Last Minute Norfolk Trip

Over the past couple of weeks I have spent many hours in the field birding locally within an 8 to 10 mile radius of my house.  Despite my attempts, the birding locally has been extremely slow with the best birds being Grey Wagtails, Yellow Wagtails, Little Owls and a single Hobby.  What with the lack of anything interesting round here, a busy time at work and a hectic home life recently, myself and my birder's wife decided to go off to Norfolk for one night to get away from it all.

Spectacled Warbler

So, Sunday morning we left at 6:45am and headed for Burnham Overy to twitch the long staying Spectacled Warbler, which for both us was a new UK tick but not a new World tick.  It performed for a couple of minutes singing, just enough for me to obtain a couple of record shots.  We then spent the rest of the day relaxing round the local area including a late afternoon visit to Titchwell.  The local area gave us 3 Barn Owls, 2 Little Terns, 1 Marsh Harrier, Yellowhammers, Linnets, 1 Grey Partridge and several Red Legged Partridge.  Titchwell was relatively quiet but gave great views of Cettis Warblers, Reed and Sedge Warblers, a family group of Bearded Tits, 2 Spotted Redshanks in breeding plumage, 1 Little Gull, Black Tailed Godwits, Avocets and a raft of Common Scoter on the sea.

Barn Owl

Barn Swallow