Nice trip to Suffolk watching Crossbills.

We head to Suffolk today, not really knowing what to look for as we set off, Brian thinks it's a good idea to try to get some photos of Crossbills that have been about in Suffolk for some time, so it's a safe bet that they will be about today.
It's only 7 o'clock & the gates are shut till 9 o'clock, so we head to Lackford Lakes that are not to far away.
It's my first visit here & I really like the place, while here a nice Sparrowhawk soars past over the back of the pool, we think we have a Snow Goose as it stands out from all the other geese with it's white head.
Jimmy picks up on a Water Rail but that's about the highlights while we are here.
So back we go to look for the Crossbills, we park just inside the gates & stay in the car & just wait, inside 1/2 hour we start to see Crossbills flying onto the tops of the trees around the car park.
It's a fair time before they start to drop down into the puddles to drink. Brian & Jimmy are on the right side of the  car for some nice photos, I had got out of the car to walk round to some more water at the back of the car park, as usual I am not in the right place to get the best photo.
We see at least nine Crossbills sitting around the car park with three or four drinking at one time.
The light is not very good for the photos, that,s a shame as they sit really near to us at the top of the trees.

Two Males & one Female drinking

some of the birds waiting to come down for a drink.

Off to Lakenheath now just to fill the day up, we walk down to Joist hide without seeing to much about, we do get to see a couple of Beared Tits fly in & a Marsh Harrier hunts over the back plus a Kingfisher shows briefly, but over all a long walk for not a lot. A new hide has been built that will open near xmas that is to be called Mere hide it is in the middle of the reeds as you walk down to Joist hide it should be  a nice place to see reed birds.