Back in Norfolk now, having finished my stint at Portsmouth uni. Straight out birding at the 1st opportunity, obviously.
Monday night, visited Salthouse Heath with dad, in the mist. reasonable amount of activity, with lots of Whitethroats, Yellowhammers, Linnets, Skylarks, etc. No Nightingales sadly, being the obvious target bird. However, a Tawny Owl flying past the car through Taylors Wood on the way home was more than compensation.
Spent Tuesday at Cley. Plenty of good birds here to keep me amused, including 2+ Spotted Redshanks in full black plumage, 4 Curlew Sands, 1 Common Sand, 1 Green Sand, 2 Ruddy Shellduck (worth reporting them, or are they gonna be megas?!) Also 1 male Ruff in black breeding plumage and Bar Tailed Godwits among the many Black Tails. All the commoner waders and wildfowl as well. 1 Redshank took a liking to a post outside of one of the center hides as its calling post. Got some nice pics, and will post them later if I can. Also a Spotted Fly stopped on one of the posts in frond of the hides.
Jason