We spent a week in a lovely little cottage in Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast in August 2024. Did a lot of walking, eating & drinking, and a bit of birding. Also took a couple of boat trips out to see the seals on Blakeney Point, a spit created by longshore drift depositing shingle from the east just off this part of the coast. Seal species there: Common, or Harbour, Seal (Phoca vitulina) – the ones with the cat-like, cutesy faces and Grey, or Atlantic, Seal (Halichoerus grypus) – the ones with the more brutish dog-looking heads.