Rather pleasent drive around North Norfolk today with birding chum produced some nice sightings, stopped off at Saxlingham to view the rather distant Snow Goose feeding with the Pinks etc ..one or two Barnies were supposedly present among the flock but we didn't manage to pick any out ..it was bluddy freezin up on that hill!!
A brief stop at the edgefield tip to view the gulls, the stinking fumes had us both wretching after 2 minutes so we left for Wells Harbour where we saw among others..
Golden Eye 5
Red Breasted Merganser (1 male)
Med Gulls 2
Later we walked out on the beach to watch a group of a dozen or so Common Seals putting on a show for families and walkers by, some of which went home very happy after procuring excellent close views through our spotting scopes ..free of charge of course
Later had views of five different Barn Owls, two while driving through the Egmere? area (one of which was being watched by a possible Nigel Blake? from the roadside verge!) plus another three together hunting on the Sculthorpe Moor reserve. We looked briefly but didn't get lucky with the Willows.
Last sighting was a Woodcock seen from the car while stuck in traffic along Sweetbria Marsh near Norwich!!
Matt