RSPB Frampton Marsh

We spent a few days on the Lincolnshire coast -- ostensibly to see the seals at Donna Nook (see forthcoming blog!) but also to take in some of the migrating birds that past along the eastern seaboard of the UK at this time of year.

So in the pouring rain, we set off for Frampton Marsh near Boston. As always, I'm keen to protect my equipment from the elements so despite a break in the clouds and lots of protesting from the wife, I left all my kit safely locked in the boot of my car and set off for the hide. And as always, when I'm camera-less, I ended up having to kick myself quite firmly. A seemingly empty landscape of saltmarsh and freshwater scrape yielded the following: several hundred lapwings, lots of teal, a hen harrier, a little grebe, an avocet, a flock of goldfinches perched photogenically on teasel heds, around 500 brent geese and three whooper swans who flew past the hide in perfect formation.

A lesson learned. I will never set foot on an RSPB reserve without my camera again...probably.