As usual on my way back to France, I spent a bit of time with my good friend David Darrell-Lambert doing some birding around London. Due to train issues, I did not reach London until midday, but our plan for the afternoon was to drive the two-and-a-half hours north to the north Norfolk coast to the small village of Waxham. Here a Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull had been seen on the beach, and, given the scarcity of both species, and David fancying the trip, we made this our destination.
It was already late afternoon when we arrived so we had only a limited timeframe to find the birds. Fortunately the directions we had were absolutely spot on, and we found the Glaucous Gull reasonably quickly as it fed on the beach. The Iceland Gull was a little further, but again, once we were in the right area we were able to find it without too much hassle. There were a lot of large gulls to filter through, but both of the white-winged species were quite conspicuous. Sadly they were not approachable at all, and we never managed to get close to them.
In addition to the gulls, we had fantastic time with the areas many seals. We counted hundreds of Grey Seals hauled out on the beach right next to us, as well as a few pups. I scoured through the animals for Common Seals, and eventually spotted one in the water just before we left. On the birding front, there were a couple of other nice species; Common Scoter, Rock Pipit and a Turnstone being the best of the rest.
-Glaucous Gull
-Iceland Gull
-Common Seal
-Grey Seal
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