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Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Fourteen Glossy Ibis at Cley!

Yes: really!

Brian and I had a morning on the north coast, starting at Kelling Heath, where we saw Dartford and Willow Warbler and several Stonechats: we heard Turtle Dove and Woodlark. On the walk back to the car we came across an Elder bush that was heaving with Green Hairstreaks!

A move to Cley saw us in Bishop's Hide just in time to watch a flock of fourteen Glossy Ibis (and a Cormorant) powering westward. They were tracked all the way to the wash! A Spoonbill was good to watch, with it's saffron-coloured bill tirelessly sweeping the water.

After coffee we visited the centre hides, where Pat's Pool held distant Common and Wood Sandpiper as well as both Little and Temminck's Stint. A distant Bittern flew high towards Blakeney. And so home!









 



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