Minsmere magic again

On Saturday 14th October, an initial look on the Lowestoft North Denes first thing I failed to see James B's YBW, but stumpy the adult Mediterrenean Gull with 1 leg seen amongst the BH Gulls in the Link's Road car park. A trip to Minsmere and walking over the bridge by the old car park pond a Water Vole seen briefly swimming in the water. A trek down along the beack just south of the tank traps and in a grassy dune walkway, a crowd of people indicated that the confiding Shore Lark (first on I have ever seen at Minsmere) was still present and it spent most of its time feeding on seeds and was oblivious of the people for well over an hour until a photographer got to close and flush it 300 metres south to justy north of the sluice. A Dunnock seen here too and as I walked to the Dunwich ponds, 3 Meadow Pipits flew inland. Taking a walk to the ponds I encountered several Fly Agarics, around 6 seen. Walking back at the old car park pond, the Water Voles showed rally well, up to 3 seen at one time. 1 even scurried up the supporting strut posts (only problem was I didn't have the correct lenses for these 100-400mm ideam but 180mm macro would have been good too. One Water vole had a bare area just underneath its right eye and this individual spent time feasting on nearby reeds giving good but obscured views.