Visit to RSPB Minsmere 25th March 2013
After our two-day guided birding weekend in the Thetford Forest and surrounding area we moved on to visit friends in Bury St Edmunds and en route we dropped in on RSPB Minsmere It was still very cold but there was no snow. We started out with a visit to the Bittern Hide where – like last year – we did not see any Bitterns although someone insisted that one had been showing well all morning ! Well, surprise, surprise, it didn’t show for us. Oh Well – one day !. In any case we only sat for forty five minutes and I am sure that the art of seeing Bitterns is patience and also early starts and late finishes – neither of which we had time to do. In any case we got a reasonable view of Marsh Harriers and a trio of Whooper Swans whose necks were deeply stained from the brackish water they fed in. This was apparently a notable bird which just goes to show how spoiled we are in having WWT Martin Mere so close. Continue reading