Birds seen in & around the Fisher Fleet:
Collared Dove, Magpie, Mallard, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Curlew
On the drive up to the Point:
Carrion Crow, Blackbird, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Great Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Fieldfare, Starling, Song Thrush.
At the Point, on the marsh, the river & riverbank:
Reed Bunting, Wren, Little Egret, Lapwing, Greylag Goose, Pipit Meadow, Redshank, Cormorant.
On the drive back:
Yellowhammer, Pheasant.
29 species.
I haven't been to the Point in many years, although have been since the previous post, & I wasn't expecting much to change, however I was pleasantly surprised that the area I used to visit as a quiet, almost secret local patch was now part of The Wash National Nature Reserve, complete with visitor signs & proper pathways over the marshes. The birdlife hadn't changed an awful lot, although I will definitely visit again in the summer to see if the sandpipers & terns seen 20 years ago are still present. One new species seen was the Little Egret, now quite common along the North Norfolk coast.
