This time Red-footed Falcon at Lakenheath.

Not expecting to get out birding today, I get an early call to say Brian is now going to look once again for the Falcon that we dipped on Saturday.
So not to miss out I join up with both the boy's & head off this time to Lakenheath for another go at locating the bird.
It's a beautiful morning so the walk down to Joist hide was very pleasant with birds singing all the way, we first off all hear a Cuckoo & then get a good view of it in a tree.The Whooper Swan was still on the river so I take the chance to grab a photo of it.

Whooper Swan

Brian thinks he See's a Crane way over the back by the tree's, I never saw it myself. so we sit ourselves down & spend the next 2 hour's just watching for the Falcon to show.
A few Hobbies show first, then we get onto the Red-footed Falcon, it's a fair way off so no photo's but really good views in the scope, it flies around for a long time with many people getting a sight of it.
While we where waiting for the Falcon to show Jimmy picks out a nice Whinchat for another year tick that was 200 up for me this year, the Falcon made it 201 ticks. The Bittern was booming well, but we never saw one today.
Some fellow tells us that the Purple Heron had just dropped into the reeds back up the track at New Fen, so it's off to look for it.

Grass Snake

While we are looking for it we see a Grass Snake swim across in front of us,a really nice thing to see.
The Heron never shows for us, shame that but it never put a dampener on the day, it was great to sit in the sunshine for a chance, off home now before I forget what my wife look's like.