On the way home from Cley, Brian and I decided to stop at Hickling to see if we could add more waders to the day's north coast haul: fortunately, the rain stopped just as we arrived. As we were checking in the 'vol' on reception mentioned that a visitor had claimed a Purple Heron from the eastern end of Brendan's Marsh, so we made our way to the observation mound. On the way we watched a long-winged wader flying in tight turns over the marsh: we both thought Pratincole, but couldn't get conclusive photos.
No sign of the Heron, but a Hobby and Great Egret were perched in the trees, while Bitterns could be heard booming from several locations: a pair of Spoonbills flew east. We walked the rest of the circuit, getting good views of the usual warblers and a few groups of Bearded Tits, until just before the boat trip stage where a Bittern flew close by. No Swallowtails, but several each of Four-spotted Chaser and Hairy Hawker were good to catch up with.
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