Garth Peacock
The Brecks Suffolk

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Grafham Water and Willow Tree Fen

Wednesday 25th March 2026

Welney WWT and area

Tuesday 17th March 2026

A lucky visit to Fen Drayton Lakes

Thursday 19th February 2026

A rainy day in West Norfolk

Sunday 15th February 2026

Abberton Reservoir Essex

Friday 23rd January 2026

Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB

Monday 5th January 2026

Fed up with Twiddling my fingers

Friday 19th December 2025

North West Norfolk

Monday 15th December 2025

A Red Kite Fest!!!

Friday 12th December 2025

Leighton Moss RSPB - My first visit

Monday 1st December 2025

Never visited here before

Monday 24th November 2025

Welney WWT Again - Goose and Duckfest

Thursday 20th November 2025

Welney WWT 28th October 2025

Friday 31st October 2025

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Saturday 1st April 2023

Last Monday, 27th March, I decided to have a look at The Brecks. First call was to Santon Downham to see if I could track down the Woodlarks. Finally succeeded in finding one pair but they were very flighty so I was quite pleased with the photos I managed to get, although not earth-shattering.

Then moved on to another part of The Brecks to an area that a friend had found and photographed Goshawks. It was a mile off the beaten track, stayed there for a three hours or so - no Goshawks - in fact the only bird showing was a Kestrel. I did hear a Goshawk calling distantly when I was walking back to the car but that was the closest I got.

I then moved on to Weeting Heath to see how close the Stone Curlews were to the hide - still distant so nothing worth keeping. At another hide, there was two or three Bramblings coming in to the feeders but the light was terrible so nothing worth keeping there either.

So a disappointing day overall.

Anyway, this website is now back in operation although there will no more postings for a couple of weeks or so as we have visitors staying with us over and beyond Easter - it would be terribly rude if I disappeared with my camera, don't you think?