Odds and ends at Cley and Filby

A morning's run out with Norman and Brian took us firstly to Cley and then, on the way home, to Filby Broad.

Cley was good fun, with some very confiding Snow Buntings at the back of Arnold's Marsh and the long-staying Long-billed Dowitcher on Pat's Pool (Albeit somewhat distantly!) A brief seawatch produced Common Scoter and a C130 Hercules low over the coastguards.

After coffee we moved on to Filby, where we parked in the village hall before making the trek down Rugg's Lane to the new cut reed area. A small group of Essex birders were kind enough to let us look through their 'scope at the three Ferruginous Ducks over the far side of the Broad: no sign of the female Ring-necked Duck, sadly...