Hoopoe at Carlton Marshes

On Saturday 1st May a drive back to Lowestoft after news that the Hoopoe had been refound at Carlton Marshes on the rough ground behind the Visitors centre and Spratt's water, I saw Paul & Jane F walking back with Andrew E who'd seen it. I walked over on a slight hill overlooking a new path that transected the eastern edge of the alder trees and the fine Hoopoe was seen by the bend of the new path on the new path and feeding on the verges, a train went past and it flew up to the alder trees before going back to the same area. We watched it again before another train this time flushed it over our heads where we where joined by Rob H and Dick F amongst others, it appeared to drop down in the horse paddocks the other side of the Lane leading to the reserve, time to walk the new path and it must be this time where I missed the Cranes that flew over as I was in woodland, bitterly disappointing to miss this, as I have frequently missed seeing this species in Lowestoft (bit like WTE's in the 21st century) the disappointment continued as we missed both the Wood Sands on Share marsh and the BH wagtail. Both ere seen slightly later, no sign when I looked. What was nice to see was a calling Yellow Wagtial flew north over the old scrape and 3 House Martins seen, rapidly forming grey cloud revealed an overflying Swift, my earliest ever and on the walk back a close reeling Grasshopper warbler was briefly seen in a small piece of scrub amongst the reeds, plus 1 Cuckoo of 3 calling Cuckoo's flew over the track and settled in a bush but disappeared before I could set the camera up, finally a brief close Chinese Water Deer. Walking back along the new track east of the alders I spotted a fine Glow Worm larvae crossing the track (sadly the macro lens was in the car), a small group of people (Rob H, Chris D, Paul & Sara) watching the Hoopoe at half the previous distance would have seen an improvement on the record shot taken earlier as it was feeding on the grassy verge by the kink in the new path but a sudden sharp shower/ hail put paid to that sadly. No sign of the Goosander on OB.