At long last time away from home. Friday we headed to Covenham Res. to see the Buff Breasted Sandpiper which had been seen over the prevoius two days. Not reported when we arrived and not seen when we were there. Not a good start to the weekend, it would have been a lifer. Anyway we headed down to Norfolk and Hunstanton to a Bed and Breakfast we had booked previously, Rose-fitt House this was our digs for the weekend. Saturday we headed off to Titchwell, got to be my favourite place. It surely delivered with out fail with such birds as Whikered Tern (a British first for me),

 

Pectoral Sandpiper and such supporting cast as Bearded Tit, Little Egrets, Cettis Warblers, Golden Plovers and Lapwings. Ducks included Shover, Pintail, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard and Shelduck. A brief look on the sea produced hundreds of Common Scoter with a few Red Throated Divers knocking about. After a brief stop off at the cafe for tea and cake we decided to move onto Holkham Pines to see the geese arriving. We walked down on to the reserve and on to the first hide to see Marsh Harriers, Yellow Browed Warbler and Firecrest. We did see the geese coming in hundreds of Pink Footed Geese filling the sky amazing sight and noisy with a few Egyptian Geese thrown in. A great ending to a good days birding. No pictures taken this time round it was intended to be a bird watching day without the stress and frustration of taking photos, it worked.