Little Hadham Birding: Norfolk Day 21.10.22

Day trip to North Norfolk with Rick Stead. Setting off in very misty conditions wasn't the best start but by mid-afternoon the light had improved.

First stop was Wells Woods, but very little about so off to Garden Drove where numerous Goldcrests and finches were found, but no unusual migrants. A check over Warham Greens before we drove east, coffee at Cley and then a walk along the East Bank. Here, the first big hitter of the day, a Long Billed Dowitcher, an American wader. Plenty of other waders about including huge number of Golden Plover at Arnold's Marsh.

Out to sea, gulls, razorbills, gannets and several Red throated divers before back to the car and a long wander to the end of Holkham Pines, almost to Gun Hill for a selection of warblers, all in a single area by the Three Sycamores: Pallas's Warbler, Wood Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Firecrest and many more Goldcrests.

A day when quality outweighed quantity with several additions to the year list.

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