On my return to Norfolk the kind offer of a lift from Simeon and James tempted me out to Cley NWT, where the BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER showed fairly well although quite distantly on north scrape from north hide, only my third in the U.K. (following singles at Wicken Fen, Cambs and Snettisham RSPB), although I would happily have swapped it for the White-winged Black Tern that has just come up on the pager - another British tick (and another tern) I'm going to miss (I leave for Poland tommorow morning)!
A Wood Sandpiper and 2 Spotted Redshanks were also noted on north scrape. After the essential stop for cake and fizzy drinks in the visitor centre 9 Spoonbills showed fairly well in flight and on the deck on Pat's Pool.
On the way home a stop on the north coast produced a surprise in the form of 2 singing Quails.
Dad trundled around in the evening and managed to get a nice Spoonbill action shot.
