Minding my own business today when Jim called to ask if we were going for the Tawny Pipit at Landguard. Of course the answer was yes so we met up and set off up the A12 arriving at Landguard at 11.15am. We walked out to the beach and found about ten birders/twitchers gathered near the roped off area in front of the observatory. News was promising with Raphael telling me the bird had been showing in spells but would then go missing in the grass for a while. We waited and after about half an hour the bird came out for a feed and we all managed to get views of it before it was flushed by an aggressive Ringed Plover which was probably holding territory where the Pipit had chosen to feed.
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| Ringed Plover |
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| Tawny Pipit |
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| Tawny pipit (can you see it) |
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| Tawny Pipit |
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| Tawny Pipit |
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| Tawny Pipit |
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| Tawny Pipit |
The bird was relocated out on the grassy area behind us before it returned to hide in the grass along the beach and became even harder to relocate. The Tawny Pipit was my biggest bogey bird having dipped one at Barking and another on the south coast and it's nice to finally connect with one and remove it from my "dipped" list. Also on this visit to Landguard was a Wheatear, a Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Ringed Plover and good numbers of Linnet. My pictures are pure record shots due to the distance to the bird and the fierce wind that made it difficult to hold the camera still.
Year list now 196 Life list now 454
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