Simply Norman and I right now: an early begin noticed us at Cley Seashore by 07.45, however the one birds of curiosity was a flock of 57 Ringed Plover. Bull Marsh held eighteen Cattle Egrets, which allowed shut views…. A transfer to the Iron Street, Salthouse added two Shiny Ibises and a flock of eight confiding Bearded Tits, however no signal of the Pectoral Sandpipers.
After espresso we returned to the seashore, becoming a member of Julian and a small, chatty crowd. This was a superb transfer: we quickly added a effective grownup Pomarine Skua and a pair of drake Eiders too. My new Cley Chook Membership Whatsapp despatched us half approach down Seashore Street the place Julian instantly positioned our authentic goal fowl – a considerably distant, however most welcome Ruddy Shelduck: two Pale-bellied Brents flew over in a flock of ‘common’ Brents.
Final cease (after a longish drive proper across the coast) was Winterton, the place a brief stroll linked us with a pleasant – and confiding – Lesser Gray Shrike, simply north of the Totem Pole.
