News of a singing Zitting Cisticola - the bird formally known as Fan-tailed Warbler - at Walberswick in August had me heading down to Suffolk overnight for an early start.
Walberswick Beach
After a cold dawn the bird was soon active, singing from the reeds and bushes, and making regular song-flights. Never close, it did show really well for a couple of hours.
A couple of weeks later it was established that there were too adults and up to five birds were eventually seen, proving that breeding had occurred in the UK for the first time.
Zitting Cisticola
With a juvenile Black Stork being seen regularly down the coast at Boyton Marshes, it seemed sensible to call in there later in the morning before heading home. The bird had flown off from its preferred feeding channel, but after a lengthy walk to get there is soon headed back and showed very well.
Black Stork at Boyton Marshes in Suffolk
Thanks for looking!
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