The Summer Wine Crew made an early start, driving through the frost to Great Massingham. Arriving at 08.00, we spent nearly an hour and a half not seeing any of the reported eight Hawfinches (Well: not conclusively any way) A juvenile Cormorant with a completely white 'underside' was interesting.
We moved north to Titchwell, which added just a distant Mediterranean Gull to the tally, although some close views of common waders were worth recording. Since I was tasked with delivering some of Linda's wax wraps to the visitors' centre, we continued east to Cley, which was absolutely rammed. After coffee we walked out to the Serpentine, where a pleasant couple let us peep through their telescope at a distant Jack Snipe. If it hadn't been 'bobbing' it would have been impossible to pick out!
Last stop was Hickling, where the elusive target birds - a pair of Garganey - dozed distantly on a grassy island. Nearby a couple of Great Egrets stalked the shallows, while several Red Kites patrolled over the red beds: at least two Water Pipits scuttled around in front of the viewing platform.
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