On arrival the coastguards car park was pretty full and around twenty fellow fools were already on site. The wind was moderate but more West than North but it was bitter cold as we huddled around the shelter eventually managing to get in the shelter as the first birders left.
By around eleven the rain started as the wind started to pick up and twist more from the North so we took brief shelter in the Cley visitor centre where coffee and toasted Bacon sandwich helped take the chill out of the bones before we returned for a little more sea watching before heading home.
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| Glaucous Gull at Cley |
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| Glauc! |
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| Juvenile Glaucous Gull |
A juvenile Glaucous Gull flew west down the beach giving the chance of a quick couple of images for the blog as I left out into the rain and wind as it flew by. (I took a bit of a battering)
Great Skua were seen in groups of two, three, seven and then four as well as a few singles and they came very close for a change. Gannets were present in good numbers and Kittiwakes flew west at steady intervals in good numbers and these groups included a good few juveniles.
A couple of Little Gulls plenty of Common Scoter, larger Auks (mostly Guillemot) and the following others........
Great Crested Grebe
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Diver
Bar-tailed Godwit
Dunlin
Oystercatcher
Shoveler
Teal
Shelduck
Mallard
Wigeon
Brent Geese
A flock of c30 Snow Bunting flew back and fourth in front of the shelter during the morning but retreated to cover as the wind picked up at lunchtime.
A decent day but in truth it didn't quite live up to the one I'd thought possible looking at the forecast yesterday.
Year list now 271
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