In truth there was quite a lot to see, but (as is frequently the case at these twin reserves) everything was so far away! I'd love to see some islands in front of Tower Hide, or have the public hide at Buckenham moved 100m west! One little niggle: why is it OK for someone with a clip-board to wander across the Marsh, continually putting up the nesting waders? I sometimes think the justification for nestling and adult ringing and for nest-site surveying doesn't stand up to close scrutiny...
Best birds at the Marsh were several Cuckoos, ten Avocets, Sedge, Reed and Cetti's Warblers and dozens of Whitethroats. A large Peregrine chased away Marsh Harriers from one of the favoured gate perches, while a few Buzzards drifted over.
Strumpshaw added two more Cuckoos, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Treecreeper and the usual two acros, as well as a very distant Spotted Redshank: lots of Marsh Harrier activity and two booming Bitterns also.
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