As soon as we are out of the car we hear & then see our first Cuckoo of the year, we set off to walk down to Joist hide taking the top route for half the way & hear & see Sedge & Reed warbler, then a nice Whitethroat sits up in front of us , it's to dark for a photo.
A few Swallows are sitting on the wire fence & on the visitor centre roof, then we hear Grasshopper warbler reeling & a few Cetti's warbler are calling.
At the hide not to much about but Brian does see a couple of Cranes & the Bittern is booming well.
Off to Choseley in search of Dotterel, a small group soon put us onto the birds a very long way off right over the back of the field but the scope does the trick.Red kite & Wheatear seen as well.
In the area we see many many Yellowhammer & Corn bunting plus flocks of Linnet also a few Red-legged partridge & the place is full of Hares running about all over the place.
Before we head to Titchwell we pay a quick visit to Thornham to see a couple of Ring Ouzel that we pick out very quickly & then it's off to Titchwell.
Spotted redshank gives us all another tick, a nice time spent here without any more ticks but a very
pleasant time spent here meeting some nice people & seeing all the usual bird life that this reserve has to offer.
Over the course of the morning we get to see 3 Barn Owls all showing very well, having only seen 1 so far this year it's a real bonus.
A quick trip to the Lea valley with Jimmy on Friday pays off when we see some Garden warblers & the best view of a Nightingale both of us have ever had plus a lot more in full voice.
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| One of the three Barn Owls |
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| only a couple of birds I could get the camera on today. |
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