Spring is here!

26/4/08 Norfolk Coast - Simeon, James and Connor
We started early by walking Blakeney Point. Plenty of common migrants were straeming over but there were very few grounded ones. 43 Yellow Wagtails, 1 Grey Wagtail, 5 Pied Wagtails, 120+ Linnets, 150+ Swallows, 25+ Sand Martins, 25+ House Martins, 18 Swift, 120+ Sandwich Terns, 1 Arctic Tern, and 3 Tree Pipits went West. Grounded migrants included only 4 Chiffchaffs, 6 Wheatears and 1 White Wagtail. 40+ Whimbrel were going West. 2 Greenshank were on the marsh. A Grasshopper was reeling near the West bank at Cley.
We then went to Acle to try and see the 13 Dotterel that were there. On arrival at about 2:15, we heard that they had flown North at 1 o'clock so we then went to nearby Waxham for the Wryneck. It showed (partially obscured) in the same bush for ages. It was obviously very tired as it never left its perch! Another Grasshopper warbler was reeling nearby. James suddenly spotted a Common Crane above us and I spotted another 2 above that! We managed to get good views of them in the scope but they soon drifted South. On our way back to the car, a Swallow flew over us calling like a Red-Rumped but it disappeared behind the dunes before we could see it through optics!
On our way home we popped in at the Great-Grey Shrike at Heacham which showed very well, but the light was poor, so the only picture I managed to get was a record shot! See Connor's site for much better ones!
We were just about to drop Connor at his house when 5 Dotterel came up on the pager at Choseley! We turned round and raced towards them. On arrival 3 were showing distantly in a field south of the drying barns, but they were lovely adult summer plumaged ones so that made up for it!
A cracking day overall but the only annoying thing was that my scope fell to pieces! (literally - at Waxham)