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Norfolk – August Bank Holiday Weather – It’s mostly windy

A short trip down to the coast this afternoon greeted us with some rather persistent strong wind and a rapidly approaching storm – we had just enough time to walk from the beach car park at Salthouse up onto Gramborough Hill and back. On top of the hill the wind was strong enough to knock…

Dark Bush-Cricket (female)

This monster was spotted in the garden yesterday. Not knowing if it was native or not she was carefully captured, photographed and released back into the garden where found. A quick web search revealed it to be a fairly common variety of cricket – Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera). The large horn shaped bit at the…

Photographs of Norfolk in Black and White

  A new Black and White gallery has been added to the Photographs section of the website.

Holt – Rooftop view

After cycling to the doctors surgery and back – which I do not recommend when you are feeling ill – I thought it would be a great idea to climb a ladder and take a few photographs of Holt from the roof. I guess I was the thinking the fresh air up there would do…

Mallard Chicks

  I spotted this proud mother with her dozen day old chicks this morning – unfortunately by the time I got home to get a longer lense for the camera the sun had decided to give up and the skies became dark. I managed to squeeze a couple of frames inbetween big black clouds. There…