A week spent on the North Norfolk coast, away from the office and out of mobile phone reception!
Seven days that saw the last days of summer, with blue skies and hot sun, swiftly followed by the arrival of autumn (think 60mph winds and heavy rain, unfortunately coming in from the west, so putting paid to any chances of more good migrants...).
A Wryneck in the bushes on Holme Dunes was very flighty, perched up on the tree tops before disappearing inland. A fantastic high tide roost of thousands of Knot and Bar-tailed Godwits was harried by a Peregrine and a Hobby. At Titchwell, an evening visit revealed a roost of 40 Little Egrets, two Spoonbills and a couple of fly-past Bitterns. At Cley, a wader-array included some wonderful peach-flushed juvenile Curlew Sandpipers, together with Little Stint, Spotted Redshank and Greenshank. The pinging of Bearded Tits and chuntering Cetti's Warblers. Butterflies enjoying the last days of summer: Red Admirals on windfall pears; Small Heath, Speckled Wood and Small White among the dunes. And plenty of blackberries to snack on along the way.
