A day walking and birding with Belinda around a few spots in the Broads.
We started with a quick pop in to Ormesby Broad where the female Red-breasted Merganser of the last couple of days was seen quickly and with a little patience it came quite close. It was good to meet the Fergusons there for a catch up. A drake Goldeneye there was the only other item of interest. Nearby near Martham 36 Egyptian Geese and 9 Stock Doves shared the same field.
Then it was on to Horsey as Belinda wanted a walk and to see the seals. Following a walk along the Nelson’s Head track we, not unsurprisingly, found plenty of Grey Seals plus 12 Sanderling and a couple of Great Black-backed Gulls. Then, while having lunch on the rocks a strikingly pale-headed Common Gull flew past offshore that had men scrambling for my camera. The resultant pic is below - a reasonable candidate for a ‘heinei’ bird but maybe not quite one or the other.
We finished the day with a couple of hours at St Benet’s Abbey which proved very entertaining with 8 Cattle Egrets near the carpark, 2 Short-eared Owls and 2 Barn Owls hunting plus 8 Whooper Swans, Great White Egret and a distant ringtail Hen Harrier. 6 Chinese Water Deer and a Red Fox were also seen out on the marshes.
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