Big Twitch Weekend 18 & 19 June 2016

With 3 lifers within 100 mile radius in Eastern England I spent 2 highly entertaining days over the weekend trying to connect with them.

Arrived at cool & blustery Titchwell c3am & slept in the car until it got light. The fresh marsh held a reasonable sized flock of Knot but no Great Knot. News came through that it was on the beach but by the time I got round the flock had flown and most birds dispersed towards Scolt Head.

  I busied myself looking at what was on offer at Titchwell including Little Gull & of course the usual stuff. With no further sign of the Great Knot I headed back into Lincolnshire for Caspian Tern. No problems here with the bird on view soon after arriving.

A brute of a Tern

I camped overnight at Stiffkey & by 7am was back at Titchwell. The Great Knot was again present on the beach & I was able to get good scope views but no pics.

By mid morning I was on to target number 3 a Little Bittern at Old Moor RSPB in south Yorkshire. 3 hours sat in Bittern hide secured a 10 second flight view. Twitching really is a mugs game.