On the way in which dwelling from Cley, Brian and I made a decision to cease at Hickling to see if we might add extra waders to the day’s north coast haul: luckily, the rain stopped simply as we arrived. As we had been checking within the ‘vol’ on reception talked about {that a} customer had claimed a Purple Heron from the jap finish of Brendan’s Marsh, so we made our option to the statement mound. On the way in which we watched a long-winged wader flying in tight turns over the marsh: we each thought Pratincole, however could not get conclusive images.
No signal of the Heron, however a Passion and Nice Egret had been perched within the timber, whereas Bitterns could possibly be heard booming from a number of areas: a pair of Spoonbills flew east. We walked the remainder of the circuit, getting good views of the same old warblers and some teams of Bearded Tits, till simply earlier than the boat journey stage the place a Bittern flew shut by. No Swallowtails, however a number of every of 4-spotted Chaser and Furry Hawker had been good to meet up with.
