Some late news from yesterday. A herd of Whooper Swans and 3 Bewicks Swans (1juv) in the Suffolk fens between Kenny Hill and Shippea Hill at TL6553 8239 showing well from the farm track.

Another similar flock in Cambridgeshire at TL5839 8631

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Green winged Teal on the Slough at SWT Lackford this afternoon, 35 years after my only other Breck record
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Nice shots Mark. Good to see you on Saturday morning, got there just in time before the bird became very elusive in the strong winds👍

Nice shots Brian, good to catch up yesterday morning re all things SORC as well as enjoying the shrike.

Cavenham this am Whinchat 2 Wheatear 5 Stone Curlew c30 Meadow Pipits 6+ Woodlark and 20ish Swallows heady SW across the Heath.
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Cavenham Whinchat and Wheatear this morning and several singing Woodlarks
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Pt2 the big shear count are my own totals with many more missed. The main action was between 2-4pm. The petrels and the Sabs were before 9am.

Had my best ever seawatch yesterday at PG. Wilson’s, Sabs, c1000 Cory’s 250+ Gt Shear Sooty’s Balearic’s 15 Storm Petrel Bonxie Risso’s Dolphin and Tuna Pt1

Lackford Sayers Breck family party of Stonechat 4+ Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat along fence line to the church.

On the Slough GWE, LE and juv Common Tern also Sedge and Reed Warbler.
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Cavenham early morning 53+ Stone Curlew on main Heath. Pill box 2 Tree Pipit Willow Warbler, Old car park juv Cuckoo. Pits very quiet all the Sand Martins seem to have left.
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ZC still showing on and off in flight mid afternoon

Black Stork again at 8.30pm

Livermere early afternoon Ruddy Shelduck 3 Barnacle Geese loads of Greylag and Egyptian Geese 2nd summer Y L Gull 2 Shovellor and several active BHGull nests
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Heavily cropped phonescoped shot of the Hockwold Washes Caspian Tern. When feeding along the river it occasionally ventured into Suffolk
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Caspian Tern still at Hockwold Washes at 5.15pm roosting on the mud at the eastern end

Later at Lackford Slough (mini Minsmere) Avocet 2, Common Tern 2, Marsh Harrier 2, LRP 4+ B H Gull nests 2 drk Pochard Kingfisher
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A few sightings from this morning after the rain.

Lakenheath Sedge Fen to Botany Bay and oxbow lake area

2 Cranes and others calling, Bittern GWE Pochard 5 Shovellor 8+ Cuckoo inc 2 calling females Hobby Kestrel Red Kite Buzzard Marsh Harriers Bearded Tit etc no Booted Eagle🙁/1
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That’s a shame presumably just passing through although habitat looks ideal…

No sign this morning unfortunately.

Quail and Corn Bunting from Mildenhall Fen, Suffolk this morning. Turn up the volume 😉

Early afternoon on the Slough at Lackford 2 Greenshank, LRP GWE LE and 3 Common Terns as well as the male Marsh Harrier coming in with food and a pair of Cuckoo’s
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Calling Quail and 2+ Corn Bunting Hurdle Drove near Kenny Hill Suffolk at 7.00am

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7 Black Terns Great Livermere Broad Water at 6.15pm
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Some good Nightjar action in the Kings Forest yesterday evening.
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Caught up with a few migrant waders this morning, Hockwold Washes Wood Sand, Lackford SWT Common Sand on the Slough.
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Hockwold Washes 10 Arctic Trns at 2.20am 2 Greenshank drk Garganey Curlew 6 Avocets

Yesterday morning in SW Kings Forest Turtle Dove, Redstart, Spotted Fly 5+ Cuckoo Tree Pipits Willow Warbler Curlew
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Cavenham Pits yesterday afternoon, no sign of RFF, 2 Hobbles GWE, 2 LE, 2nd c/yr Yellow legged Gull, Kingfisher, Grey Partridge, Gropper, 50+ Swifts, House and Sand Martins and a pair of Marsh Harriers
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Hockwold Washes this am 2 male Garganey 6 Avocet 2 Bk Tailed Godwits (prob limosa) Swift
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This morning Risby Water tower Corn Bunting Bunkers Barn Lesser Whitethroat Cavenham all the usual specialities and a couple of showy Cuckoo’s. Brandon CP Tree Pipit 2 Mandarin 2 Siskin. Lackford 2+ Hobby displaying Marsh Harriers and first Swift of the year.
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