Good places for bird photography are becoming very hard to find at present. The lack of rain in the East is showing with dry pools and a severe lack of birds so, within a reasonable driving distance, the only place to go has been Norfolk - again - so Thusday 18th September and I was heading in that direction.

The first place to turn up anything remotely interesting was Brancaster Staithe harbour where a couple of Bar-tailed Godwits were feeding in the mud.

I had intended to spend the afternoon at RSPB Snettisham but these days, I need a pass for the close car park and I was not able to get one via the usual channels so instead I called in at Titchwell where the pass was provided there and then. So off to Snettisham.

Loads of Little Egrets - I stopped counting at 40

and 17 Spoonbills asleep on the island

With accompanying noise, well over 150 Greylag Geeses flew in to roost

and that was about it on the scrapes.

High tide was scheduled for around 17.00 but it was not high enough to provide the swirling flocks of waders so that was a disappointment as my aim was to photograph them against the setting sun but at least I did find a basking Common Seal that was very co-operative.

But that was it for the day. Better luck next time - again!!!