Slept quite well in the newly-refurbished room at the White Horse Inn (Brancaster Staithe). Asked for the same room on my return in seven days and that is where I’ll be.
Ventured outside at about 8:00am to rather blustery conditions. After a half hour of checking out the area, I went back inside for breakfast in the conservatory, which was quite nice. Poured some oats with nuts (cashew, pistachio) in my bowl and added cold milk to it. After a few mouthfuls, I realized it was porridge and needed hot milk. Gees, you’d think I would recognize this porridge since we had it virtually every day at Lama Camp (Eagles Nest) and other places we stayed in NE India earlier this year.
Got bundled up, grabbed my bins and scope and headed back outside in search of Twite. The wind was blowing quite hard with gust after gust, which made it tough to use the scope. Most of the birds were hunkered down and doing their best not to get blown away.
Dipped on the Twite, but I will try again when I go back there. Did manage to see several birds, some of which were: Pink-footed Goose, Teal, Oystercatcher, Common Redshank
Since it had started raining, I didn’t feel like fussing with the Coasthopper Bus, so I got a taxi to The Lodge in Old Hunstanton. Well worth it in this crummy weather. Lovely, lovely room called the “Garden Shed” with its own entran from out back. Very modern and comfy. Have to go inside the main building to get free wifi. Bummer. I’ll do that in a bit. Just going to take it easy today since tomorrow is the start of three days guided bird watching with Chris Mills of Norfolk Birding. Can’t wait!!
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