With an apparent arrival of birds further along the coast in the north-easterlies and drizzle, the day was spent thoroughly checking the patch from Sidestrand along to Beeston Bump but unfortunately passerine action was distinctly lacking.
There were however a couple of highlights during the day with my first Little Egret on the patch this year, with one flying high west over Cromer golf course, and a Mole which was watched scurrying around on the coastal path in happy valley, and which I pointed out to a number of passing tourists, some of which had never seen one before.
After shielding it from a few dogs, I helped it back into the undergrowth so it could find cover and some ground more suitable for burrowing than the hard path it had chosen.
