Titchwell Marsh, A Fabulous Visit

Mrs PB and myself have said about visiting Titchwell for a few years, and so when she said she wanted a few days away after a rough couple of months, I immediately searched Norfolk, and ta-daaaaah... here we are!

From the car park, Mr Blackbird

And Mrs Chaffinch (still a dearth of these down home, so I snap them when I see them!)

After a lovely warm greeting in the Welcome Hut, along the first path, looking at distant geese in the field.... I looked closer... uncropped

And then in the next field, but unfortunately behind the grasses... Mr Munty

High in a willow, a big old bumble bee

And in some reeds, opposite, Chiffchaff

Swimming a bit distant down one of the channels, Little Grebe

And much closer, Bloody Nosed Beetle (I think), trundling along

There were several Marsh Harriers through the day, but all remained fairly distant

And lots of Greylag geese

Note the variable cloud cover, depending on which way you were looking!

A Pochard I think, light not great on it

Willow Warbler?

Don't think I've seen Avocets swimming and feeding before, only ever wading to feed

There were a good few Shelduck about, but I don't think I've seen them so irridescent before

Several more irridescers, Mallard, Shoveler and Teal

Along the path to the big hide, a pair of Pied Wagtails were bobbing about

Unfortunately shooting into the sun, but one of two Black Tailed Godwit (I think)

Next up, a surprise...properly close views of a Snipe. I wondered at first if it was a Jack Snipe, as it seemed much smaller than I thought they were, but head stripe says not.... And then my Sniping was interrupted....

And whilst the Little Egret was making a meal of the fish, the Snipe caught my attention again!

A pair of Grey Plover moved through the pools

And some Redshank probed the soft mud

A small flock of Black Brant geese came to visit

And there was either some Shelduck luvvin, or fightin...not sure which

Another distant Marsh Harrier

In the hide, a Small Tortoiseshell

And outside, Black Brant on the march

Another Redshank in the pools

And one of several Curlew

I saw a small bird flying, the other side of the path, and managed to follow it to it's landing, Reed Bunting

And it then conveniently fluttered to a higher branch

We then headed out over the beach... me slightly reticently after Mondays mishap! So all the beach pics are a bit distant lol

Oystercatcher

Plus Sanderling (I think)

I think there are Turnstone here, plus some others, unidentified

Grey Plover (?) on the wing

Turnstone, between plumages perhaps

An oddity on the beach... any ideas? A bit smaller than a tennis ball

It was time for a cuppa, so we headed back to the welcome centre, passing Black Headed Gull

Curlew

Avocets doing what Avocets should...wade and feed!

When shall we three meet again.... Witchy Avocets doing that swimming malarky again

Chiffbler

The next few are around the feeders, whilst we had a nice cuppa

Chaffinch

High Stepping Moorhen

Probably called a Scarlet Wax Cup, or Babyus Bellius orsomething.... but once you'd spotted one, there were loads!!

Around by the pond dipping bit, Common Toad

And one of 2 Peacock butterflies on the same bit of boardwalk

Another Marsh Harrier being annoyingly far away!

Willow... Pollen? Seeds?

One of the thrushes

And finally, way up high, some Siskins

So, as the title suggested, a fabulous visit.

Thanks to those of you that persevered to the end, and I hope you saw some stuff you like!

As always, ID help and corrections always welcome, and thanks again for reading

Stay Safe All