At last a good July Day!

On 26 July Benacre Broad, taking Jenny with me we had a very pleasant stroll down to Benacre Broad where a welcome group of 6 Spoonbills & an ad winter Little Gull, (seen with Gulls) were seen at the back western end of Benacre Broad + 30 Common Tern & Curlew seen and heard flying south at 11.25am. 26 Going onto Covehithe, walking to Grange Farm, the juvenile Cuckoo seen on wires at 1.15pm but was very wary, on Covehithe Broad distant groups of Bar & Black-tailed Godwits (at least 3 of each), plus Wall Brown seen near Covehithe Church cottage. At Corton Woods on a hot sunny evening was finally seen the former mega- elusive Silver- washed Fritillary, sunny SW corner of Corton woods, by the bench by the south- western path and the clearing at 5.30pm, good to see Rob & Erin and the family and James C too, who kindly beckoned me over when he saw 2 White- letter Hairstreaks in the NE corner bramble of meadow. Both butterflies were Lowestoft ticks.