We walk around & soon find a year tick when we find a Yellow-browed Warbler & also meet up with Graham J & he & friends were going to Yorkshire for the Red eyed Vireo, that puts the idea in our heads & after a short talk we decide to head there ourselves.
It's about 3 hours from where we are in Norfolk & the journey is hampered with the weather & road closures in Hull don't help us.
It is now past 1 o'clock as we park up in Easington,we could see a group not far away & when we join them we get lucky as the Vireo settles on an Elderberry bush in front of us to give great quick views.
Over the next 3 hours the bird follows the same pattern returning every 20 minutes or so.
While standing around we see a few more Yellow-browed Warblers & Jimmy & I get lucky when we get a late tick when a Pied Flycatcher shows.
Around 4 0'clock news starts to break that a Great Snipe had been found at Beacon Lane Kilnsea.
We soon joined in the rush to head there ,it's only a few minutes away by car & we are soon parked up & walking with many others up the lane towards the sea.
Half way up the lane a large group had stopped & after getting as high up on the hill as we could we get our second lifer of the day.
The Great Snipe was hard to see in the long grass but once you got onto it with the scope it was a good view of it.
Now for the long 4 hour drive home to Essex softened in the knowledge of a good days birding with 2 lifers & another 2 year ticks on top.
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| The Great Snipe Kilnsea |
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| Part of the crowd at the Snipe twitch |
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| The Red eyed Vireo at Easington |
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