Hawfinch is the target bird today, so it's off too Lynford for a stroll around the Arboretum.
It's a cold but bright morning as we head down towards the Paddock, Jimmy gets us onto a single Hawfinch for some really good scope views once we all managed to get on to it.
It turns out to be the only one that we see today, so we got lucky.
It's off further down to the first bridge where we find it full of Coal tit & Marsh tit also about 1/2 dozen Nuthatch & the odd Treecreeper & while looking along the river a Kingfisher flies up & then back down to give Jimmy & myself a good show.
Going back up to the car we see a large flock of Siskin to go along with the Hawfinch & Marsh tit to give us all 3 year ticks, that turns into 4 when we pick out a Grey Wagtail up by the big gates, we are told by some locals that Crossbills had not been seen this year yet, so with Brian having already picked himself out a Brambling he offers to drive us to Santon Downham as a fellow birder had told us that we would more than likely pick them up just off the car park.
Within minutes we had got another year tick, & it turns out to be a really nice place to visit. (Bonus).
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