Plenty of small birds about the best being Common Redstart, a good few Lesser Whitethroat that looked really smart, also Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Wheatear ,Linnets & Goldfinch in big flocks plus loads of birds to keep us interested all morning.
Then I pick out the first Wryneck of the day up on the fort hill, I get to see two more over the course of the morning 2 had been rung.
A walk up to the sea gives me a single Purple Sandpiper for the first tick of the day, we spend a lot of time just waiting for the sea to wash up around the bird to get it to move so we can get some photos of it with it's head up.
A very nice warm day makes it a great morning to be doing nothing but walking about soaking up all the birds that are here today.
Off now to Thorpeness to look for the Barred Warbler on the common that we had just been told about. On arrival we meet a fellow birder & he tells us that there is no sign & that there is nobody looking for it, so as we don't have any idea where to look we decide to head off to look for the Lesser grey Shrike. It's about 20 miles or so to Shingle Street & we have to be home soon, so it's a bonus when we find the place first time & are told it's not a long walk & the bird is showing well.
Ten minutes later & we are ticking another year tick, last years bird was a lifer for me I wonder if this is the same bird. A few familiar faces here to have a talk to but we can't stay long as we have to get home now.
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| Purple Sandpiper |
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| Wryneck |
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| Lesser grey Shrike |
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| Again |
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| Purple Sandpiper |
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