10th January and a not-so-early start. My friend was driving to my house near Cambridge from St.Ives and he was rather delayed by a road traffic accident - the usual 35 minute drive took an hour and a half!!

Still off we set arriving at Thornham harbour with the tide out. First on show was the usual Greenshank but still very flighty,

and a couple of Dunlin.

Not much else so we moved on to Brancaster Staithe where the first sighting was a Red-throated Diver snorkeling in the harbour. Not much opportunity for a decent shot as it was always looking upstream.

We then moved on through the usual harbours, finding nothing. Even a drive along Lady Anne Drive at Holkham produced nothing so we made our way back. We then noticed a flock of 100 to 150 Barnacle Geese in a roadside field at Holkham - worth pulling into the layby for a few shots.

Eventually, the whole flock was spooked into a flyby and landed back in the field.

Very convenient.

Retracing our steps, we called into Brancaster Staithe again. The usual subjects on show but a Redshank was busily trying to extract a mussel - different although rather distant for a decent shot.

And that was it for the day.