Lifer #310 at Overstrand, Norfolk

Popped off to see the elusive DUSKY WARBLER whilst my lovely wife entertained the kids at Overstrand on the way back from a train ride on our holiday  ... thanks to the finder of said bird I got some cracking views of it from the edge of Cromer golf course. 

Lifer #310  - unexpected , but hey they all are! 

Dusky Warbler popped out of the Bramble 

Note darker than chiff chaff and dark eye stripe

Mundesley , Norfolk

First day of holidays with the family brought a year tick - BRENT GEESE heading up the coast at Mundesley 

Unsure on wader type . heading NW 

LBBG being a lifeguard 

Brent Geese migrating 

 

Ivinghoe Beacon

A quick trip to Steps Hill to see if any migrants were about - a couple of YELLOWHAMMERS and a REDWING (in fact about 80 ish) on the hills 

 

Watermead

 A trip to a very flooded Watermead in Aylesbury with the family produced a nice GREATER SPOTTED WOODPECKER , not much else about