Unfortunately on Friday and Saturday morning I spent much of the day in a bank, because of the incompetence of others... Having tied up the meetings at long last, the plan was to head to Cromer for the Bonelli's Warbler, a potential British tick. However, a call about an 'interesting' bird at Holme had my heading there first. By the time I'd got there the bird had turned distinctly uninteresting and as an added bonus I narrowly missed the newly-discovered Wryneck and only got brief views of the very elusive juvenile RED-BACKED SHRIKE in flight... Typically, news came through that the Bonelli's was showing. After a trundle round there, via a more obliging juvenile RED-BACKED SHRIKE at Walsey Hills NOA, I arrived at Warren Wood in the pouring rain. After several hours searching there was no sign of the Bonelli's Warbler, but as a compensation I did get quite good views of the elusive GREENISH WARBLER on a couple of occasions, my first since the 'invasion'. After a slightly frustrating but nonetheless enjoyable day, the journey home was punctuated by good views of the escaped Burrowing Owl at East Runton.
