Just Jimmy & myself today as we both need the Savi's Warbler that has been seen at Lakenheath for a few days now, Jimmy needs it for a year tick, & I need it for a life tick.
When we arrive at about 7 o'clock the car park is packed, it's not to bright as we walk down towards the Joist hide, the bird has been seen in the reeds about 70 yds before the hide.
As we walk we hear Grasshopper Warbler singing away & then we hear the Savi's call, hearing the both together makes it easy to tell that the target was near to us.
As we get close some birders already have the bird in their scopes & let us have a quick look at it so we don't miss out, but it stays within a few yds for a good time, so we get good views with our own scopes, as I have already said this is a lifer for me.
As we all hang about three Bitterns fly up over the hide to give great views to all.
Time to search for the Oriole now, Jimmy & a couple of others think they hear it but after a couple of hours we get no sight or any sound of any.
We do see another Bittern & a great view of a Hobby flying low in front of us.
A Grasshopper Warbler sits up & we get really good views of it as well, flying up above the Hobby we pick up a single Red Kite.
Off home now in time for some dinner, a nice morning with another lifer in the bag,but it means we will have to make another visit this week sometime to get a year tick with the Golden Oriole.
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