Our last day on holiday in East Anglia and we chose to revisit RSPB Minsmere – a combination of a good walk through woodland, marshes and coastland and plenty of opportunity for birdwatching.

There was very little activity in the first two hides (Bittern and Island Mere) but we did see a bittern in flight at the first. In fact there were so few opportunities for bird photos that my focus moved to insects and plants.

Goldfinch

Great crested grebe with small bird

There wasn’t much on the North Bank and the Scrape and Levels offered little more than we had seen before.

Black-tailed godwits

Black-tailed godwit

Black-headed gull bombing Canada goose

Shelduck

Black-headed gull chasing oystercatcher

Black-headed gull chasing oystercatcher

However, on the coast we saw ringed plovers and little terns which, along with the common tern on their fishing trips to sea, made my day.

Little tern

Little tern bossing a ringed plover

Ringed plover

Common tern

Common tern

Ringed plover

Ringed plover

Ringed plover

Little tern

Little tern

Common tern

Common tern

Kittiwake

We stopped off on the way back and visited Walberswick Church (new and ruins).

Walberswick Church

Click below for gallery of photos from today: