Yes-
The first migrant welly wearer arrived a day late for the Kentish Plover I bumped into on the Norfolk coast- and had to be content with a roosting LEO and a Black Necked Grebe
The next wave ( of 3 ) arrived in time for Slavonian Grebe, Snow Buntings, Scaup and Bearded Tits .
An almost full cast of 6 ( Mrs S had a previous engagement of a musical kind) assembled by the afternoon of day three - Red Throated Diver, Long Billed Dowitcher, Velvet Scoter and SEO: By dark one had moved on westwards.
We were 6 on day four and moved eastwards slowly- Peregrine, Scaup, Jack Snipe, another Black Necked Grebe, more Snow Buntings,
On day 5 we found Goosander, Whooper Swans, LEO, SEO, Cranes ,Cattle Egrets and Tree Sparrows-
The list reached 117- with no Mistle Thrush!
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Thats a very nice list of species S, what a rewarding few days you had with your buddies with 117 (never mind the Mistle Thrush ! ); goes to show what's out there if only some of us had the skills you have to locate and ID these amazing sightings. Always lovely to hear what variety there is to be found out there so thanks for posting. I hope I see Snow Buntings and Short-eared Owls this winter and Waxwings wouldn't be bad ! There seems to be a lot more Cattle Egrets this year; 10 were seen together at Leighton Moss although I only caught up with 3 of them.
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Regards, Hazel
Hi S, great to hear from you again, what a fantastic count you had on your trip, glad you had a good time.
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