At last some warm, sunny weather. Time to go to the seaside. Sort of.
We've been down to the Suffolk coast before, usually to the RSPB reserve at Minsmere, which attracts many more species of birds than this Black-Headed Gull.
Looking across one of Minsmere's reedbeds you can see some higher land with a row of coastguards' cottages on top. That's Dunwich Heath and it's where we're walking today. We're heading along the coast then doing a circuit around some heathland. Here are some photos....
We were hoping to see a small dark bird with a longish tail - a Dartford Warbler. When I started getting interested in birds they were all but extinct on these shores; a series of harsh winters having almost wiped them out. There are more around now but they are very specialised birds of dry heathland: places like Dunwich Heath. I'd hoped to see one perched on top of a distant bush, but instead there it was singing away in a branch overhanging the footpath. Mission accomplished.
On our way back we stopped at Saxtead Green where there's a magical old windmill. And, equally important, a van selling ice cream!
Take care.
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