During the morning I took a trip to Titchwell RSPB to help with the official opening of the Island hide. However, this also meant a good few hours birding, which was surprisingly productive. 5 Spoonbills and 2 moulting adult Curlew Sandpipers were on the freshmarsh, along with 8 Greenshanks, 3 Spotted Redshanks, 5 Little-ringed Plovers, a Common Sandpiper and a Yellow Wagtail. The biggest surprise of the morning was a superb Common Crane that flew in from the north, circled over the freshmarsh and drifted east and I later found out that it had been seen over the beach as well, perhaps surprsingly the first one I can remember seeing at Titchwell.
