A morning on the North Coast with Brian and Norman added two birds to the year list: most welcome was the Jack Snipe that I managed to locate among the stubble on Snipe's Marsh almost as soon as we arrived. A walk up the East Bank added Bearded Tit and Long-billed Dowitcher (still trying to remain a silhouette!): other birds included an 'interesting' Stonechat, a large flock of Meadow Pipits and a Water Pipit.
The pager sent us eastwards to two different car parks at West Runton, neither of which held the promised Shorelarks. We retraced our steps to Kelling, where from the tearoom carpark I managed a couple of shots of the eclipse by stopping everything down, thinking that I'd lost my Baader filter (it was tucked away in my camo jacket!) I didn't realise the shots had come out until I got home and played with PSP! (I had decent views of what was absolutely a Pallid Harrier at Salthouse as we drove east, but Norman couldn't stop, unfortunately)
Nothing on the pool at Kelling, apart from scores of dragonflies. The sea was slightly more productive with a raft of Common Scoter (flight views revealed at least one Velvet among them) and another raft of mixed Auks.
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