My flip to drive, so I made a decision to go to the north west of the county, beginning at Snettisham. Following a brisk stroll north alongside the raised financial institution we fortunately ran into a few birders who’d pinned down the Lesser White-fronted geese a couple of mile away by way of a spot within the intervening hedges. Though distant, the birds had been surprisingly apparent among the many bigger Greylags.
Subsequent cease was Holme: parking by the golf course, we walked out to the seaside and headed west. Quickly we picked up a flock of very approachable Snow Buntings, earlier than finding the goal chook – a juvenile Glaucous Gull. On the way in which again to the automobile we discovered a gaggle of 4 or 5 Shorelarks and – I suppose – a number of Lapland Buntings. First Fulmar of the yr drifted west…
Final cease was Thornham Harbour: a whole lot of Brents flighted in forward from the rising tide, however I reckon I discovered the reported Black Brant. Espresso and scones at Cley (and an incredible chat with a few visiting birders from Sussex and Devon) did not reveal any odd males out among the many Scoters.
