Minsmere

Friday 12 January 2018

With the ever present grey skies forecast for North Norfolk and blue skies for the coast of Suffolk it was off to Minsmere today with the hope of a performing Bittern. Well one out of two ! Brilliant blue skies but no Bittern. Four Goosanders and the usual Minsmere suspects all seen in beautiful sunshine made for a very nice day's birding. Added to by loads of Red-throated Divers on a glass like sea.

In the woods a Muntjac Deer was foraging around:

Mid afternoon and Dunwich Heath for the Dartford Warblers.... surely on such a lovely day they would be showing ?
And yes about 20 birds present though at some distance most of the time. The Dartfords were song flighting and singing and as ever associating with Stonechats, but the Stonechats also kept their distance. A male and female Dartford below:

The day ended looking out over the sea at Dunwich at some 100+ Red-throated Divers and at least double the number of Great Crested Grebes.