My turn to drive: we headed north to Cley, arriving before 8.00am. A brief visit to Bishop's revealed absolutely nothing to set the pulses racing, so we carried on to the East Bank. With help from a couple of friendly locals, we managed to pick out the long-staying Grey Phalarope on Pope's Marsh, whizzing around among the Shovelers. A walk out to the sea gave us just a fly-by Kittiwake, so we returned to Bishop's, where Jacquie B and her crew were happy to point out a very close Water Pipit. After a bit of a wait, we added an unusually-marked Whinchat to the day list, as well as Water Rail and numerous Godwits.
Next stop was the visitors' centre for tea and scones, before walking out to the Centre Hides. A distant Spotted Redshank and a handsome Buzzard were about the best of it, so we returned to the car, driving along to Salthouse Duck Pond, where we enjoyed close views of a drake Pintail at two metres range!
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