Perhaps the best record was early on as I left the house when an almost certain Marsh Tit was calling up the road, my second probable recent record of this now major local rarity. It would be good to pin one down.
In clearing weather first stop was Salthouse but no sign of the Snow Bunts, just a Marsh Harrier and a Red breasted Merganser in the drain, plus the inevitable Turnstones on the shingle to photograph. Then East Bank where 10 Bewicks flew high east before I saw the American Wigeon again, plus a Whooper Swan on Popes which took affront at the hunting Marsh Harrier overhead.
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| Turnstone Salthouse |
Then Cley where I was leading a Birds for Beginners walk. Happily there was plenty to see with several thousand Pinkfeet in the area plus hundreds of Golden Plover, 40 or so Ruff and a decent variety of dabbling ducks making a pleasant change from recent walks with frozen lagoons. There was also the novel experience of having a reporter from Anglia Afloat along!
After a fruitless visit to the coast a final visit to West Runton found the regular Med Gull alive and well if looking a little stir-crazy on its post, then back home for a spot of pond cleaning.
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| Adult Med Gull, West Runton |
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