The three of us decide we need a day birding, so it's up to leave at 5.30am and drive to Norfolk for a visit to Titchwell RSPB, we arrive around 7.20 & head towards the freshmarsh.
A Grey Phalarope had been seen over the last few days & it was seen within minutes of arrival. It was close to the path giving us great views of this funny little bird.
The work that has been done on the marsh, putting in more scrapes & Islands looks like it will attract loads of waders a great job.
A pair of Pink-footed Geese fly overhead for a year tick, that just shows how little we have been out under the covid rules, trips to the coast being few & far between.
Our last trip out was to St Aidan's RSPB for the Long-toed Stint at the start of the month
There were a load of birds on the marsh, hundreds of Golden Plover, Avocet, Black & Bar-tailed Godwits, Knot, Ruff, Lapwing & many Dunlin. Later we pick out Greenshank, Grey Plover, Turnstone & Curlew. As we walk up to the beach Brian spots a single Guillemot on the flood close in, we think it is not well but as we watch it dive a few times before it flies off back out to sea.
Upon the beach, we soon make contact with the Purple Sandpiper that was walking along the beach. The bird was very accommodating & came very close for some good photos a nice year tick. While on the beach a single Snow Bunting runs towards us and then 12 more land but fly off quickly.
Loads of Sanderling are running up & down entertaining us. Red-throated Diver also Common Scoter that is a year tick that tells how much we have been out this year.
5 Red-breasted Mergansers fly past & they give me a tick as I missed the one that swam past at the Long-toed Stint twitch.
So a rare trip out this year but so welcome on a pleasant morning and I end up with a few years ticks.
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| Purple Sandpiper |
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| Grey Phalarope |
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