When we were getting ready for our day’s birding, I went out to the car and the first thing I saw was a Marsh Harrier over the field immediately opposite our cottage flying about twelve feet off the ground. What a start to the day. It eventually flew off and the airspace was left to the flock of Swifts that seem to be ever-present around the cottage. We had no plan for the day so I thought it would be interesting to take a walk along the roped off sections of the beach at Holme-next-the-Sea. I fancied that I remembered that there was a Little Tern colony there and hoped to get a year tick from them.
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