The main reason for this trip was for the Barred Warbler at Holme Dunes NWT. It had been showing there for over a week and this rarity only tends to stay for a couple of days at most and no info from Birdguides on the way so things did not look good.

There were about a dozen twitchers there when I arrived and it had been seen earlier but absent for the first hour. Then it decided to appear low down in the elderberry bush - not at all photographable and this continued for another hour or so. Now I was beginning to understand why there have been very few images of this bird.

Then it appeared from the back of some elderberries to feed giving some head shot possibilities

After a four hour wait, it appeared out in the open for the first time for just a few seconds

Satisfied with that, I moved on to Thornham, a site that I really like having got some good images over the last few years.

A Curlew was showing well with  a nice background. This shot has only a small crop.

Then a juvenile Black-tailed Godwit

Then on to Titchwell for a late afternoon session in the hide. Weather excellent with calm sunny conditions and Dunlin and Ruff close in to the hide.

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