caractacus Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 24/07/16 I spotted a white stork in a sidepond off the Bure and turned the boat around to go back for some pics. The same week last year I photograghed a Stork (maybe the same one) within 100 metres of this ones location. 6 Quote
Poppy Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Often seen in the area, it's thought to be from Thrigby Wildlife Park. Still nice to see, though I doubt the Norfolk Wildlife Trust are so welcoming. Invasive species you know Quote
caractacus Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 You may be right, just after this pic the stork ate all the geese he was chasing in the photo 3 Quote
wombat nee blownup Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 We saw a pair there a couple of years ago. Was it downstream from STOKESBY? When I saw them though we were assured we don't get those here and it must have been Egrets we saw. I did put a piece on here when it happened but i'm not techy enough to be able to find it. Quote
caractacus Posted July 28, 2016 Author Posted July 28, 2016 About 20-30 minutes out of Yarmouth probably a third of the way to Stracey Arms Quote
Timbo Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 ooh not an invasive species Poppy...just taking a break from this green and sceptic Isle for, well, several hundred years, 1416 last recorded breeding pair. Talking of breeding the stork is often associated with babies. This is just in the modern UK where we got it a bit wrong. Traditionally the stork nesting on top of your house is a sign of 'adultery'. This might explain why there aren't any of the little breeders about these days...the medieval equivalent of the Sun tapping your phone & publishing your antics. Apparently there is a scheme afoot to reintroduce them to Norfolk...probably supported by those councils who stopped collecting rubbish as the stork feeds on frogs, fishes and rubbish dumps. If spotted the Royal Society for the Proliferation of Spuggies and Donations from Landed Widows on Deathbeds would like you to contact them...probably so they can concoct some idiotic nonsense to support some half cocked notion of what constitutes sustainable land management and tap your old Granny for some land, screw you out of your inheritance, which they can then sell for housing. (Hope my dislike of the RSPB is not too obvious). 3 Quote
Poppy Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 25 minutes ago, Timbo said: ooh not an invasive species Poppy...just taking a break from this green and sceptic Isle for, well, several hundred years, a bit like Himalayan Balsam, then. Oh, and the European beaver, the Eurasian wolf etc..... I'm not too fond of some of the more extreme activities of the widlife and conservation organisations either. 1 Quote
caractacus Posted August 4, 2016 Author Posted August 4, 2016 Forgot to mention but sadly no time for a photo...just coming out of Salhouse towards Horning on our second day, a seal went swimming past heading up stream towards Wroxham. By the time the camera came out it was out of site but a great spot by the wife. Quote
Baitrunner Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 I am all for the re-introduction of the European Beaver Seriously, there are a lot of egrets around up by Berney Arms and you definitely cant confuse them with a stork. Good spot. Quote
marshman Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 The Thrigby stork is a well known sighting in the area from Thurne mouth downstream - he (she? ) and perhaps some of the others there, seem to fly around that area quite a lot. Good spot though!! Poppy - despite your comments, the Himalayan Balsam is a nightmare. I am delighted lots of conservation bodies take a lot of time and effort to try and keep this under control, as do the BA. Parts of the country seem to have it much worse than us but it should be kept under control if at all possible. Agreed it is not so much as a nightmare as Japanese Knotweed but it would be nice to see it go !! Quote
Poppy Posted August 14, 2016 Posted August 14, 2016 1 minute ago, marshman said: The Thrigby stork is a well known sighting in the area from Thurne mouth downstream - he (she? ) and perhaps some of the others there, seem to fly around that area quite a lot. Good spot though!! Poppy - despite your comments, the Himalayan Balsam is a nightmare. I am delighted lots of conservation bodies take a lot of time and effort to try and keep this under control, as do the BA. Parts of the country seem to have it much worse than us but it should be kept under control if at all possible. Agreed it is not so much as a nightmare as Japanese Knotweed but it would be nice to see it go !! There are fossil remains found in coal strata in Yorkshire - and the insects - especially bees - don't half love it! Quote
marshman Posted August 15, 2016 Posted August 15, 2016 Ok - noted, but not entirely sure that justifies leaving it alone - I would hate to see it so dominant here that it literally covered the banks for miles!! Quote
TheQ Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 23 hours ago, marshman said: Ok - noted, but not entirely sure that justifies leaving it alone - I would hate to see it so dominant here that it literally covered the banks for miles!! At least it's shorter than the trees, a few beaver might help in that direction as well providing they fell them off of the main river.... 1 Quote
Poppy Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 A few copper nails here and there, like the old wherry men used to keep aboard for troublesome trees might not come amiss..... Quote
marshman Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 I am not sure they did not just go out and cut them down - bet they never had to ask the landowners permission!! Certainly records show you could stand by the church in Horning and not see a twig between there and Yarmouth!! Or so was said!! Quote
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