You don't expect a Collins bird guide to fall out of the sky

A glorious, sunny day with lightish winds made it a pleasure to be out and about today but the fine weather meant that a lot of yesterday's birds had moved on and largely not been replaced; we did manage to catch 36 new birds through the morning though including a Tree Pipit, 3 new Lesser Whitethroats and 13 Willow Warblers.  
   Other birds seen around the station included a group of 3 Ring Ouzels which flew low over the garden mid-morning, 10+ Tree Pipits, one of yesterday's Redstarts and 3 Blackcaps.   The sea was very quiet with all of the Terns having moved on.

Redstart and Tree Pipit

 

We all went over to have a look at Bøtø Nature Reserve around lunchtime before the sun moved round too much and there was the usual wide range of birds to be seen that we don't see out here at the station which included - in no particular order 2 Wood Sandpipers, 4 Ruff, 5 Greenshank, 4 Avocets, 5 Garganey, 5 White-fronted Geese with 700+ Barnacle Geese, 6 Marsh Harriers, 18 Red-necked Grebes and a distant flock of 6 Cranes.

 

A lone Waxwing looking slightly out of place in the bright sunshine in the trees between the station and town was the highlight of a late afternoon stroll.