Working in the shop this morning and a chap came in to ask if we had any news of the Citrus Finch, I kid you not. Asking if it was a Citril Finch I was told yes probably and that it had been seen at Burnham Market. I extrapolated that to Burnham Overy Dunes as more likely than Burnham Market and made a few calls. Then hearing that Marcus Nash had found the bird it was clear a major rarity was nearby.
For the rest of the day various birders came into the shop to show me their pics of a fine male
Citril Finch which was at the west end of Holkham Pines. This was the second ever British record and the first mainland record for Britain the first having been on Fair Isle. So at 5pm I was off to Lady Anne's Drive and the walk to the dunes. On arrival at the spot, at the west end of the dunes, the bird was showing a way off and the generosity of various people allowing me to use their scopes meant I had some great views.
Given the distance I only managed a few record shots
Back home and things were doing well, with our Tree Sparrows visiting the feeders and our new resident
Red-legged Partridges present
we have found how it gets in and out of the garden, under the watchful eye of our giraffes !
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