On Wednesday, with the weather forecast being sunny all day, it was time for a day out again. With the local birding scene being pretty dismal at present, and not wanting a long drive (signs of aging?), I headed for West Norfolk again.

First stop was Thornham but after a couple of hours looking around, the only decent shot was a Shelduck in flight.

Sunny it was but a bitter Northerly wind, although not strong, was enough to give a fake watches noticeable wind chill.

Moving on to Burnham Overy, there was also little around except for a Black-tailed Godwit showing signs of breeding plumage.

Then back to Titchwell RSPB - rather earlier in the day than I would normally go but I was hoping that the water levels on the freshmarsh were lower than the last time allowing some waders near the hide - a forlorn hope, of course. So I carried on to the beach with the tide out - usually better for the birds, I find.

On the way, a pair of Pintails were feeding close in.

On the beach, there were the usual - a Grey Plover was successfully feeding.

and a Ringed Plover, my first of the year, put in a distant appearance.

Retracing my steps - well you cannot do anything else at Titchwell - the brackish marsh produced some flying Avocet

and some Shoveler close in and very attractive in the evening sun.

A lone Bar-tailed Godwit was feeding at full stretch.

On the freshmarsh, Brent Geese were noisily coming in in some numbers - probably a couple of hundred in the end, and giving close views.

After eight hours continuously in the field, I was tiring rapidly - home time.

More images in the Recent Additions section.

- and now back to editing some more Eagle images!!!