Well Cambridgeshire is rather quiet at present so Norfolk is the closest area to me where there should be some birds. So last Friday, (8th), I headed North with one of the main aims, to photograph White-fronted Geese at Holkham.

After a slow journey there due to agricultural traffic blocking the roads, I checked Lady Anne Drive - mostly flooded so nothing showing and then parked in the pull off on the main road to scan the field for Geese. Plenty of Greylags, a couple of Barnacle Geese

and then, right over the far side of the field, a pair of White-fronted Geese. Long distance but I took a few shots with the 2x converter on the 100-500 lens. Just record shots - the distance combined with, surprisingly, haze ruined them but here is one to be going on with.

So the next stop was the harbour at Burnham Overy Staithe. Two pairs of Red-breasted Mergansers were fishing in the channel and with patience, came just about close enough for some shots and then flew off.

With nothing else around, I moved on to Brancaster Staithe with some usuals on show. Grey Plover,

RInged Plover

and feeding in the mud, both species of Godwit, Bar-tailed

and Black-tailed moulting into summer plumage.

So I headed for the main aim of my trip - Titchwell RSPB , taking my usal diversion around Choseley where where the only subjects found were a couple of Red-legged Partridges hunkered down near a hedge out of the wind that was now getting strong.

According to the Titchwell Twitter page, they had fixed the sluice problem and water levels on the fresh marsh were as they should be. Not so but there has been a lot of rain so that was not really surprising. Nothing in front of Island Mere Hide so on to the beach - very windy and difficult to stand up at times but the usual Sanderlings were feeding on the tide line. I can never resist taking a few shots of them.

As it was so windy, there was nothing flying so back to the reserve where most of the birds were sheltering from the wind behind the bunds on the fresh marsh but one drake Shoveler did emerge for some preening.

With the wind still strong, it was time to head for home. I have had worse days!!!