It’s wouldn’t be my choice for a spring break. Far too close to Cantley beet factory for me; but four Glossy Ibis thought the flood meadows there had the edge on the marshes of southern Spain.
There has been a ritual played out each March over the last few years for Spanish Glossy Ibis (or should that be Ibis’s, or maybe even Ibi) to move north into the UK. From Kent to Northumberland parties of these overgrown Curlews have been on tour. The four birds shifting around the Yare Valley made temporary home on a flooded field on Saturday. Very jumpy indeed they would not tolerate close approach and given the gloomy skies laden with rain during the morning photography was difficult … but we managed a few shots.
One individual was sporting Vardic jewellery.
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Letter From Norfolk 
or Ibises even.
ibides if want to be posh
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ibides
As ever Tim you are an island of knowledge in a sea of uncertainty! – I hope you are keeping well and are looking forward to a great spring migration.
Strangely captivating birds, Sally
They are just that Sally. They always look to be as if they were put together by a committee. You know the sort of thing I mean; they start of trying to design a racehorse and they end up with a Camel. ;0)