skylark – Salthouse

Songthrush – All over

Sparrowhawk – Lackford and other                           

Spoonbill – Lady Anne’s Drive or Cley

Spotted Flycatcher – Sculthorpe

Stock Dove – all over

Stone Curlew – Cavenham or Weeting

Stonechat – Cley                                                    

Swallow – all over                                                    

Swift – all over

Tawny Owl – Ipswich

Teal – Salthouse, Cley and Titchwell

Temminks Stint – Cley                                     

Tree Pipit - Brecks

Tree Sparrow – Lackford, Welney

Treecreeper – Ipswich and Whitlingham

Turnstone – Brancaster Staithe

Turtle Dove – Lackford

Whimbrel – North Coast                                                                            

Whinchat -  Coastal                                                

Whitethroat – all over

Wigeon – all over

Willow Tit – Sculthorpe                                           

Willow Warbler – all over

Wood Lark – Westleton, Brecks

Wood Pigeon – all over

Wren – Whitlingham, Sculthorpe

Yellow Wagtail – Sea Palling

Yellowhammer – Kelling and other                            144

Might Get

Whiskered Tern

White Winged Black tern

Collared Pratincole

Black winged Stilt

Bluethroat

Ortolan Bunting

White Rumped Sandpiper

Dottrel

Osprey

Black Kite

Wryneck

Red Footed Falcon

Red Kite

Red Necked Phalarope

Glossy Ibis

Cattle Egret

Hoopoe

Bee-eater

Alpine Swift

Pallid Harrier

Black tern

Little Gull

Purple heron

Lesser Grey Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

Caspian Tern

Arctic Tern

Arctic Skua

Lesser Yellowlegs

Marsh Sandpiper

Sociable Plover