Eider and Early Purples

Leaving work at 2.15pm, on Wednesday 9th April, the closure of the A47 southbound at Hopton, I had to divert via Lound and this took me 3X as long to get back home. My plans to visit Minsmere were abandoned & instead I drove straight out to the South Pier where by Children's corner, people were on the beach and the female Eider seen earlier was on the sea 50 metres out with a couple of Gulls. Actively feeding just beyond the rocky breakwater. A trip further out to deepest Suffolk revealed 6 Early Purple Orchids, 5 just starting to flower but there were many more plants unseen that will flower over the coming weeks. A trip back to Children';s corner and the female Eider was still in the same area 50 metres out on the sea.