Hollelsley last couple of days have been OK, Pec sand distantly. No surprise really. everything's always blumin distant when its rare but my second Pec sand find of the year... 6 Ruff 2 little Rinbged Plover, with a single Curlew Sand 2 Garganey still and today a patch tick Manx Shearwater, really close giving me good views so i could rule out anything else. 2 Gannet, 2 Red throated Diver and 23 Common Scoter. A Whinchat again was a bonus. 1 Knot the best of the rest.
27th August
Tom and i tried to see how many species we could notch up walking from Boyton to Shingle street, we started really well but ended abruptly when the heavens opened as we got to Hollesley.
Highlights however were Little Owl, 3 Little Stints 4 Greenshank, 2 Bar tailed Godwit and 2 Whinchat, 1 Great White egret, 25 Knot and a nice showy Kestrel.
I think we still managed 84 species.
28th August
The Red necked phalarope was still distant from screen at Hollesley, also 1 Spoonbill, 2 Wood sand and a Garganey.
1st September
Red Necked Phalarope again at Hollesley and getting as close as it can but still distant,
September 2nd
Sea watching day at Hollesley, a really good one too highlights were 7 Arctic skuas and patch tick 3 Long tailed skuas, all picked up south and north of me which helped the records. Hollesley pools, from sea wall. Red necked Phalarope still, 2 little stint, 2 wood sand, 3 spoonbill and 2 Garganey.
total 94 species. Managed to get to over 100 species today by nipping up to Minsmere walking from sizewell, picked up 3 Little Gulls, Peregrine and a juv Caspian Gull
Did miss the Wryneck however which was my target bird. Doh.
September 3rd
Hollesley, Red Necked Phalarope still, 1 little Stint, 1 Wood sand, 1 Pied fly In carpark bush's. 5 grey wagtail over in a group, many Chiffchaff, and Whitethroat 1 Lesser Whitethroat. Sanderling on river. Yellow hammer on the river bank. Stonechats, a Guillemot on the river with a Grey Seal.
