Bird photography is certainly not getting any easier - and it is not just me. Plenty of other that I talk to are telling me the same thing. Where are all the birds?

To go somewhere different, last Tuesday 23rd September, a friend and I headed towards Sculthorpe Moor, Norfolk to see if a change of venue would make a difference.

In the Tower Hide, the usual species came into the feeders, especially Coal Tits that I had not photographed for a while. 

and a Kingfisher showed distantly from the Wetland Hide

and that was it. Par for the course!!!

So we headed to the Norfolk coast, stopping to eat lunch at Brancaster Staithe harbour where a Greenshank was feeding but little else of any real interest.

So we began the homeward trail, stopping off at Thornham harbour where another Greenshank was briefly showing before running off into the distance.

So, with the promise of a coffee and cake from my friend, we called in at Holme Dunes NWT. Just finishing of the goodies when a member of staff ran in with the news that a Spotted Flycatcher was showing in the nearby tree. Couldn't resist that one - a possible highlight for the day.

and so it transpired. Success at last!!!

Friday 26th September and I joined another friend to go to Landguard, Suffolk. Good for migrants in the right weather conditions that looked favourable - Easterly wind overnight and cloudy.

All we found was a Dunlin on the beach

and a few Linnets feeding on the ripe blackberries.

We were home by late afternoon!!!!