Birding with Sue

Monday January 10
I didn't want to walk in the strong cold wind (infected gum problem) so we started with Snettisham. It was Sue's first birding of the year and the Wash always comes up trumps with waders and ducks.
Three Red-breasted Mergansers off Hunstanton and another from the NOA hide at Holme. The Whooper is still amongst the Mutes at Titchwell but, again, no birds at all at Choseley.
After a quick lunch at Brancaster Staithe, we'd driven as far as the layby overlooking Burnham Marsh, seeing a distant Roughie, before a pager message alerted us to a Ross's seen one and a half miles inland of Brancaster.
More peering through hedges at hundreds of Pinks before seeing the big white Ross's Goose blob before it took off. This flock was very mobile, groups constantly leaving and others flying in.
Next stop, a field between Holt and Salthouse Heath for a second Ross's which again flew off almost as soon as we'd arrived. Nothing to do with us though.....
More hedges, no openings, I hate them ! There was one gateway but that was occupied.  I also found a leucistic Pink but didn't use my scope in difficult viewing conditions so missed the Barnacles and a single White-front, despite patient scanning. If the parked car had gone I would have scoped them but it was getting very dark and Sue needed to get home.