Norman, Brian and I visited Cley for a morning’s chat and birding. No signal of the Wryneck, so we walked out to the Centre Hides: amazingly they have been utterly empty! Two Wooden Sandpipers on South Pool and several other Frequent Sands on Whitwell. A Nice White stalked the perimeters of Simmonds..
Better of all, although, was the small, darkish Bittern that immediately emerged in entrance of Avocet Cover, permitting us our best-ever views of the species at Cley. I ‘whatsapped’ it immediately and we have been quickly joined by Julian and lots of others: our cue to depart! (Attention-grabbing to see an enormous flock of Dunlin on Pat’s…)
After tea and scones on the VC, we took a fast look from Bishop’s, earlier than transferring on to Babcock Cover: just some of the common warblers and a single Wheatear. Again to the East Financial institution, the place a brief sea watch added Little Tern to the yr listing, whereas distant Yellow Wagtails have been new for the opposite two. Final cease was a close-by heath, the place all of us loved listening to a few Turtle Doves purring away.
