Glaucous Gull, Lesser Whitefronts and much more!

My turn to drive, so I decided to visit the north west of the county, starting at Snettisham. Following a brisk walk north along the raised bank we luckily bumped into a couple of birders who'd pinned down the Lesser White-fronted geese about a mile away through a gap in the intervening hedges. Although distant, the birds were surprisingly obvious among the larger Greylags.

Next stop was Holme: parking by the golf course, we walked out to the beach and headed west. Soon we picked up a flock of very approachable Snow Buntings, before locating the target bird - a juvenile Glaucous Gull. On the way back to the car we found a group of 4 or 5 Shorelarks and - I think - several Lapland Buntings. First Fulmar of the year drifted west...

Last stop was Thornham Harbour: hundreds of Brents flighted in ahead from the rising tide, but I reckon I found the reported Black Brant. Coffee and scones at Cley (and a great chat with a couple of visiting birders from Sussex and Devon) failed to reveal any odd men out among the Scoters.