burnham overy staithe

Nearing the end of that little walk and I saw only the second gull species. There must be something interesting in that water! Sorry... been out, hope to catch up with you all now.

We found another Little Egret, who was hunting further back towards the car, in the drainage ditch side of the path. This can't have been the one that flew off, so there were two of them; neither of which we had seen on the way out. .... I mean.... how can you miss two big white blobs?

There had been one of these over near the Brent Geese, but fortunately two of them were much closer at the bottom of the bank, so didn't have to do so much cropping with this shot. I didn't realise until I cropped this for editing, that he'd got himself a juicy worm... I thought it was a...

Strange really... there didn't seem to be a whole ton of birds with a quick look around, but take your time and they started to reveal themselves. We spotted this group having a wash in the main channel running through the salt marsh. Bit distant, so a heavy crop.

I can't believe how many species we saw on the way back, that we hadn't seen going out. This Shoveler was in the fresh water ditch that we were now looking down into. We did see some more a few days later, but I don't remember another male in breeding plumage.

This one took me completely by surprise, as I'd not seen one at all up to this time (the only other one I saw was later in the week at Sculthorpe!). Not the best of pictures, sorry, I just wasn't ready for it. I'll get the hang of flight shots one day. We don't get these guys in Scotland... or...

Aren't they beautiful in summer plumage, that's a real treat for me to see.

Another lovely Shelduck, on the salt marsh this time, but can you see his companion? I have absolutely no recollection of seeing him at the time so haven't a clue what it is now. Can't believe it's a Grey Plover, but my little brain can't get beyond that!

Looking over the salt marsh now and this gull doesn't seem that enamoured of the sticky mud all around him, does he. But he was obviously posing wanting his picture taken LOL.

While I was still looking at the Dabchick, a gentleman asked if we'd seen the Egyptian Geese and pointed out a blob way over in the middle of the field. So this is a really big crop.

.... or Dabchick as a lot of us like to call them! This Little Grebe was swimming along the ditch, but the blooking grass kept getting in the way, spoiling the pictures. Around this time we managed to clamber up the bank and I got this image without the grass... well one stalk seems to be...

Moved on a bit and we could see over the fields (all part of the Holkham Nature Reserve). We spotted these three geese there.... but can you spot their friend too?

I made a right mess of a lot of the pictures on that walk, thanks to the wind. I was being buffeted as was the grass and branches. When I clicked on a bird, either it would get blown out of the frame, or some grass would blow across in front of the lens!! Fortunately I got better chances with...

This was the mother of the two ducklings I showed you yesterday.... think she was taking a rest LOL. It looks like the sun came out for a few minutes judging by this picture.

It was so windy we decided to walk along the track below the bank where there's a fresh water ditch. We were still heading into the wind, but a tiny bit sheltered down there. We found a Mallard and two ducklings, one of them looks so much older than the other. Stupidly, I've just realised that...

After our coffee break at Brancaster, we moved along to the next village. Even though it was bank holiday, we were able to park right down on the beach. I suppose it was the wind that was keeping people away. Tide was still out. This was a place I remember visiting on my previous Norfolk trip...

Continuing my "three of a kind" series from Norfolk, today's theme is Norfolk landscapes. This shot is the harbour at Burnham Overy Staithe. There is a bird or two in shot, even an owl if you look closely enough.