We travel up the A11 & stop on the way at Thetford to search for a Shrike that had been reported from being seen from the second enclosure along the track at no 7 ride.We walk a long way before we find the spot,an hour is spent looking without any luck. Loads of birds about we see Siskin ,Stonechat ,Meadow Pipit,Skylark,Brambling & many Yellowhammer also a few Woodlark seen, but we give up on the Shrike none of us needed it for a tick but always nice to watch them so a shame.
Onward now to tick the Teal ,we find the estate car park & park for free as the pay machine is broken.
A short walk through the forest till we see the flooded fields in front of us where a small group already had scopes on the bird & tell us that we are in luck as they had been here all morning & the bird had only just been found,so we are onto it with no trouble at all, so a good year tick for all of us.
The Teal never came close enough to get any photos but good scope views were had.Never been to this place before but they have recently pumped water to flood the fields so looks like we might visit again.
We have no time limit so we call in at Cavenham heath hoping some of the Stone Curlew had returned.
It takes us a good half hour before Jimmy spots just one bird & it's not to far off.
We are told that there are 5 birds about but we only saw the one bird.
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| The only S Curlew seen |
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| The Stone Curlew |
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| Woodlark |
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