Had a good night’s sleep at the Pheasant Hotel in Kelling. Bed was very clean and comfortable. Took forever for water to get hot. When I switched over from bath faucet to hand-held shower device, the water came out cold. Very strange, so opted for a bath. Excellent choice.
Saw a few nice birds from my window and on the hotel grounds: Goldcrest, Long-tailed, Coal, and Great Tit, European Robin.
Met the guys downstairs for breakfast at 8:00am. Opted out of the sausages and bacon. Soon afterwards, we were on our way to Salthouse for some sea watching. It was extremely cold and windy, about 40 degrees with wind gusts of 23 mph. Highlights were Guillemot, Northern Gannet and Red-throated Diver. Then on to Cley Marshes East Bank where we had Marsh Harrier, Wigeon, Linnet, Pink-footed and Brent Geese.
We headed down the road to Holkham, then walked to the beach for some sea watching. Yipes…it was freezing!! We stayed for several hours and had decent views of Common and Velvet Scoter, Great Crested Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser. We dipped on Shore Lark (Horned Lark) and Snow Bunting. I should hopefully have a few more chances at the bunting.
Gotta pack. We're going to do a bit of birding in the morning before the guys have to drive back home. Purple Sandpiper (seen in Sheringham) is on the agenda tomorrow, which would be a lifer for me and Colin.
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