Just half a day available, so Brian and I headed through the traffic to Reydon in Suffolk for a look at the long-staying Waxwings. As soon as we turned off the main Southwold road the small flock were visible in a low tree. The four birds were incredibly confiding, flying down to feed just feet from us.
We moved on into Southwold, checking out the sewage works for Water Pipits. Although we both saw a couple, the only birds we managed to photograph were Grey Wagtail and Chiffchaff.
From there we drove north to Lowestoft where a flock of four Purple Sandpipers posed for us at a range of perhaps ten feet! In the harbour I found arguably the bird of the day: a Shag: hard to collect in East Anglia. A Rock Pipit added to the day's haul, flying from the sea defences onto the roof of a warehouse - and so, home!
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