Well that is what a friend and I decided on Friday 30th August. My last two or three trips there have been totally fruitless, hardly switched the camera on as the water levels in front of Island Mere Hide were too high so only a few Teal were there. However, a member of staff confirmed on the phone that there was now mud in front of the hide and that was where the White-rumped Sandpiper frequented, a rare American wader that I last photographed at Grafham Water more years ago than I care to remember.

So we arrived there at 9.30 am and went straight to the hide, no-one else there, plenty of mud but no birds except a feeding Teal!!!!! Deja-Vue.

The sun was side on - not ideal anyway but then a few small birds flew in - and the first that I photographed was the White-rumped Sandpiper. Photos not really worth keeping after editing as the side sunlight was far from ideal but after a while,  when the sun had moved, some decent photos resulted.

A couple of Black-tailed Godwits looked good feeding in calm water.

and a Curlew Sandpiper eventually stopped being camera shy.

and even an unusual Ruff with an attractive white head.

Just before lunch, after a very productive morning we decided to move on to the harbours to see what we could find at low tide. Brancaster Staithe is more aften good than not and so it proved to be this time with few cars in the car park. First was a Common Gull that posed nicely next to the car and then decided to bathe.

At the same time, a Little Egret decided to bathe and give it's plumage a shake.

We then moved on to other areas that provided nothing of real interest so we moved back to Titchwell but the afternoon session was not as productive with only a colourful Avocet to tempt the trigger finger.

Still, an excellent day at Titchwell for a change!!