We make the decision to go to Titchwell rather than the Isle of Wight, so it's a 5 o'clock meet & we pull into the car park at Titchwell around 7 o'clock.
The Spotted Crake is seen within minutes without going into the hide,we get really good views as it walks in & out of the reeds over the next 1/2 hour or so, it never came out from the reeds far enough for me to get a good photo in good light nothing unusual there.
A quick scope from the hide gets us many Dunlin plus Wood Sandpiper, 3 Spotted Redshank,Ruff, 5 Spoonbill, little r Plover,Turnstone, plus Avocet all over the scrape.
A walk up to the beach gets us 13 Eider very close in & a few Gannet also pass by.On the way back to the car we get to see the Chinese water Deer that live here.
On now to Cley in the hope of meeting up with the Temminck's Stint that's been reported here.
After a walk to north hide we soon pick out a Curlew Sandpiper & then 3 Green Sandpipers Jimmy & myself need both for a year tick, we get a quick view of what we think is the Temminck's but not a good enough view to give it a tick. So 3 year ticks for the day plus a full day out birding on a nice sunny day with the boys.
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| Spotted Crake |
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| Chinese water Deer |
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| The Crake again |
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