Great spotted Cuckoo ( Lifer ) + Dotterel + Turtle Dove.

A late start today & we don't arrive at Choselly Drying Barns much before 10 o'clock,we head just west of Chalk Lane & find a row of cars parked up by the side of the road & we find birders already had 4 Eurasian Dotterel fairly close to us but still hard to pick out without  the scope.
Such a nice looking bird to see so we spend a long time watching them, they never moved about much but a good year tick.
It's onto Titchwell now where we search for the Turtle Dove that is around.
A feeding station has been set up not far from Fen hide & after 20 minutes we get a flight view & then watch the Turtle Dove drop to the floor to feed for some good views of it.
After a walk around the reserve & up to the beach we find no new ticks so off we go to look for the Great Cuckoo at Muckleburgh Hill.
We head to a car park  at Weybourne camp & walk the beach until we find some pines & a few scopes looking for the bird,it turns out to be the wrong place with no sight of it.
There are some people seen over the other side of the trees so we head back to the car & drive round to join them.
As soon as we reach them a fellow gives us the thumps up & gets us onto the Cuckoo to give me a Lifer, the bird was not showing to well at first but it then flies out into the open for a great view of it.
Also while here we get our first Hobby of the year.

 That is what I call a good day birding, 4 ticks & one a lifer & as I write this just watched Liverpool pull off such a fantastic  result in the champions league & that comes from an Arsenal man.

Brian's photos of the Portland bird.

Great spotted Cuckoo

The Turtle Dove at Titchwell