As it was half term we booked a long weekend away in Eccles-on-Sea,Norfolk. We stupidly headed up after work on Friday and so the 2.5 hour journey took just under 4 and we arrived in the pitch black with floods everywhere! Saturday morning dawned and the view from the caravan was a mass of wet fields and some great looking shrubs which in the spring and autumn looked like they could easily produce a good bird or two.
The kids wanted to go to the beach so a quick climb over the dunes and we were there. They ran off to build sand castles and throw stones into the sea but I took half an hour to do some seawatching. 8 year ticks later including 8 Red-throated Divers and 3 Sanderling and I joined the kids to show them how to skim stones!
Sunday dawned wet again, in fact it had rained for 17 hours straight and finally dried up at lunchtime so we went out to Happisburgh to see how much more had fallen into the sea then onto Horsey for some food and to see the seals on the beach. On the drive back a male Hen Harrier drifted over the road in front of the car near Waxham.
Monday and we packed up the car for the journey home but made a detour to see my dad in Caister. A quick stop at Rollesby Broad added a redhead Smew to the yearlist.
I stopped at Sandon on the way home and saw just a single Grey Partridge.
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