Wiveton Barred & Salthouse Iceland

After a long week waiting for the weekend (& go for the photogenic Barred warbler) to come, it finally arrived and soon as I heard the Barred was still there I drove up to Cley, on the journey between Weybourne and Salthouse, I saw a big flock of c120 Brent Geese in a seaward field. and parked just west of Cley and walked down Leatherpool Lane on Saturday 11th December on the way to Wiveton. I saw Richard (with a very impressive white beard) and a lady and they gave me great directions and where to look for the Barred. By bushes with red/ orange berries opposite a stone pebble wall opposite Barn Cottages and also 30 metres further down the road by a single large spindle tree with orange berries, opposite Barn Cottages. As I arrived with another/ birder photographer a large grey warbler flew out undoubtedly the Warbler. We waited and waited and 40 minutes had elapsed, where we had seen a female Blackcap, 2 Bullfinches (an elusive male and a more obliging female), 2 Fieldfares flew over out heads chackling and into the wood behind us. Plus a skein of 200+ Pink- footed Geese flew west over our heads. Then suddenly the excellent Barred Warbler flew into the bushes spending most of the time at the very top of an ivy clad tree, it showed well. A group of younger birders arrived and 2 further birders one spotted the fine Barred Warbler gobbling down berries by the spindle bush. It then flew into the trees at the back of us, spending a little time in an Oak tree just behind us, sometimes at the very top of the tree and also the Blue Cedar behind. The bird then flew into the original bushes again. before being seen in bushes by the road, it then flew into a berry bush just within the grounds of Wiveton House, where I got my best shots and views of it gobbling down several berries and it posed well here, albeit in poor light. It then disappeared again. Before being sighted again eating berries in the spindle tree opposite. By this time the light detioriorated further at 2pm and I decided to leave despite the arrival of Jim L. At Salthouse, I parked just before the beach and walked onto the beach and it was immediately apparent they were very sadly, tragically 4 dead Seal pups along the beach. Looking furthest west, I could see the distant 1st winter Iceland Gull about to gorge on the pup seal carcus, before a couple walking up to it, disturbed it and the bird subsequently flew west towards Cley Coastguards.