Monday, 3 March 2008

Heacham North Beach, Norfolk, 02/02/2008

Weather: Bright, freezing cold, breezy, increasingly dusky. From 3pm.

On the shore's edge:
Turnstone, Sanderling, Dunlin, Redshank, Grey Plover.

Flock of feeding Snow Bunting; mixed males & females.

Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover.

Flock of about 20 Curlews flew to South Beach, probably the largest flock I've seen.

A single larger, whiter gull with a dark head & a heavier bill flying towards South Beach identified a Mediterranean Gull.

In the car park:
House Sparrow, Moorhen, Mallard.

17 species.

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