Norfolk pt 2 - 26.1.20

Caspian Gull

We stayed the night in Sheringham and before breakfast we went to try and see the long staying 1st winter Caspian Gull. As luck would have it the first bird I laid eyes on was it! My second Norfolk tick of the weekend with the wagtail. 4 Red-throated Diver flew past off shore but we failed to see the Purple Sandpiper.

Waxwing

We made our way back west along the coast road stopping off at various places first of which was Salthouse. We parked by the duck pond and upon exiting the car a Chiffchaff gave a brief burst of song! Not something I'd heard before in January. But our main target took a few minutes of searching before it flew in over our heads and showed well before flying off into the distance. My favourite bird the Waxwing.

At Cley a quick walk down the east bank got us the hoped for Bearded Tits.

Wells didn't give us the Rough-legged Buzzard we wanted to see (my 2nd dip of the year for this species!) but Bullfinch was penned into our notebooks.

Our penultimate stop of the day was at the far end of Holkham Freshmarsh where we saw 2 Great White Egret and 3 White-fronted Geese.

Cockley Cley was our last stop but the weather had changed from sunny and calm to cloudy and windy and so that put paid to any hope of seeing Goshawk.

We finished on 115 species which equalled last years total and pushed my year list up to 127.