The Ibis and the Redpoll

On Sunday 28th January my first stop was early on at Dunwich hoping to see the Glauc on the beach, alas it was not there, early on (second time I have dipped it). I drove onto Eastbridge and was pleased to see the Glossy Ibis was in the usual flooded field flashes and even better it flew even closer and was feeding at perfect range for my set up, to improve matters further, the early morning sun has just come out bathing the scene in a lovely golden glow and it lit the bird up nicely and it showed well as it fed. It was great to see the Dereham boys here too. Not having a lot of time, after 20 minutes and the sun had waned somewhat I drove down to Hazlewood Marshes near Aldeburgh and initially saw Matt D and gerlad had arrived. In the now ploughed field opposite the entrance track. The flock of some 20 Redpolls fed in the field and the Coues' Arctic Redpoll showed well if distantly from here. Several times they flew into the bushes but the Arctic Redpoll was always obscured although a Mealy Redpoll was seen here too. After 2 hours the flock finally flew into the bushes and the Coues' Arctic Redpoll showed really well feet away in a small bush just left of the main bushes and posed perfectly for the camera!