John Edwards Blog

We headed south towards Malaga which was to become the start of a very wet week away. However we did get a good day (05/11/12) in at Parque Natural del Río Guadalhorce which is alongside not only a motor way … Continued

We have been very fortunate with our English summer up until now. We have had rain but it barely affected whatever we were doing on any particular day. Our location is on Six Hills Farm in Walton-on-the Wolds and as … Continued

Since the last blog entry we have been concentrating on more birding and photography. Both the Bittern and Bearded Tit had eluded us at Cley, Titchwell, and Lakenheath Fen. Yesterday we made a one and half hour journey through England’s … Continued

Today is our last one in England’s smallest county as we leave Oakham for Barrow-upon-Soar in the next county to the east – Leicestershire. We have to be there for tomorrow as Sammi (Michelle’s neice) will be 18 and we … Continued

I was asked last night by Neal ‘On The Trains’ Ball what was the highlight so far. I had already anticipated that someone would ask this and my instant thought is that it has been all good – so much … Continued

Today has seen clear blue skies and this is truely an English summer’s day. Today was our first visit to Titchwell Marsh a well organised RSPB site. We had a great day starting off with moths at 9am – no, … Continued

This morning it was a good hour spent on Cley Marsh.We made the most of our time and as we walked to the hide there was a young Sedge Warbler sitting a few feet away in a bush, a Reed … Continued

Now that we are at Cley we joined this trust. We are staying for a week and we intend to spend many hours on the marshes here. This morning it was summer again with only a light breeze which made … Continued

The end of our fifth week saw us leaving Boggle Hole on the North Yorkshire coast, heading for Cley in Norfolk via Blacktoft Sands just a few miles east of Goole and south of the Humber. This is an important … Continued