I have a subscription to the Birds Text Alert service from Birdguides and it proved invaluable. I did get a weeks free trial on their Birds News Anywhere service and that helped me keep in touch too. I had said that the holiday wasn't a birdwatching holiday but we did some most days. We did most of the coast and lots of walking. I played about with my digiscoping but most
of the photos turned out a little blurred. I am pleased with one of a Barred Warbler that I took at Kelling Water Meadows on our first day. We went there on the first Saturday because there was a Red Necked Phalarope as well. Beautiful day and good views. We had another spot of luck on our last day. We'd gone to Holme just to say we'd been really. As we were walking along the lane approaching the reserve, we came across some bird watchers staring intently at a tree! Always a sign. They put us on six Waxwings. The views weren't fantastic but they were my first views of the bird. A couple of cars went past and didn't stop. In one of them were some acquaintances from the Hull RSPB group. I waved but they didn't see me. Colin came back shortly afterwards but the birds had flown away. We walked along to the reserves with him and Jean his wife. Nice to chat to someone else and compare notes. The best bit was as we walking back to the car, we saw a Barn Owl quartering a field. What a beautiful bird.
The journey there and back were okay but I can see why the people of Boston voted for a Independent Bypass Group earlier this year. We had a trip to Gibraltar Point on the way down so Boston was difficult to avoid. However we should have gone round coming home. We've done it before and will do next time!
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