30th December 2010: Another foggy day. We took the train from Norwich to Cantley and walked back to Brundall via footpaths, lanes, Buckenham Marshes and Strumpshaw Fen RSPB Reserve. It was very atmospheric, with trees looming out of the mist and fog, clicks and whistles of starlings and, at Buckenham Marshes, a flock of Bean Geese calling as they flew overhead.
At Strumpshaw Fen we saw three Water Rails from the Fen Hide, mostly on the edges of the reeds but also venturing out onto the ice. At the Visitor Centre we had great views of a Stoat just outside the hide (with a black tip to its tail, so stoatally different from a Weasel). Also a couple of Barn Owls and two Hares during the course of the walk, and Wigeon, Shovelers, Teal, Lapwing and Rooks at Buckenham Marshes.
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| Lane near Cantley |
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| Highland cows |
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| Near Cantley |
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| Lane near Cantley |
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| Cantley to Hassingham |
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| Lane between Hassingham and Buckenham |
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| Buckenham |
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| Buckenham Church |
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| River Yare by Buckenham Marshes |
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| Strumpshaw Fen - view from Visitor Centre |
