Brian picked me up just before dawn for an uneventful drive through the snowy countryside, arriving at a frosty Cley at around 8.30. Following a fruitless seawatch (just a seal pup in the surf) a visit to Bishop's Hide revealed that the whole reserve was frozen solid: no waders or waterfowl! We quickly decided to head west to Wells North Point Pools, where the Taiga Bean Goose was immediately viewable with a flock of Greylags. Next stop was Wells Harbour: we paid for a couple of hours parking and walked to the Lifeboat Slip. Almost immediately we were enjoying fabulous views of a Great Northern Diver and a Red-throated Diver, both at close range! A short walk towards the town added a distant Red-necked Grebe out in the channel.
We made the short hop to Lady Anne's Drive where I quickly located two Tundra Bean Geese: frustratingly I failed to find them with the camera!
Back to Cley for coffee before moving eastward to Sheringham. Despite a long search, we failed to locate the Eastern Black Redstart, but added an unexpected Snipe to the day's total - it was sheltering beneath a bench by the sunken garden!
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