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Description
Stubb Mill is part of the Norfolk Wildlife Trust's spectacular Hickling Broad reserve. The Stubb Mill trail offers a viewpoint to watch (sometimes over 60!) jeřáb popelavý coming into roost, as well as large numbers of moták pochop! The viewpoint is best visited in the winter months (Oct - Mar), when counts of both species using the site will be at their highest.
On a winter's evening, the harrier roost may also be used by small numbers of moták pilich, so worth scanning through the harriers carefully. Occasionally dřemlík tundrový and kalous pustovka may be seen, while Sova pálená and volavka bílá are regulars. On some nights, skenes of husa krátkozobá may come over the viewpoint on their way into roost on Hickling Broad, joined by husa běločelá and potentially labuť malá and labuť zpěvná when species are over-wintering in the area.
The woodland and scrub areas support roosting finches including pěnkava jikavec and strnad obecný. In late evenings, sluka lesní may be seen leaving roost over the viewpoint too. The Stubb Mill trail takes visitors past the new Brendan's Marsh scrape, which will have čírka obecná, hvízdák eurasijský, lžičák pestrý and other wildfowl on it during the winter. It is not unsual to find linduška horská here too as well as a few waders including bekasina otavní, jespák bojovný and čejka chocholatá. There is a viewing tower enabling visitors to scan the marsh for other species of interest.
In both the summer months the viewpoint is much quiter, however, Brendan's Marsh is a hotspot for waders and vodouš kropenatý, vodouš šedý and other migratory species may be found. Rarities such as pisila čáponohá, jespák šedý and jespák skvrnitý are a genuine possibility if you're very lucky here! You may also encounter hawking ostříž lesní.
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Access
Park at the NWT Hickling Broad car park. Don't forget to sign in at the Visitor Centre if it is open! Follow the trail past Brendan's Marsh to the raptor viewpoint. It is well signposted from the car park. If it is dark by the time you leave the viewpoint, you can walk back to the car park along the road if the footpath is slippery. There is a disabled car park by the viewpoint, but it must only be used by 'blue badge' holders.