Nocturnal Herons in Daylight and More Rare Breeding Birds

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Nocturnal Herons in Daylight and More Rare Breeding Birds




We arrived at Cley-next-to-the-sea at 1:10pm in hopes of seeing a reported Night Heron, a scarce bird in the UK. It was reported at 11:50am so the chances of seeing it were high. We parked in Small Car Park (location pinned); went up some stairs and stopped in front of the first pond to view East Bank, where the bird was. There was a crowd of people and they said the bird was showing, but it was hard to see and that I had to wait for the reeds to blow to view it. When Phil, one of the twitchers, let me look through his scope, a gust of wind moved the reeds and I thought I saw a grey hump show. Then, after looking harder, I saw it surprisingly well. It was a side-on view and its face showed quite well. This elusive species was ironically one of the easiest birds to connect to on our Norfolk trip! We then made our way to Weeting Heath NWT and arrived there at 2:35pm. We got some info on where the nest was and went over to West Hide. When we arrived, we almost immediately saw our target bird. It was a Stone Curlew! It stood up almost directly beneath the camera. We then went back to get the scope and saw it sitting behind the camera! We enjoyed it for a bit and then went to RSPB Lakenheath Fen where we went to Joist Fen Viewpoint to see Cranes. Unfortunately, we dipped the cranes, but four lifers (with 3/4 not even meant to be in the UK) made it an epic day! 




Location: A149, Holt NR25 7SA, UK

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