June had proved very productive. Iberian Chiffchaff, Black-headed Bunting, Subalpine Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike, Black-winged Pratincole and Little Bustard all seen. The run had to end at some point and it did.
Today was our first birding trip for three weeks and we decided to head for Titchwell hoping the Semipalmated Sandpiper had stayed overnight. We arrived around 8am and scanned the Freshmarsh hoping the Semi P would drop-in. High Tide an hour later saw a sizeable flock of Knot join the Spoonbills, Spotted Redshanks, Dunlin, Godwits, Ruff already present. We scanned the Freshmarsh for the best part of three hours but failed to locate the target bird.
When news broke of two White-rumped Sandpipers present at Frampton Marsh we decided to head off along the A17. After parking the car in the old car park, we had excellent scope views of one of the White-rumped Sandpipers having walked no more than a yard from the car!
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| White-rumped Sandpiper |
A walk along the sea-wall searching for Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stints proved less productive as the cows had walked straight across the marsh and flushed everything. We headed back towards the car park and managed excellent views of the Summer plumaged Long-billed Dowitcher.
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| Long-billed Dowitcher |
Heading back towards the reserve centre we managed to locate the pair of Black-necked Grebes with their two chicks and also located a Little Stint feeding along a muddy spit for another year tick.
The Semipalmated Sandpiper at Titchwell was reported later in the day, but we were closer to home than Titchwell when the news was spotted.
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