November goodies

On Saturday 8th November, I was planning to look for the Crossbills at Dunwich but news of a Palls' found by Andrew E at the back of the Crop Shop had me driving down and parking just off Hamilton Road, access to the trees behind Crop Shop is now severly limited and a fence bars access, nothing here but we moved to a former walkway just north of here and Rob Wil spotted the excellent Pallas's Warbler which was flitting around the tree and its base before it flew underneath the ivy at its base and it disappeared meanwhile a fine Acredula Willow Warbler seen around this tree and then it flew to a bush right in front of us before it flew off. Then we had news of the Pallas' being seen by Norton Peskett Soloicitors so I drove the car to Police Station rd and walked around and joined a small throng of birders looking in a large Sycamore where the Pallas's Warbler was showing quite well with the riot of 7 stripes lemon yellow rump and often hovering. It showed well until I got my camera out and then it flew off! I then drove to kessingland and joined Paul and Jane F for a Marathon walk walking around Heathlands where we saw 2 Chiff- Chaffs, Goldcrests and LT Tits. Walking to kessingland village and then the steps, we walked back along the beack where little was seen save we reached to large amount of pools, when we met Gavin , who had seen the 5 Shore Larks, we walked further north and Jane spotted first one the 3 then 4 Shore Larks with another one just left of this group which were busy feeding. As we watched the group of 5 Jane and I exclaimed in unison there was a sixth bird as another bird walked in from the left to join the quintet, my first ever Shore Lark find! So 6 Shore Larks in total. As i was resting at home, I checked the messages to say there was a LEO on the N Denes by the first shelter belt south of Link's Road car park where I joined a small throng of people (Abndrew E. Rob Wil, Paul & Jane F and Howard V et al) and we viewed the fine Long- eared Owl perched deep in and partially obscured it was set between 2 parallel trunks of a Holly tree. It opened its orange eyes and looked around. As Howard took the path towards the sea, he shouted Dartford and below a perched male Stonechat was the fine Dartford Warbler it flew left. Sadly no pics again.