Another Rainy Day
Sunday December 1 It began as I walked out to the car, only a small respite before we got to Snettisham - and then increasingly heavy by mid afternoon. Rain. It was lovely to be out and about, despite the apparent lack of any birds, flying or feeding. The roads were devoid of traffic too, although there were srill plenty of parked motorhomes and cars along the clifftop in not-Sunny Hunny. How did we manage to tick off 51 species in half a day of rain? A mystery - and I was there. To add to the negatives, the tide was at its very lowest at Snettisham, I needed my telescope to see the water. The muddy expanse yielded a few Redshanlk, one Grey Plover, about fifteen Dunlin. two Curlew, a few hundred Wigeon, single figures of Teal and a polka dot of Shelduck which reached into the far distance. Even the reserve pit was empty. A few Greylag and a Moorhen was all I could see. If the reported Purple Sandpiper was there, it was hiding. The only geese we saw all the time we were out ,...