Following our chicken survey on the Church yesterday, I hadn’t meant one other journey out, however the lure of an Iceland Gull simply twenty minutes away proved too robust! Sea Palling is usually a little bleak this time of 12 months: the persistent drizzle and chilly wind made the half-mile trudge alongside the seaside considerably gruelling! Returning birders reported that canine walkers had flushed the chicken, however I however spent an hour trying out the a whole bunch of gulls on the tideline, being rewarded by Mediterranean, Caspian and Little Gulls. I finally discovered an immature gull that regarded proper: the images later confirmed it! Good to satisfy Lowestoft birders Jane and Paul Ferguson…
On the best way house I ended at Martham to scan an enormous flock of Pink-footed Geese. I could have picked out the reported Tundra Beans, however not conclusively. Nonetheless, the pair of White-fronted Geese and a lone Barnacle had been some reward..
