After some deliberation - June is not a top birding month - we arranged to meet Bridget and Aileen at Cley Coastguards car park. Quite a pleasant morning, no rain yet and very little wind at first.
The trudge to North Hide was shorter than I remembered, the shingle sections a foot dragging, knee taxing, pain. Views from the car park of three Spoonbills on Billy's Wash, not easy to see from the path.
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| In Step....... |
North Scrape is rather extensive, a telescope is essential, views through that are not easy on a hazy morning.
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| View from the Swarovski hide |
Many Avocets in view, good to see several well grown young going their usual independent way. At least 40 Black-tailed Godwits, looking beautiful in summer plumage. How many of them are of the Continental race reported on the pager? All? Must investigate.....
Lengthy scanning produced 2 Spotted Redshank, a single Green Sandpiper, one Little Ringed Plover and one Great Ringed, two Little Gulls - an adult and a first summer. A regular passage of Sandwich Terns carried large sand eels to their nests on Blakeney Point.
Facing the wind on the return journey, there was time to admire the flowers on the shingle.
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| Where's the Bird ? |
Mainly Horned Poppy, the long green unripe seed pods which give them their name, arching elegantly forth. Not sure of the name of the small, white, daisy-like flowers carpeting the stones amongst the clumps.
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| A magnificent lone clump |
After a late coffee at the Cley Centre we decided to lunch in Ridlington and watch the birds in the garden. We saw 15 different sorts during the RSPB watch at the weekend - and that didn't include marsh Tit, Jay, G S Woodpecker and Stock Doves which are regular. Pam saw a Turtle Dove take off early this morning, I had one here a week or so ago.
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