[ed keeble]

Originally Posted by PaulE

went in search of great northern divers today started at a windy lower holbrook scoured the water in front of the school a few gc grebes shelducks,pintails,widgeon and some cracking close views of some brent geese shedloads of waders including a couple of avocets loads of curlew , oystercatcher,godwits and redshank i had a mini snettisham moment as the tide got high with small flocks of dunlin and knot swirling about also had a couple of rock/water pipits in amongst the tidal pools but no divers
undeterred i headed to alton water couldn't get any change for the car park machine very helpful lady in the caff not!! so went to lemonshill and walked up to the wonder scanning as i went masses of great crested grebes must have seen 50+ birds a few little grebes loads of tufties and coots and a lovely pair of goldeneye but no divers

oh well try again tomorrow

cheers

You might do better for the GN Divers from the Wrabness side- up to 4 have been seen from there over the last few days, including today:

- 1 by the southern of the two channel markers, just east from the E end of the Wrabness huts and then

- 1-3 also on the south side, just west from the west end of the Wrabness huts.

It was rather choppy this morning but I managed 2-3, including one very close in.

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by ed keeble

You might do better for the GN Divers from the Wrabness side- up to 4 have been seen from there over the last few days, including today:

- 1 by the southern of the two channel markers, just east from the E end of the Wrabness huts and then

- 1-3 also on the south side, just west from the west end of the Wrabness huts.

It was rather choppy this morning but I managed 2-3, including one very close in.

cheers for that ed is that accessed through the rspb wood reserve or do you go into wrabnesss

cheers

[ed keeble]

Originally Posted by PaulE

cheers for that ed is that accessed through the rspb wood reserve or do you go into wrabnesss

cheers

Via the wood would work for the E bird, but easiest option is to go into Wrabness, follow road over the railway to the layby before the church- then walk down footpath past the caravan site to river and walk left (west- along the line of huts).

Or maybe you can get a barge- I was happily communing with one of the GNDs when a Thames barge lumbered up with mostly tourists up front, but a couple of birders getting great views of it over the side.