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It's a bit silly to go to the north Norfolk coast on a Bank Holiday weekend and then moan because there are lots of people about...
Anyway...
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Will Bowell and David Roche had counted 24 species of wader on the lagoons and beach, which I think would have been...
- Dunlin
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Lapwing
- Golden Plover
- Grey Plover
- Sanderling
- Temminck's Stint
- Little Stint
- Redshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Curlew
- Snipe
- Green Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Oystercatcher
- Avocet
- Ringed Plover
- Turnstone
- Greenshank
- Ruff
- Knot?
- Wood Sandpiper?
Lunch was had at The Chequers Inn, Binham, and was very good. I can recommend the steak and ale pie. Am I getting middle-aged?
Nearly forgot to mention that I had a Titchwell tick - a small boy having his bum wiped by his mother, on the main path to the beach, fully exposed to the cold north-westerly wind. Poor sod. No wonder he didn't look very happy. Is there anything people won't do on nature reserves? It seems not...
digiscoped photos taken with Nikon Coolpix 995 + Leica Apo Televid 77 with 20x eyepiece