Richard's Pipit.( Boy what a walk )

A quick tick not far from home when we visit the Eagle Pond in Snarsbrook & find the Caspian Gull after about 5 minutes,the bird has been here for a while now,so it was time we paid a visit.
We have not planned anything for today apart from the Caspian but we have the bug so a quick decision gets us heading off to Kent in search of the Richard's Pipit.
Over the water onto the A2 & after running around a bit we find Clinch St, in High Halstow  it's a very narrow lane with little parking,but we pull off the road & get the only bit of room available down by the gates.
Now just the longest walk I have ever done while out birding it's nasty. but off we go heading for Egypt Bay & that's only half of the way, we have to get our self's over six stiles & that turns out not to be to easy for me it feels like we are never getting any closer to the bird.
It takes us nearly an hour to get down too the second sea wall where we had been told the Pipit had just been seen by Barry W, he was the only person on site the whole of the time we are here.
After we find the area the Richard's has been seen we have to walk the wall a few times before the Pipit gives a brief flight view.
Over the next hour we keep getting little views of the bird in flight before finely it lands close enough for a few photos.
On the way back we get a couple of Reed Bunting's for a year tick & just before we reach the car a Barn Owl flies across the field for Jimmy & I to tick our first one of the new year.So another 4 year ticks helps to ease the old legs. 120 year ticks in a few days & some good ones on the list.

Thank God we never dipped this one.

The Richard's Pipit.