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Sunday 6 June 2010

Lesser Flamingo past Overstrand!

With the news that a Lesser Flamingo had been seen heading east past Sheringham, I hot-footed it to the seafront at Overstrand to hopefully pick it up passing, and almost immediately located it distantly to the west coming along above the horizon.
It slowly headed east, never coming closer than the horizon, gaining height as it progressed and I eventually lost it as it disappeared off to the east into the low cloud, maybe heading for the continent rather than hugging the coast and heading off to the south. It'll be interesting to see if it is reported elsewhere either before or after this sighting.

The rest of the day was spent at an open day at Bawburgh Lakes on the west side of Norwich where there were very good numbers of Banded Demoiselles present, plus a few Red-eyed Damselflies amongst the more commoner damsels.