Red Neck Grebe

Red-necked Grebe
Red-necked Grebe

Still a bit windy so we parked at Titchwell and got the excellent Coasthopper bus back to Burnham Deepdale.  Walked along the coastal path past Brancaster and then out to the beach to try to walk along to Titchwell. Unfortunately the thin blue line on the OS was not the wadeable stream we had hoped for but a rather wide, deep inlet.  So we went back round the headland and picnicked overlooking the marshes – Marsh Harriers & skylarks to watch.  Then walked inland towards Gypsy Lane and spotted a strange looking bird in a pool.  Some confusion as to what it might be so we headed back to Titchwell and went through the bird book till we found the fella, a red necked grebe, and checked with Titchwell RSPB folks if they were seen in the area.  They are but are fairly rare so we tipped off RBA and for the next few days were rewarded by reports of the grebe still being where we had spotted it.  Always nice to share!  Went around Titchwell and saw pintail, red crested pochard, ruff, common scooters on the sea and sanderlings on the beach.