After the usual 07.15 start, birthday boy Norman, Brian and I drove through the dawn to Cley, where we started the day with a seawatch: nothing to report, so we moved to Bishop's. The main feature was a huge flock - 150+ - of Avocets, which included a single Ruff. A walk to the sea and back was followed by tea and scones: we decided to give Warham Camp a miss, having been told that the Lesser WFs were pretty distant, heading west to Titchwell instead.
The tide was right out, but the exposed mussel beds had attracted lots of Brent Geese and a few waders: Oystercatchers, Curlews, Sanderling and, best of all, a couple of Grey Plovers. Driving back to Cley, we stopped at Stiffkey for close views of the Glossy Ibis (but failed to spot the reported Lesser Whitefronts!) Last goodie was a dinky little Siberian Chiffchaff in the fir trees above Walsey Hills: and so home!
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