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| Greenshank |
It was a fine afternoon and Mum and I decided to make a visit to Cley for a couple of hours. With it being autumn, I was curious of how many different migrant birds I would see. Though there weren't anything out of the unusual that's native from the other side of the world on offer, there was still a few interesting birds to see that caught my interest.
There was a contrast between Pat's Pool and Simmond's Scrape with the latter being more emptier of bird life than the former. From Pat's Pool, the scene was mostly dominated by teal, shelducks and lapwing with a handful of wigeon and a few pied wagtail and common redshank scattered across the pool and its small islands. I was surprised to not see any godwits, avocets or ruff or even any marsh harriers, but I did pick out a snipe, green sandpiper and a handsome greenshank with its slightly upturned bill and greenish legs.
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| Migrant Hawkers mating |
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| Spotted Redshank |
Simmond's Scrape, on the other hand, was a bit empty. There weren't as many birds around. The islands and pools here were very bare. Though, I did manage to spot a few more green sandpipers, a meadow pipit, another snipe, rooks and jackdaws, redshanks and the greenshank from Pat's Pool popped over briefly. The main highlight here, though, were a couple of spotted redshanks. One was close enough to show us its white supercilium (a stripe above the eye).
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