Both I and Mary went for a picnic at Walberswick Railway station. Don't get to worried a train hasn't run through here for about 80 years. But it has been such a long while since we last passed this way to. So after a long time coming we made it again. It was good to see a flock of adult and young SWALLOWS. They seemed tired but about 25 of them where still enjoying the sunny but blustery day. It was also interesting to see adult still feeding there young. I doubt if they where local birds and sure enough within an hour they had left. I also took a picture of this BLACK HEADED GULL trying to swallow what looked to me to be a Lesser Weaver. If it was I hope that it did not inject it with a lethal weapon 2. At the Lodge a female MARSH HARRIER was repeatedly making herself known as did a COMMON BUZZARD overhead. But in reality the best bird was a COMMON WHITETHROAT and a smacking CHIFFCHAFF in the bright sunshine. I also had the briefest encounter with a COAL TIT. They where shooting behind us so every RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE that ever lived was around me in the field when I went for a pee. A flock took of with about 50 birds, but in all about 200 birds in the field.
Very little about along the old railway, mind you plenty of ROBINS and WREN'S calling. I did get a very slight view of a WILLOW WARBLER and that was it. On the cliff there was not much about just a few MEADOW PIPIT and a few very flighty birds well off which I assume where Wheatear. Other than that a flock of 8 BRENT GEESE flew south.
Ness Point: (Today)
Again incoming wind with little to show. How disappointing. Best birds where well of about 5 GANNET. 2 BRENT GEESE flying North and a flock of about 15 MALLARD south. I also had a view of 30 COMMON SCOTTER flying south.
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