Tuesday 21 December 2010

Shingle Street & Ramsholt

Shingle Street was bleak this morning; the sea was rough and there was a cold strong north-easterly wind.  I was out birding with my boss; we watched Snow Buntings flit and forage amongst the sparse vegetation on the beach.  On the shingle island at the mouth of the Ore there were c200 Cormorants along with a small gathering of gulls.  Our walk took us around Oxley Marshes; numerous Blackbirds and a few Redwings and Fieldfares foraged in the berry laden hawthorn bushes.  Curlews and Lapwings were on the meadows and we flushed a Woodcock. 

At Ramsholt we had Avocet, Rock Pipit and Green Sandpiper.  Not too many birds were seen but none-the-less it was a very enjoyable morning.

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