RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk
East Grinstead RSPB Members Group
21 of us formed part of a coach trip to Minsmere on a beautiful May day with temperatures exceeding 20C and little or no wind.
The birds seen were more or less the same as on my previous visit 12 days ago with a couple of exceptions:
- This time we saw a hobby, my first of the year, from the Island Mere hide, near the end of our visit. The views were excellent as the bird moved across the skies above us.
- Last time we heard a booming bittern but did not see it. This time we had magnificent views of one as it flew across the reed bed near us, landed and then took off again. Bird of the day - by some considerable margin!
- The stone curlew was still there and was showing well, if somewhat distant again.
- Our first encounter on the reserve was with the magnificent sand martins as they swarmed in and out of their sand bank habitat.
- We had excellent views of reed warblers and sedge warblers.
- The 2 little terns were still there.
- The nightingale was still there and singing well. We managed to glimpse it several times as it moved around the scrub in front of us but we were unable to get a really good view.
- There were no great white egrets present this trip.
A cracking trip with over 70 species seen!
Addition to BUBO UK 2016 Year List:
Hobby (202)
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