Late October 2021
Having met up with Adam in North Walsham we wended our way towards the coast, getting good views of Red Kited, Buzzards and Kestrels as we travelled through the villages. Our first stop was at a woodland near Saxthorpe where we had a look for some fungi, before heading to Cley. Having barely visited the coast this year there were a few common year ticks seen on Arnold's Marsh or the sea, including Dunlin, Grey Plover, Guillemot and Red-throated Diver, but the highlight was sitting on the shingle ridge as a flock of Snow Bunting flew low over our heads.
On our way back we stopped off at Adam's patch at Paston cliffs. The rather unexpected highlight here was a selection of different ichneumons, some found on the turf and others on Hogweed flowers. These included Amblyteles armatorius, Ichneumon sarcitorius and Stenichneumon culpator. A flock of around 120 Golden Plover were in in the middle of a nearby field and we heard Pink-footed Geese in the distance as we hurried back to the car to avoid a heavy downpour.
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