I spent my birthday this year at Snettisham in Norfolk – the first time I’ve seen the wader spectacle that takes place a few times each year when there’s a particularly high tide. The birds are forced off the shore as the incoming tide covers the mud, and fly over the beach to lagoons behind, where they wait it out until the tide starts to recede again. Conditions were perfect - clear early morning light, sunny and warm, with little breeze...
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... and by the time we arrived, at around 7.30 am, birds were gathering in their thousands...
Later, closer views of the birds were possible from hides overlooking the lagoons...
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Definitely a day to remember.
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