This afternoon saw my brother and I paying our annual visit to Norfolk in order to spend time with some of their Nightjars. With temperatures remaining on the warm side and the sky all but cloud free it looked fairly promising and we set out feeling more than a little optimistic.
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| Turtle Dove |
Before the Nightjars we popped into Snettisham Coastal Park where the reported Glossy Ibis was the main target. Sadly for us the Ibis did not reveal itself though the trip was far from being a busted flush. While my brother was paying for the parking I heard a Turtle Dove calling and once the ticket was sorted we set out to see if we could find it. After a few minutes we managed to find one of what appeared to be two calling birds, a rare event in today's Turtle Dove starved countryside. Good though distant views were had and I managed to get a few record shots. Away from the dove there were a couple of Sandwich Terns while a trio of Munjacs supplied some mammalian interest.
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| Right time and right place! |
We arrived at the Nightjar spot after a couple of restorative pints in a local pub and settled in for a mosquito blighted wait. A distant male began churring fairly soon after our arrival though it was a few minutes more before my brother picked a flying one out. For the next quarter of an hour we were treated to some decent views which included one perched in a pine tree. Once we'd contented ourselves with those good views we decided it might be best to escape from the annoying assault from those pesky mozzies and head back to the car. Not a great deal else was noted apart from two Woodcocks which my brother picked out
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