Frampton Marsh + Titchwell RSPB - 1.9.18

Frampton Marsh is fast becoming one of the top reserves in the country with wader lists annually of 35+ species its not surprising. I'd only visited once before for an Oriental Pratincole but I was offered a lift up by George and Matt Moreton along with young Kai Gordon as there was a lifer up there for them all.

Stilt Sandpiper

Long-billed Dowitcher

Once we were in place we quickly found the bird they were looking for. A very smart Stilt Sandpiper from America was busily feeding in with 500+ Black-tailed Godwit. This was my 2nd in the UK after one in Hampshire and soon after we were watching the Long-billed Dowitcher that was present though it spent most of its time asleep. A brief list of other waders present were 2 Greenshank, 3 Avocet, Ruff, 2 Golden Plover, 2 Curlew Sandpiper and 3 Spotted Redshank along with the more usual suspects.

Red-necked Phalarope

Some of the Spoonbills

After filling our boots here we headed to Norfolk where a quick stop at Choseley Barns only saw 2 Wheatear for our efforts we went to Titchwell which produced some goodies! My biggest group of Spoonbill ever was on the freshmarsh totalling 24 birds! My 2nd juvenile Red-necked Phalarope in a couple of weeks was also busily feeding on the marsh while offshore an Arctic Skua flew past. I also added Knot, Bearded Tit and Red-crested Pochard to the year list. The latter species was also a Norfolk tick.