22nd January 2023
Whilst getting ready for lunch a message came through that Robin Chittenden had found an Iceland Gull resting on a frozen part of the Great Broad. Fortunately we didn't have plans for the afternoon so I was able to pop down, where a small group of local birders were in place watching it. The gull had spent much of its time face on, which would have made it difficult to pick out, but whilst I was there it turned side on for a bit and then flew up and round before going for a bathe in a bit of open water, allowing good spread wing views. It was aged as a 3rd-winter bird rather than a full adult. Also on the Great Broad were four Goosander, although when I walked past only three were visible. Iceland Gull was a new patch (and Norwich) bird for me.
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