Spectacled Warbler at Burnham Overy.

Headed to Norfolk for the day, the aim was to see the Black-headed Bunting that has been seen for a few days now, we arrive just after 7 to find a dozen or so people already looking for the bird at the discarded pig farm, nobody had seen any sign of it up to now, not a good sign.
After a couple of hours the local birders pack up & call it a day, we give it a bit longer but in the end we also give up, a bad start to the day.
A quick look in at Salthouse only to find that the car park had become part of the beach, so we head to Titchwell, on the way we stop off at Choseley drying Barns hoping to see Turtle Dove, again nothing doing.
A drive down the lane gets us a year tick when Jimmy spots a Grey Partridge in one of the gaps in the hedge, a good spot as we have been finding it hard to find one this year.
On to Titchwell, we spend a few hours here just watching many Avocet with the chicks all over the pool, Brian picks up a Little-ringed Plover he needed it for a tick, 2 Spoonbill are seen from the hide,over all not to much about but we still have a good time here.
As we head back to get a bite to eat, the bleeper tells us that a Mega bird was only 15 minutes away so the food takes a back seat as we rush to Gun Hill dunes at Burnham Overy.
We park at the side of the road & walk to the dunes, it is one hell of a walk with a bad leg, it felt like 3 miles
& nearly killed me.
The good news when I catch up with the boys the bird is in the middle of jimmy's scope & the view of the Spectacled Warbler is a good one. So a lifer for all of us, so the day has just picked up for us.
By this time many birders have started to arrive to fill the area by the bushes that the bird has been seen.
Of course this is the signal for the bird to fly to another bush , so we all want another look & maybe a photo,the so the by now large group all follow the bird as it goes from one place to another before it settles again, we now get to have a little sit down on the dunes ,I can tell you that was very welcome indeed,
after an hour watching this smashing little bird fly about from bush to bush, it flies a long way back to where we first saw it, we decide to head back to the car, we had great views of the bird but I never got to get any good photos of it.

Grey Partridge

Looking back as we leave a good crowd getting bigger by the minute

One of the many Avocet