I had planned to kick start the 2022 year list in Norfolk on 1st January but a family hospital visit made me put that plan on hold so I picked up a few garden ticks on the 1st and made the trip to Norfolk on 2nd instead.
We picked out four Bewick Swans on the way up at Southerly and then the real birding started at Titchwell where the best birds included Great Egret, Great Northern Diver and Water Pipit along with the usual high wader count.
We moved on to Holkham stopping briefly to tick the Cattle Egret at Wells before giving the Holkham estate a few quid for parking. We walked out and found four Shorelarks in the roped off area and a flock of over fifty Snow Buntings. A quick sea watch gave views of Velvet and Common Scoter but we failed to find the reported Red-necked Grebe.
News broke of a Todds Canada goose at Brancaster Staithe so we headed off in that direction on our journey home. I saw the Todds twice for my second Norfolk tick of this sub species but failed to find the reported Tundra Geese amongst the hundreds of Pinks. There was an orange legged Pinky that was giving a few issues to some.
The year list sits at 87 with a Pied Wagtail picked up at the supermarket yesterday but needs a good push over the next few days for sure.
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| Pink-footed Geese at Holkham |
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| Sanderling at Holkham |
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| Sanderling |
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| Sanderling |
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| Snow Buntings |
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| Turnstone at Titchwell |
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| Wigeon at Holkham |
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