Blythburgh, Suffolk.

Bright but that north east has a way with it.

Best was not a bird but a lovely PEACOCK butterfly. This is my 3rd species of the year.

The birding started with a soaring BUZZARD just short of Wrentham, it was moving toward the village and putting on a real display. The first bird on the Bly was a LITTLE EGRET one of two seen on the walk. It was with a a pair of OYSTERCATCHER. The gull flock was a mixed bunch. but I could not pull anything out of it. But it was lovely to hear the sound of several SKYLARK singing well up in the sky as well as a few on the deck. I also had about 7 MEADOW PIPIT feeding with CHAFFINCH in low ground and close cut grass. LONG-TAILED TIT and BLUE as well as GREAT TIT all on show. Calling and viewable WREN and ROBIN as well. I also put to flight two RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE. Several CROWS over the marsh with 32 BAR-TAILED-GODWIT and 53 AVOCET. It seems that WIGEON have not left us yet as there must have been 200 birds out there in mixed flock I was surprised to get a lone GADWALL however and about 30 TEAL holding up out of the wind. OYSTERCATCHER and REDSHANK in good numbers as where the SHELLDUCK about 90 birds.