Arriving a little after midday we met up with our friends, Lucy and Trevor and after a quick bite to eat in the cafe took a walk around the reserve. As we walked out along the beach we stumbled across half a dozen or so birders photographing a very obliging Snow Bunting, so Trevor and Lucy had experienced their first twitch and despite trying not to show it, I think there were both rather excited!
As we continued round the reserve I pointed out a few things to our non-birding companions, and also found a Caspian Gull on one of the scrapes. Ellie's hunt for the perfect view of a Bearded Tit continued, but again we only had brief flight views.
From the Bittern Hide we did see a ringtail Hen Harrier hunting over the reed beds, but as it was getting on a bit we returned to the visitor centre for a much needed cup of tea and slice of cake. Whilst enjoying our snack we watched a couple of Bramblings feeding on the feeders outside of the centre. As it was now dark we left Minsmere after an enjoyable afternoon, and as we were staying with Lucy and Trevor in Manningtree that night, the end of our trip to East Anglia and we managed to see a total of 99 different species, which was not bad for a non-birding trip!
UK List for 2010 now at 229 species.
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