Saturday 23rd july.2005.
Myself and my dad travelled early to bawdsey in suffolk after hearing that the lesser crested tern had been seen on the lagoon here on the evening of friday 22nd. On arrival though our mood was to sink as there had been no sign of the tern at all that morning before we got there. As the time passed it didnt look good so we decided after hearing of the marsh sandpiper still showing not far from where we were. On arrival at north warren marsh we quickly set up and then got distant scope views of the sandpiper, at least we had a new species for us to both add to our list. Even though far off you could see the features of this delicate looking bird. It had clean white underparts and i could see the long yellowish legs, the very slender bill and white eyestripe. From there we went to minsmere and birded for a couple of hours before journeying home with our chins slightly raised from the floor after obtaining a new ( albeit not the one we wanted ) species.