7th May 2013 Spent the morning at Gib. I drove very slowly owing to the fact I got nabbed for speeding on my previous visit twitching the subalp warbler.(almost worth it).Things had gone a bit quiet here in the warm,settled conditions.Common whitethroats were all over the place,with 2 or 3 lessers.A cuckoo was around and a common buzzard flew over.Met Nige Lound,who had had grasshopper warbler and turtle dove earlier. lesser whitethroat green hairstreak butterfly Got news of the black-winged stilt at Frampton so tootled over,remembering to keep to the speed limit.Soon got onto the bird which gave great scope … Continue reading Black winged stilt.

Freiston. Walked for miles,went all the way to Butterwick,via the outer sea wall and returned by the inner wall.Was hoping for migrants but a few common warblers and a couple of wheatear were about the best of it.Back on the lagoons the common terns had arrived.Avocets numbered thirty or more and black headed gulls have taken over over every island,just like at Frampton.The terns were managing to keep one area gull free.What with avocets,gulls and terns it was pretty noisy.There weren’t many other waders.Tree sparrows and a song thrush showed near the car park. Later I walked around the wetland trail where … Continue reading Sat.04/05/2013