Woodswell Blog
The plan for today was to see the White Cliffs of Dover – but the weather had other ideas. We did drive by Dover Castle because the winding road to the Cliffs visitor center went that way. It was raining so hard by the time we got to the visitor center, even hardened British hikers Read More …
The National Trust Standen House had a Morris & Co. exhibit of William Morris’ company designs so we had changed our itinerary in order to see it. It was definitely worth it! Although I took dozens of pictures, for some reason I did not take any of the exterior of the house. Standen was designed Read More …
This day we changed our plans – instead of going to RSPB Berney Marshes and Breydon Water, we went to RSPB Minsmere on the recommendation of the staff at Titchwell Marsh. It was great – a very nice walk through marshlands and woods and we added a few new birds to our life lists! And Read More …
The first stop of the day was RSPB Snettisham Nature Reserve. It was a really bad day for bird watching – very rainy and slightly foggy. Some mallards were hanging out in the car park. Snettisham is known for the water birds that gather and the spectacular views of them taking off as the tide Read More …
This morning we had to drive back to RSPB Blacktoft Sands to pick up my wallet, but the return trip was worth it! On the way in to the headquarters we saw a bird feeder we’d missed the day before: Dino enjoyed it, too: Greenshank? Moorhen Redshank Lapwings Our next stop was at RSPB Freiston Read More …
After Flamborough we headed to RSPB Blacktoft Sands. Some kind of berry bushes along the trails to the bird hides: When we got to the first hide, most of the birds were tucked in: Then a marsh harrier kept spooking the birds and it was a mad scene of dozens of birds trying to get Read More …
After we left RSPB Bempton Cliffs we drove down to to the town of Flamborough and found St. Oswald’s Church, where my great great grandfather, George Nicholson Pidd had been baptized. It is a lovely little church: A couple of needlepointed kneelers: We found some Nicholson tombstones, but they were too late to be George Read More …
We spent most of today at RSPB Bempton Cliffs Seabird Centre, which is known for their puffins and gannets. The puffins left about two weeks before we got there, but the gannets were out in force! As we entered, Dino wanted to visit with the puffin at the entrance: Jackdaws Woodpigeon Rock Dove (or as Read More …
We left Windermere this morning and headed to the east coast of England. For a rest break we stopped at Bow Lee Beck, which has a visitor center and nice walks along the stream (beck). After that we stopped in a little town called Staindrop where we ate lunch at a beautiful tea room. Then Read More …
We left Hexam early but didn’t leave the area immediately. First we drove out to Allen Banks National Trust, a lovely area along a stream in a forest that had been cultivated for many years. We walked part way up the stream side, but not as far as we had intended. The easy path led Read More …