In what seemed, with hindsight, a good move, Brian, Norman and I decided to start the day at Burnham Overy Staithe, walking out to the meadows and reedbeds in unexpectedly warm, bright sunshine. A scan all the way along to where the path splits revealed some delightful Sedge Warblers and a distant Spoonbill but little else. Then I noticed a couple of guys with scopes and big lenses along the path up to the coast road: a ten minute trot saw us joining them for distant but prolonged views of the target Purple Heron. As always, a fascinating bird to watch, with its long, serpentine neck and long, dagger-like beak. In the same field was a Whimbrel: again, always good to see.
On the way back eastward we stopped at the new Wells Scrapes: just a few gulls and a Little Egret, but a site of obvious potential. (Lots of Whitethroats here!)
After coffee at Cley we headed up onto Kelling Heath: no Dartfords or Woodlarks seen, but Brian and I enjoyed unusually prolonged views of a Garden Warbler. Then back to Cley, to finish the day with a stroll along the East Bank. Finally some Bearded Tits allowed a few photos, and a multi-ringed Spoonbill fed along the Serpentine. Big surprise was a somewhat distant Whinchat out in the reedbeds.
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