We have just returned from a holiday in Thorpeness, Suffolk and today, back home, have enjoyed sunshine, warmth and no wind! What a contrast to last week which to put it mildly was disappointing.
However, all was not lost and the camera was useful to capture a few shots which I show below.
However I dipped out on the Surf Scoter at Walberswick, the female Red Backed Shrike at Minsmere and the Glossy Ibis at Hollesley and was about to leave for home when a flock of Waxwings turned up at Saxmundham. Hey-ho, that's birding!
However here are a few photos as a reminder for me as much as anything else!
Drake Mandarin on The Meare, Thorpeness.
Drake Wood Duck at The Meare Thorpeness. There was also a female in attendance
The now familiar sight...Great White Egret at Minsmere...from North Hide
Grey Heron close up
Aggression between two Black Tailed Godwits
A much calmer Black Tailed Godwit just in front of the scrape hide
Displaying Black Headed Gulls
One of several dozen Sandwich Terns from South Hide, Minsmere
Kittiwakes at Sizewell
We shall return later in the year and hope to have more favourable conditions
