A planned sewatch from Holme was aborted in favour of a trip to Cley NWT where good views of the 1st-winter ORTOLAN BUNTING were had as it fed on the path along the east bank alongside 2 Reed Buntings. This was a most welcome British tick for me, especially taking into consideration the greatly increased rarity of this species in the U.K. 2 Curlew Sandpipers were on Arnold's Marsh and 2 Greenshanks and a Spotted Redshank flew over calling. A seawatch from the coastguards (5:05-5:55pm) produced 6 Manx Shearwaters (5 west, 1 east), 4 Black Terns west, 26 Arctic Skuas, 1 Arctic Tern west, 65 Gannets and 32 Fulmars.
