We arrived at Titchwell and again made straight for the cafe and ordered some lunch, just two bacon rolls for me today. Whilst we waited for our order Steve went on ahead to search for the Northern Harrier. Before too long we joined him, but despite a decent search the bird could not be found, so we walked out to the beach and did a spot of sea-watching. The sea was quieter than yesterday, and we didn't see anything new for the weekend list. The flock of Snow Buntings were again on the beach. We walked back and popped in to Parrinder Hide whilst Steve had another look for the harrier. From the hide we saw an adult Mediterranean Gull and about thirty Twite, including some colour-ringed birds. Leaving the hide we met up with Steve who had eventually connected with the Northern Harrier...result. On the way back to the car we had cracking views of a Water Rail.
Off we headed back to Burnham Overy Staithe and walked north from the road out towards the dunes. We sheltered behind a bank and scanned out over the fields and before long I got on to a large raptor over some trees, a Rough-legged Buzzard and the bird we were after. It showed well for a few minutes and then appeared to land in the trees. Some ten minutes later it left the trees and drifted away from us before landing out of view. Taking this as a good sign to end the day, we walked back to the car and headed back to Wells.
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