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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peewit" data-source="post: 3189944" data-attributes="member: 57492">Wednesday 24th December 2014Woke up though the night to the noise of hard rain outside my window.  The window thundered with raindrops all night long.  At dawn the sound of honking geese was heard as the geese passed overhead heading towards their favourite feeding area.  Next morning the sun was shining, and it gave us hope that we would be in for a few birding treats today.I watched the birds out of my window.  The large flock of Jackdaws moved about the tree canpy outside.  They moved about in two’s in a pairing together, and three’s from the trees to the roofs nearby, and the church steeple over and over again repeated their round of discoveryThe regulars such as Blackbirds, Collared Doves, Wood Pigeon, Dunnock, Robins, Starlings moved about in the green dense hedge on the other side of the road from our hotel windowAfter our breakfast, we made our way to Cley today.  We parked the car in the car park, organised our optics, put on our wellington boots on for our walk about.  The visitors centre was closed today.  Everyone was off for the Xmas period ... and rightly so as we all need a break for Xmas time.We planned to go for a walk up one side, over the beach and down the other side.  Lots of Little Egrets, and Redshanks wandered about each individual pool of water.  There was a large community of Wigeon, and many Brent Geese stood grazing the grass in the fields over the area.The wind was freezing, and it was becoming apparent that it was not best day for a long walkabout close to the sea front, as it would be not nice for us.  The reeds rustled in the fields along  the East route.  The land glowed in greens, gold, and rust colours in the bright sunshine.  Wigeon moved about in the waterways in a orderly line.  They followed one another although they where tied together with a bit of string,.  They are very sociable birds by their very nature.Little Egrets seemed to be everywhere we looked.  Their distinctive white feathers could be easily seen from a long way off....not the best protection for them from preditors at the best of times.A couple of Mallard swan together in unison – their green irridescent coloured heads shone in the sunlight.  Our long shadows moved along the walkway in front of us on the East Bank, as we headed towards the shoreline.13. View from our hotel window (The Globe)14. Two Jackdaws in a nearby tree15. Wigeon at Cley16. Wigeon at Cley17. Little Egret and Redshank more to come....</blockquote>

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