The Karra Karra bird

On Thursday 2nd June, I was keen to see the Great Reed Warbler at Wild Ken Hill, Snettisham, so I joined John H and Tony S, up on a ride back to Snettisham, where we parked up and walked out along the main path, as soon as I we passed some srub and a pine tree we heard and saw a fine Turtle Dove purring perched on a branch by the main bend of the main trunk, a great start. We walked the mile walk to the kissing gate and just before we saw Stephen H who told us it had been showing well and best to go back 50 metres to the bend and look along the dyke where it could be seen more distantly. This proved to be excellent advice as we could hear it singinging its distinctive loud "karra karra chee chee" song but couldn't see it. We walked past the kissing gate and looked back and it could be seen, the fine Great Reed WEarbler, distantly perched up in the reeds the nearside of the dyke where it couldn't be seen directly opposite. It flew over the dyke and nearer to us but disappeared before it flew back to its original spot. Later a chap had gone back to the kissing gate and when he reached for his camera I went back and got some slightly obscured shots. As we stood here, 2 fine Turtle Doves flew left in front of us. When we walked back a further Turtle Dove seen perched atop of a tree, too.