Well birding time continues to be very limited with all my commitments, a family holiday in Norfolk over half term didn't give any free time as I devoted the week to making sure my grandchildren enjoyed their break. I did have Raven and Treecreeper on the garden list whilst away but that's about as good as it got. My last birding day was a couple of hours with the Glossy Ibis on 23rd May so when I found a couple of hours free today I headed up the M11 to Fen Drayton just an hour from home. The White-winged Black Tern was found on Drayton Lagoon and I enjoyed watching it but it remained in the middle of the lake for most of my visit so photography with my little 400mm lens was challenging to say the least.
Willow Warbler, Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat and Cuckoo were among the best of the other birds encountered on site but no Turtle Dove gave themselves up on this visit.
year list now 204
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