A juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper gave good but brief views.
The saltmarsh near Stiffkey had some productive channels on the low tide and an adult Greenshank was feeding with characteristic fervour while pausing occasionally.
Stiffkey Fen was full of birds among which were 27 Spoonbills - the highest count I have had together in this country.
Further along towards Morston a juvenile Peregrine made several unsuccessful attempts to capture a Black-headed Gull.
Following the track out across the saltmarsh at Morston , lines of Dark-bellied Brent Geese came into view along the shoreline of Blakeney Harbour, and out of a channel .... more Spoonbills !
There were other small groups of Brents on saltmarsh pools towards Cley.
Some time on a grey morning watching the sea off the end of the East Bank at Cley was rather quiet with the wind in the SW. A few juvenile Gannets patrolled the coast and small numbers of Brents trickled in off the sea. Phonescoping these was fun !
Pat's Pool at Cley had good numbers of Ruff, both adults and juveniles and some lovely males still retaining white heads.
Several gulls were catching crabs - good to see them eating proper food !
This 3rd W Herring Gull managed to hang on to its prey after a klepto-parasitic attack from a Great Black-backed Gull along the beach at Blakeney Point.
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