Elusive Barred

On Monday 25th August in the garden I was finally able to ID the Emerald as a Common Emerald Damselfly a first for the garden but typically it had disappeared when I retrived my camera. Mid afternoon, I headed to Kessingland fortunately I bumped into Maurice B and Ali R and then. Paul & Jane F & they showed me where to go, using the back path behind brambles and elder bushes and by the scrub just south of the sluice. There was no sign for 20 minutes but as soon as Matthew D. arrived the barred Warbler flew out of the bush and dived into a smaller bramble bush just south, it then flew into an apple tree before flying back into the large bramble and that was as good as it got. A large pale grety warbler with pale white below and pale grey above. The thickset body was obvious it was a Barred. especially as we saw the slimmer and darker backed Lesser Whitethroat which also flew out. A Blue Tit and Goldfinch also seen. I then drove to walberswick in the hope of seeing the elusive Ruddy Shjelduck. As I arrived just after 6 I parked by the green wand walked south, I saw a close Wheatear on th beach