First port of call is Iken in the hope of meeting up with the Cattle Egret at Hall Farm that we first saw last year & it had been reported as showing this week. After an hour we have no sign of the Egret
& not wanting to waste to much time we shoot off to Dunwich Heath & park up & on a cold windy morning to set about finding a Dartford Warbler or two, once again no luck so we head back to the car but just as we are going to drive off we spot a couple of birds on the bushes at the side of the road & they are our target bird so we got lucky.
As we sit watching 5 more Dartford Warblers appear & fly back & fro across the road what a bonus & a great start to the day. A Sparrowhawk landed on the road looking for a meal just by the car but soon headed off as a car came along on that side of the road.
On to Minsmere & we head to Wildlife hide as a pair of Gargney have been seen there. People in the hide tell us that they are just behind a mound not far from the hide & they stay there for over an hour before a Raptor puts everything up & our birds fly right over the other side of the scrape. Before we head round to North hide in the hope of seeing if they where showing there a couple of House Martin show in front off the hide & we are also entertained by a single Otter swimming about in the pool to the left of the hide. While walking round to North hide we hear a Cetti's Warbler for a belated tick.
Once in the North hide Jimmy soon gets everybody onto the Gargney as they stay in close to the bank but he found them, not a great view but but a tick is a tick. A quick walk round to get a tick with the Bearded Tits. On leaving Minsmere we make the decision to try once more for the Cattle Egret at Iken. It's only about 10 miles away & the Egret is showing in the first field when we arrive not far from Sandy Lane & we get great views as it feeds just away from the few brown cows.
I don't like driving to far but we had a good day as it got warmer & six ticks is not bad.
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| Dartford Warbler |
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| Again |
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| The Iken Cattle Egret |
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| Again |
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| The Sparrowhawk |
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