I headed up the A11 to Lynford this morning and enjoyed a couple of hours strolling about searching for Crossbill. I saw four groups of Crossbill and counted a total of 47 species which included an odd record of flyover Golden Plover. I was about to do a second circuit when I checked my phone to find the Black-bellied Dipper at Bintree Mill Norfolk had been seen so I decided to jump in the car and do the extra 20 miles for hoping I might connect with it.
On arrival the bird was in view and another birder let me look through his scope for an easy year tick. Over the next two hours the bird would fly under the bridge on a few occasions but remained quite distant although I did manage to get a few images. Eventually the bird flew off but was relocated in front of the mill and again allowed a couple of images at distance. Some of the big lens guys probably got better shots but I was happy to see it. This is my second Norfolk Dipper following the North Walsham bird of 2018. I've also seen Dark-bellied Dipper at Thetford, Suffolk in 2013.
Bintree Mill was a beautiful venue to be looking for a Dipper in Norfolk and gave me my second year tick of the day after the Crossbills. The owner of the mill came out for a chat and invited a few of us onto his land to search for the bird which was good of him. I added just three more birds to the day list which now totalled 50 species.
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Year list now 249
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