Regardless of the horrendous forecast, Brian, Norman and I headed north to Cley to see if we might meet up with the juvenile RBG that has been lurking between Cley and Holt over Christmas. We parked on the Coastguards and scanned the flock of 100 or so Darkish-bellied Brents: no signal. A quick sea watch was fairly unproductive, so we returned to the automotive, the place a newly-arrived birder had discovered the goose and gave us very welcome instructions. It was surprisingly laborious to pick, even for those who knew the place it was!
Half an hour in Bishop’s Conceal was adopted by a trudge alongside the East Financial institution, including a couple of new species to the yr listing. Brian and Norman each ‘acquired’ Cetti’s and Bearded Tit, however I did not!
The rain set in for the day as we had been having fun with our espresso on the guests’ centre, so we headed dwelling, stopping at Ludham Airfield for distant views of each species of untamed Swan.
