Sunday 28th
February fresh NE Sunny intervals 5 to 7C
Another
long push along the beach in search of shorelarks follows an early
morning barn owl. Waders on the beach won't be roosting for long
despite the high tide; dog walkers are on their way.
I meet a
fellow birder, Steven Holloway, at the start of the Burnham Overy
broadwalk. We chat for half hour or so about birds, Norfolk's birding
history and birders old and new and Steven's present unemployment
status.
News of a
possible white stork at Welney WWT reserve has me cycling towards
Hunstanton. The bird has rings that show it has Polish origins. I
need to see it and the adrenaline of a really good bird clicks in. I
try to remember the last time I saw a white stork in Britain. A group
of five in Oxfordshire not too long ago had The Birding Clams heading
that way. We crashed on the motorway though as heavy rain caused the
car to aquaplane.
As I cycle
through Thornham the phone text tells me that the stork has flown
off and I turn around to bird at Titchwell instead.
Bramblings
at the feeders by the cafe, waders on the shore; the birding is
superb in the wonderful clear sunlight and the the day list goes past
seventy.
Common
scoter on the sea, a year tick, and water pipit are the highlights
but then again having a robin come onto my hand to collect some cake
is just as much of a thrill.
The stork
is back at Welney! Plans change and I am off again.
So the
year list is still at 174, nineteen ahead of this time last year.
18.53
Miles 448 elevation up 386 elevation down
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