Coast in hope of seeing the Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, a rare bird on the mainland that had been frequenting a stretch of beach at aldeburgh! After minutes of arriving we had good views of the bird feeding on the beach and the sun was just starting to break through!
This really was a monster bird, a true arctic redpoll unlike the 'coue's'! We stayed on site for roughly 3 hours and the bird was rather flighty moving up and down the beach, my photos are not as good as I hoped and the views certainly wasn't like what people had in the first week but I'm pleased with the shots that I managed.............moving on we headed straight back down south towards home stopping off a the queen mother reservoir for the American buff bellied pipit that had been found! We arrived approximately 2 hours later and started the long walk around QMR! And if you thought nothing could show better than the redpoll you were wrong, this pipit showed stupidly well sometimes just feet away however it was really hard to photograph.
1. It moved so fast
2. The light was terrible
And 3 you were always looking down on it! Only other bird of note there was only a LTD and we then headed for home as the rain hammered down........
1. It moved so fast
2. The light was terrible
And 3 you were always looking down on it! Only other bird of note there was only a LTD and we then headed for home as the rain hammered down........
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