We arrive around 8 am & from Layer Breton causeway we soon pick out 6 Redhead & 1 male Smew they are a long way over but we get very good scope views.
A short drive round to Layer De la Haye causeway & the Shag is showing well for another year tick.
As we watch the Shag swims over to the sluice that is right where we are watching & even I can get a photo of a bird this close.
Abbott's Hall Farm is next on the list, Jimmy says we had been here before but I couldn't recall when.
A fairly long walk down to the pond where we find the hide & once again we spot the Ring-billed Duck without to much trouble, the only trouble is it stayed asleep for most of the time spent here.
We then go looking for the Glossy Ibis.
Luck is with us as we pick a route down to the Salt marsh & as luck would have it a para glider flies over & the Ibis is flushed & flies across the marsh towards us but turns & flies away & lands out of sight it never shows again while we where here, that was a real bonus tick for us.
So four year ticks & all of them seen within minutes of looking for them & not even cold standing on the causeway.
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