The wind had dropped, so an early-ish, start to beat the weekend crowds to Holkham. As we drove into Lady Anne's Drive a good view of a Barn Owl which was nice, before arriving to park - £13.50 for over 4 hours - not quite so nice! Anyway, straight out onto the beach and some good views of the well camouflaged Shore Larks, before walking along a practically empty beach. There was a huge slick of Common Scoter off shore, that you could see with the naked eye; apparently there were over 2000 of them with six Velvet Scoter and two Red-necked Grebes among them. Funnily enough we didn't spot the Velvets or Grebes! We then continued along the beach before returning through the woods and the newly built Joe Jordan (a voluntary warden on Stiffkey Marsh) hide. What a superb hide it is too. Built high up it gives good views across the marsh. We had splendid views of Spoonbills and The Merlin app picked up the call of a Firecrest: apparently this is a good area for them....sadly, we didn't see it to confirm this.
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| A vast expanse of beach.... |
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| Shore Larks. |
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| 2000+ Common Scoter. |
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| Lichen Heath. |
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| Spoonbills. |
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| ..and landing... |
After Holkham, we popped in on Titchwell on the way back, where the sun came out...and we had good views of Little Gull and Mediterranean Gulls.
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| Golden plover and Lapwing in the sun. |
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| Avocets. |
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| Sunshine! |
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