So we drive 80 miles or so to Rye in East sussex, the target a Kentish Plover that has been seen here since the 25th March.
The trip down was looking good until about 10 miles from Rye it started to snow, the road became really white in no time at all.
We arrive & park in Harbour road, then walk down to Lime Kiln cottage & start to scan over the scrape where the Plover had been reported.
We spot many Ringed Plover, Redshank, Dunlin, Avocet, Shellduck, Lapwing, but no target bird.
So with the cold getting to us we decide to walk round to the Ternery pool hide to look for a Med Gull.
It's a long walk round but it did get the blood flowing again.
The pool is alive with hundreds of Oystercatcher, also the same number of Sandwich Terns, Jimmy soon gets on to a couple of Med Gulls over the back of the pool, it's another year tick for both of us.
Just as we are coming out of the hide the pager goes of to tell us the Kentish Plover has been seen, so it's a very quick run back to the cottage, when we get there a few scopes had it in view, still panting we manage to set up the scope & see the target bird with great views of it, a great year tick.
That is 6 year ticks over the 2 days, so a good couple of days.
On the third day of the Easter break Sunday, Jimmy & I head of to Tewin in Hertfordshire for a look for the reported Jack Snipe, it's only 25miles from home so no real rush.
On getting there we park the car but head off in the wrong direction, with not seeing the hide we turn back to find the two tier hide not to far away from the car park.
After a scan of the pool Jimmy sights the Jack Snipe in the reed's in front of us, it's hidden behind some reed's but we get a good view in the scope.
Another tick for the year, still got another day to get out with the boys tomorrow before they go back to work after the Easter holiday. so 7 tick's & counting for the weekend.
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