After the stormy weather of yesterday the calmer conditions today produced the hoped for large wildfowl movement. The wildfowl did not disappoint, the star of which was the shelduck. The count (about 6.5hrs) recorded 740 birds moving west into The Wash. The Norfolk record movement for this species is 780 recorded at Sheringham in Oct 1974, and considering the gap in years this makes today's count that more special. Well done to Robert Smith and a team of other observers for stretching the count out in the hope of beating the Sheringham count, it was a valiant effort.
For more details of the days observations and counts see Trektellen
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