I went to the old coast guard
station car park this morning first as the fog wasn’t too bad and I was hoping
for some movement on the sea. However it
was relatively quiet although I did see six Eider, seven Red-breasted
Mergansers and two Little Gulls. There were
still plenty of thrushes in evidence and I saw more only Golden Plovers of the
week on the eye field.
After a coffee back at the cottage
I walked up Cross Street in Salthouse where a Hawfinch had been reported. There was no sign of the Hawfinch but I did
find two Black Redstarts and there were plenty of thrushes, particularly
Blackbirds.
During the afternoon visit I
went to Gramborough Hill first and saw a male Snow Bunting on the first pool
from the car park. As I walked back with
another birder over the top of the hill I saw a bird drop in that I thought was
a Woodcock. We walked to where it had
landed and flushed it from the grass, not seeing it until it flew. We continued walking towards the Little Eye
and had some excellent views of a Shore Lark, although there was no sign of two
Lapland Buntings seen a few minutes before we arrived.
During the afternoon I had
gone on a seal trip to Blakeney Point with Clia and Paul.
The boat trip lasted about an
hour and we saw plenty of Grey Seals and a couple of Common Seals during the
trip. There was also at least a 1000
Brent Geese, six Eider and four Red-breasted Mergansers and also several
Gannets.
Common Seal pup
Male Grey Seals
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