Quality NOT quantity!

20/12/05 Titchwell RSPB Leaders:Simeon, Matthew, James.
After a very long and tiring day we dropped in at Titchwell for the last hour left of daylight. It took us about 20 minutes to get to the visitor centre from the car park, simply because we just couldn't ignore the adorable faces of those tame Robins on the path begging for a crumb or two. I had only ever hand fed one of these birds, but today I got a second chance. We fed them some crust and got some absolutely fabulous shots of them (see gallery). As usual I was the one with the bird on my hand so I couldn't take a photo of them in close contact with people. I must say, it was a truly amazing when they hovered next to you looking closely at your hand to find the food, and I did get a fabulous picture of one in the bush.
Other birds we saw were 600+ Brent Geese on the first marsh, 40+ Goldeneye, 400+ Common Scoter and 2 Velvet Scoter on the sea. An unidentified Harrier was also seen flying fast over the Salt marsh.
At the end of the day, I would have said that the close encounter with the Robins was my favorite thing on the trip.