Great White Egrets at Hickling and bonus birds at Potter Heigham...

The weather forecast was so bad (and so wrong!) that Brian and I nearly didn't go out: I'm glad we did! First stop was Potter Heigham Marsh: no sign of any Spoonbills or GWEs, but there were two summer-plumaged Curlew Sandpipers and a flock of twenty-six Black-tailed Godwits. A dapper little male Kestrel captured a Starling right in front of us.

A move to Potter Heigham and a walk through the woods to the hide overlooking Rush Hills revealed where the Great White Egrets had relocated to: there were two birds present, one on the scrape and one much closer to the south of Weavers' Way. Several Swallowtails on the wing, as well as Cuckoo and Marsh Harrier.

Last stop was Hickling NWT Reserve for a sandwich and cuppa: a walk out to Stubb's Mill added six distant Cranes to the day list as well as a freshly-released Eyed Hawk Moth (Thanks to James E and Steve S for the I/d!)