26th July 2019 - Coryton, Essex

A trip to Essex offered a nice selection of birds. The highlight was an eclipse drake Garganey which showed nicely on a small lagoon as well as a juvenile Cuckoo which was being fed by Reed Warblers. Other highlights included three Green Sandpipers and singles of Bar-tailed Godwit and an adult Yellow-legged Gull. Also of interest was a Southern Migrant Hawker which was hawking over a nearby ditch.