Late evening walk out before storm meeting up with WBC.
Birding from the East hide saw a very dodgy looking CASPIAN GULL which was trying to clean itself up without much joy I might say. Perhaps the best bird for me was the black plumaged male SPOTTED REDSHANK. This bird was in just as good condition as the Caspian wasn't. Other stuff on view included a HOBBY which was running, if not flying up and down the dunes along beach. RINGED PLOVER, REDSHANK, LAPWING, COMMON TERN, SANDWICH TERN, AVOCET, BARNACLE GOOSE. MARSH HARRIER, MED GULL. BLACK TAILED GODWIT.
Dunwich Heath: A walk out on to the heath for an evening walk to catch up with KNIGHTJAR, no disappointment here with three male birds chasing each other until they were so close. With bins fixed the colour and white was so good to see. The other birds we caught up with was three DARFORD WARBLER and STONECHAT including a young bird. Also a calling CHIFFCHAFF which flew as did a calling COMMON WHITETHROAT. A GREEN WOODPECKER flew around but the main disappointment is that there was no meadow pipit. Question here is a major why.
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