The Benacre Wryneck & a nice sprinkling of Whinchat too, despite the dogs!

On Sunday 9th September, a walk to Kessingland/ Benacre sluice revealed 3 Whinchat and a pair of Stonechats being hassled by a group of people letting a group of Beagles run riot around the whole area even swimming in the river and hassling a poor fisherman. Over the Benacre side a group of people walking 20 labrador type dogs were running riot around there too. Disturbance on a hitherto industrial scale, this has surely got to stop on a nature reserve where dogs are supposed to be controlled on a lead. Hardly surprising the Wryneck couldn't be seen. Meeting the finders Paul & Jane, Jane informed me Mat D had refund seeking sanctuary along the western ridge of the one remaining pit and walking on the western ridge we saw the bird, the excellent Wryneck, on some thick branches and it hopped to the ground and then it disappeared. It was later seen perched on the branch and then hopped around it then fed on the ground. It then disappeared behind a bush before appeared again underneath it before it disappeared and seen feeding way off to the left.