Slim pickings on the north coast saved by a Quail!

An early start saw Brian and me looking out at Pat's Pool before 8.00am: as before, however, there was little new to enjoy, apart from a trio of Greenshanks and a few Godwits. A Little Egret fishing close in front of the hide was interesting to watch...

We moved up the coast to Wells, where it was pretty much the same story: hardly any waders other than the ubiquitous Avocets and Lapwings. Carrying on to Burnham Overy, we walked down from the coast road, coming across several more Little Egrets and a couple of Spoonbills. At one point they took off and performed a really impressive display flight, before landing out of sight on the saltings.

Titchwell was, as expected, full of half-term birders who enjoyed the Black Headed Gulls a bit more than we did! After lunch we returned eastward to Kelling Water Meadows where the biggest surprise of the day was a Quail calling close by the path: the first I've heard for a decade!