Linda and I headed north to Cley to participate within the CBC’s new 12 months fowl race, beginning on the Coastguards at 08.30 and travelling across the ‘Cley Sq.’ a number of occasions till nightfall. We visited Walsey Hills, Salthouse, Cley Reserve and Blakeney. We headed inland to Wiveton, including Nice White Egret to an honest whole of 40 or so species, earlier than returning for tea and a scone on the Reserve Centre. The Eye Subject gave us a pleasant Golden Plover, whereas the seashore added Kittiwake and Widespread Scoter. Shifting on to Morston gave us a number of new waders and a 3rd Water Pipit – shut sufficient to {photograph}!
We returned to Bayfield for cheese on toast (we might visited earlier including simply Nuthatch) The feeders by the cafe had been, as ordinary, very busy, however solely Coal Tit was new. The flooded fields by Glandford Ford produced a bonus Gray Wagtail.
Having been tipped off by Sue & Steve Gantlett we visited Cley Sewage Works, rapidly finding one or two Chiffchaffs: solely later when wanting by the photographs did we understand we might additionally ‘seen’ a Goldcrest!
Final new birds had been at Salthouse – the long-staying drake Pintail and a pair of Stonechats – and a few Canada Geese that fellow-racer Jo.King advised us about. Again to the VC to whole up: 80 species, plus three extra that solely one in every of us noticed….
