Peter, Sue, Linda and I enjoyed a relaxed day on the North Coast. We started at Holkham, where almost the first birds we saw were the covey of six Grey Partridges: forty or more Snipe were feeding in the damp grass... A walk out to the east of the Gap provided good views of Golden Plover and other assorted waders, before the pager sent us scuttling back westwards, where we soon found flocks of ten Shorelarks and thirty plus Snow Buntings.
After coffee, we moved inland for an excellent lunch at Byfords in Holt. We retraced our steps, taking the last parking space at the end of the East Bank: the walk seawards gave us Stonechat and Little Grebe for the day. We ran into tour leader (and thoroughly nice bloke!) Chris Lotz scanning the sueda islands on the edge of Arnold's Marsh. Between us we managed to pin down the Long-billed Dowitcher: distant, but very welcome. Chris put the news out and soon a few people arrived in time to enjoy the long-staying Yank before it flew off westward.
Last interesting bird was a very orangey ring-tailed Harrier: on timing alone, I think it must have been a Hen Harrier.
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