Our route to North Norfolk took us close to the Stone Curlew site at Weeting Heath. I had not visited the site for quite a few years, so I decided to pop in. It was a very unsettled day with torrential hail storm just before we arrived, so I did not want to venture too far from shelter anyway.
I visited both of the hides that are either side of the visitor centre. In the first hide I immediately saw three Stone Curlews, albeit a bit distant. They have not settled down to breed yet and were wandering around a fair bit. Also here were two Common Buzzards, lots of Rabbits and a Stoat, which was apparently after the Rabbits. The Stoat was very active and disappeared down several holes but I never saw it catch anything.
I then went to the second hide where the warden had suggested that I would not see much. However two Stone Curlew were taking an interest in a newly ploughed area in front of the hide. Apparently this was the first time the birds had been seen on the area since the ploughing, so the wardens was very pleased.
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| Stone Curlews - From the right hide. |
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| Always a bit distant, so not the sharpest set of photos. |
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| Stone Curlew on the ploughed area (from left hide) |
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| The ploughed area. Two Stone Curlews in this photo (I think!). |
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| Common Buzzard - Two were ever present on the ground. |
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