Strumpshaw Fen

As part of my tour of Norfolk I visited Strumphaw Fen close to the Norfolk Broads today. (fantastically sunny day). Birds spotted included a Kingfisher, Heron, Black Swan, too many Black Headed Gulls, one Great Crested Grebe on the River Yare which runs alongside the Marsh,  Egyptian Geese, Common Terns, about a dozen sightings of Marsh Harriers, a Bittern, and two Hobbies. The hides visited were the reception hide (Kingfisher, Black Swan, Hobby, Marsh Harrier.), Fen Hide (Bittern, Hobby, Marsh Harriers) and the Tower Hide (Marsh Harriers and Terns.)

Other birds included:

Mallards,Shovelers, Greylag Geese, Coots, Moorhens,Shelducks, Mute Swans, Little Egrets, Gadwall,