Red-necked Phalarope at Bowers Marsh Essex

Just sitting reading the papers when Jimmy calls out do I want to drive to Bowers Marsh for a Red-necked Phalarope, it's only 30 odd miles away so we can do that & be back for lunch.
On arrival the drive down to the car park is an up & down ride with holes all the way down, the underside of the car takes a bit of a bashing & will need to be washed this afternoon.
The walk to the freshwater Lagoon is not to far & we see a few Corn bunting & Skylark on the way, a small group of birders are already on the bird when we arrive so a nice easy tick for us.
Swimming about with the Avocets & the chicks you can see just how small a bird this in contrast to the babies.
We spend about an hour watching the target bird being chased back & forth by nearly every other bird on the water but it just dropped down a bit further away & was not to bothered by it all.
So a nice year tick for both of us, home now for some Sunday roast.

To far for the camera but a record shot.
Red-necked Phalarope

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