First up we get a Reed Warbler I needed one so a good start for me, a quick look in the Kingfisher hide in the hope of getting a photo of these colourful little birds, but it turns out to be rather stuffy inside with quite a lot of people & in the short time that we where inside no birds appear.
So on to the next hide where we spot a beautiful Hobby just sitting on a small mound that gives us a great scope view & it stays there for a long time so another year tick for both of us.
On now the aim is to find a Garden Warbler for a tick, but it turns out not to be today, but we both pick up a Grasshopper Warbler that gives us a tick so not to bad.
A nice little walk around the reserve on a warm day, we get to meet some nice people & 3 ticks as well.
Late Thursday afternoon we head once more over to K G Reservoir in the hope of seeing a few Terns,as it turns out it's very quite Tern wise & we don't intend to walk very far around today.
There are many Sand martin flying around & we scan them in the hope of seeing a House martin amongst them & after a little while we find a single bird to give us both a year tick.
As we stand scanning the water Jimmy hears Lesser Whitethroat from the bushes behind us, that's good for me as I am still needing one for another tick, I was the only one that never heard or saw one at Landguard at the weekend.
Two Common Sandpiper are walking about on the waters edge & 2 Egyptian Geese glide down onto the river, back on the Bank 2 Wheatear give us a good show.
A few Terns fly about now but turn out to be Common Tern that we don't need for a tick but still nice to watch. 191 ticks up to now about the same as last year up till April.
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