The star bird of the last couple of days is this 1st summer male Red-footed Falcon
Sea watching has been as expected this time of year quite slow, 2 late Arctic Skuas past east yesterday and 2 flocks of Shelducks flew east totalling 33 birds (all adults) were presumably heading for Heligoland to moult.
Around the reserve there are still a few Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers making themselves heard, Bitterns and Bearded Tits are very difficult to see at the moment, the first Great White Egret I've seen in a while was on Dengemarsh this afternoon. Waders are represented by Little and Ringed Plovers, Lapwing, Redshanks, Oystercatchers and the odd Green Sandpiper. Tern numbers have so far been abysmal this year, today there was 1 Common Tern on Dengemarsh and 2 on the ARC. 2 Garganey and a Pintail are also present on the ARC, with another Pintail on Burrowes, there are the usual 100s of summering Pochard and Gadwall around the reserve with smaller numbers of Shoveler and Mallard and Teal.
Several Hobbys around the reserve, sometimes showing very well
The 3 Spoonbills stretching there wings after a long sleep
Autumn is coming, a trickle of returning Sand Martins through the reserve today
Raven over Dengemarsh
Pair of Shelducks on Burrowes with 10 Liquorice allsorts (ducklings)
One of several Norfolk Hawkers around the reserve today
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