10/05/2018 Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Norfolk

Thursday 10th May 2018 Lincolnshire Tour
Day 6/6
Cumbrian Friends Annual Outing

It was time to go our separate ways today; thankfully the lads wanted to revisit Frampton Marsh so I was able to spend at least a couple of hours with them before heading off to my tour with Marcus. Unfortunately there were fewer species than previously and to make matters worse the Black-winged Stilt -  our target species - did not show!

What an ending! 

Great trip lads - thanks!

Proud to be part of the team.

Looking forward to 2019 in Scotland Harvey!

Cavenham Heath, Suffolk

Next stop for me was Cavenham Heath, in Suffolk, where I hoped to get a view of the Stone Curlew.  I had read about the remarkable sightings there and so I was very keen to get some of the action.

• It took an awful long time to work out where they were but finally a pair showed just 50 metres away from me! They were behind the scrub -  hence the difficulty.  Another birder (ironically from Lincolnshire) and I enjoyed some splendid views of the pair, albeit restricted by the vegetation.

• Woodlarks were prominent and I enjoyed some of the best views ever as I laboured with my Stone Curlew searches.

Titchwell, Norfolk

• It was such a lovely evening that I decided to call in at Titchwell before heading for my digs at Wells-next-the Sea.  What a good decision that was!

• By now the wind had dropped and it was a sublime atmosphere.  
• I simply walked out to the beach picking up new birds for my day list and just loving the place. 
• There were barely a dozen birders on site and, by the time I left, this had reduced to only 3 or 4. 

Titchwell to myself - what a thought!  

The most poignant moment was on the beach, watching the birds by the tide line.

There were:-

• Grey Plovers in summer plumage - awesome ! 

• Turnstones in summer plumage - awesome! 

• Sanderling running around, as usual.
• Lesser Black backed Gulls resting.
• and  .... the usual suspects adding to the beautiful scenario.

It was hard to leave but I had to get to my digs and thankfully landlord, Roddy, was so understanding about my late arrival.

A superb day!