Cley 31st December 2009

My usual volunteer day at Cley NWT helping people with i/d stuff etc on the reserve. Highlight was a large immature female Peregrine attacking the winter Avocet flock with enthusiasm but little apparent success. Only having the Lumix G1 with me I contented myself with some ducky/wader shots before heading back to the Centre out of the cold. Roll on summer!

28th December - Stalham Broad

After a walk round locally on 27th, made the trip with Phil to Stalham Broad to add Ferruginous Duck to my Norfolk list, which, after a walk along an icy boardwalk, I did. It showed close-to by some tern rafts with a small flock of Pochard, tufties and Goldeneye.

There were good numbers of Tufted Duck on the broad as well as ca 20 Goldeneye, some Great Crested Grebes, Teal and Gadwall, while bonus birds were Kingfisher, ca 50 redpolls sp flying around and 9 Whooper Swans flying low NE calling as we got back to the main car park.

Boxing Day swim, Overstrand

We went down to the cliffs to watch the usual band of hardy folk watched by a hundred or so out for fresh air!