Brian couldn't make the trip yesterday when the news came on Bird News that a Zitting Cisticola had been seen in Suffolk.
So we decided to go today, we meet up at 3am, Jimmy and I needed the Black Stork that has been seen at Boyton Marshes RSPB over the last few days, so we headed there so that if news came out on the Cisticola, we are near enough to shoot there, it being only 24 miles away.
Brian had already seen it a few days ago, so it was nice of him to walk the really long walk down to the dyke by the river path where he had seen the bird. It is 5am now.
This walk went on and on for about 2 miles, not nice, but we got a great reward when the Stork was spotted and gave us wonderful close views. It is only the second one I've seen; the first was seen at Frampton a few years ago.
Just before 7am, news comes out that we were waiting for, which sees us rushing off to Warberswick in the hope of seeing another lifer.
We arrive and face another longish walk along a pebble beach, on its own, not too bad, but after the first long hike, it was a leg ache for sure.
Again, we got our reward when we met a small group of fellow birders and heard the first call of Zit Zit Zit. Then, over the next hour, we get quick flight views of the Zitting Cisticola as it flew up and down in front of us, not the greatest, but we get the bins on the bird and we have another lifer.
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