The Suffolk Coast

I spent last weekend with Em, my Brothers & their other halves. We stayed in Thorpeness, just a mile from North Warren RSPB reserve and around 25 minutes from Minsmere, so inevitably I squeezed in a bit of birding.

Highlights included great numbers of wildfowl at North Warren, including approximately 100 White Fronted Geese, plenty of Pintail as well as a couple of Marsh Harriers.



Offshore, there were several Red Throated Diver, a Fulmar, 5 Brent Geese and around 100 Common Scoter.



Minsmere was relatively quiet by it's own standards, however I did enjoy a family party of 5 Whooper Swans, several Bearded Tits and a few Marsh Harriers.





Before the weekend was out, there was one last little treat, with an impressive Starling murmuration around pig fields near Westleton...a stunning sight in the late afternoon sunshine!