Pied Crow at Cromer

If you get the opportunity to see this handsome bird, seize it! It took Linda and me four hours to connect this morning, before the coast-touring Pied Crow took pity on us and dropped down two feet away while we were queuing for fish and chips. What a bird! It's not just big and chunky, it's also full of character.

We'd arrived at Cromer at 8.00am (I, of course, had 'enjoyed' just a couple of hours sleep following my nocturnal Astronomy session). RBA lite confirmed that the PC had been present on the Beach Car Park at 7.40, but, despite a two hour exploration of the promenades and car parks, it was nowhere to be seen.

Linda had a bit of shopping to do, so we drove west to Sheringham, returning at 10.15, only to be told by a lone searcher that the PC had been reported two minutes earlier on the Beach Car Park! Another long walk ensued, until Linda suggested lunch at Galton Blackiston's No1 Fish & Chip Restaurant. We were numbers three and four in a five minute queue for this popular venue: just as the staff were opening the door, the Pied Crow dropped down right in front of us! After a brief photo session, the bird flew off westwards and we went in to enjoy a fantastic lunch! While we were eating, the bird flew right past the window a number of times... (Many thanks to the two local birders who we'd met earlier, who took the trouble to find us in the restaurant to tell us the Crow was around: what great kindness...)

Lots of other nice things: I'll post those later.