It's been over a year since I last visited Norfolk. Finally, after thirteen months we made our first trip to Norfolk today. The day started with a brief stop at Hunstanton where the expected Fulmars showed almost immediately. Then it was on to Titchwell, where we planned to spend the majority of our day birding. We walked to the viewing screen overlooking Patsy's Pool where a scan for a Jack Snipe was interrupted by a reeling Grasshopper Warbler close by. We walked the track alongside the pool and found the gropper perched at the top of a bush in full song.
We returned to the viewing screen and soon found a Green Sandpiper feeding alongside a Common Sandpiper. Another birder managed to locate the Jack Snipe only metres from the viewing screen, and with a few directions, we were all watching it soon afterwards.
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On the walk to the beach, another two Grasshopper Warblers were heard reeling and Brian added a Bearded Tit to his year list, several flocks of Brent Geese were a surprise but a welcome addition to my own list. The conditions at the beach were challenging, to say the least, but I added Knot and Gannet to my yearly total.
We stopped at Choseley and dad found a single Whimbrel and several Yellowhammers were seen around the bottom of the Pheasant feeders positioned along the edge of the fields.
A final stop at Lynford produced a Marsh Tit for Brians year list and a well overdue Coal Tit for my own. On the return walk, I heard a Firecrest singing in the ivy-clad trees and Brian managed decent views of it. At the feeding station another Firecrest was seen and this time it lingered long enough for all of us to get superb views.
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