My flip to drive: we headed north to Cley, arriving earlier than 8.00am. A short go to to Bishop’s revealed completely nothing to set the pulses racing, so we carried on to the East Financial institution. With assist from a few pleasant locals, we managed to select the long-staying Gray Phalarope on Pope’s Marsh, whizzing round among the many Shovelers. A stroll out to the ocean gave us only a fly-by Kittiwake, so we returned to Bishop’s, the place Jacquie B and her crew had been completely happy to level out a really shut Water Pipit. After a little bit of a wait, we added an unusually-marked Whinchat to the day record, in addition to Water Rail and quite a few Godwits.
Subsequent cease was the guests’ centre for tea and scones, earlier than strolling out to the Centre Hides. A distant Noticed Redshank and a good-looking Buzzard had been about the perfect of it, so we returned to the automobile, driving alongside to Salthouse Duck Pond, the place we loved shut views of a drake Pintail at two metres vary!
