Walking on under the tunnel we head along the river & spot Mother & baby Otter having some good fun jumping over each other as they swim with us all the way down to the fallen tree where we stopped to look for the Lesser spot.
A bit of a wait before we hear & then get good views of a pair of Lesser-spotted Woodpeckers,the female lands not to far away from us to give us really good views of it. jimmy & I didn't need it for a tick but always so nice to get the chance to watch this now rare bird.
Sculthorpe Moor next for a chance to see the Redpolls. The visitor centre tells us that there had been no report of them so far, so the boys wanted to head off to Titchwell & try here later but I thought we should give it a try for ourselves, so to save the old man moaning they agree to give it a try.
On arrival at the cabins where the feeders are set up it takes no more than a couple of minutes to pick up a tick when the Mealy Redpoll lands on the feeder along with the not needed Lesser.
It takes a good while before the Coues's drops down into a small pool to make everybody happy.
The reserve was very busy for a week day & we all get another look of the Coues's Arctic Redpoll when it came to the feeders for the first time on the day.
Bullfinch,Brambling also seen while here.
Titchwell now where we see Water Rail as we walk up to the beach.
On the beach we pick out a tick with Great-northern Diver also seen Black throated Diver, Goldeneye, plus Red-throated Diver.
A great days birding with the boys adding another 7 year ticks to take my early year total to 170.
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| Coues's Redpoll |
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| Mealy Redpoll |
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| The Lesser Spot |
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| Again |
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| Together |
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| Lovely the Otters |
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