Not been out for a month so decided to have a nose round
Started mid-afternoon at Nisa Lake and as usual nowt much doing just 6 Coot and 1 GSW.
Next stop Winterton Floods, it was as calm as the proverbial duck pond with very little in sight, saw/heard Willow Warbler, GC Grebe - 6, Gulls, Tufted Duck, Coot, Greylag, Mutes, Sand Martins.
Main stop of journey Alkboro Flatts, not been for about four years and very little gets reported on here from this cracking place, except in the monthly report by which time it's too late to see owt
When we arrived (16:00) we had the place to ourselves, we were surprised to see how high the reeds had grown, and disappointed because they blocked our view 
. In three hours we saw/heard the following :
Spotted Redshank - 10 (distant photo)
Grey Heron - 4
Shelduck - 104
Teal - 17
MH - 2
Avocet - 7
Lapwing - 2
Curlew - 2
Greenshank - 1
LBB Gull - 1
Greylag - 4
Gadwall - 2
Mallard - 4
Coot - 2
LRP - 1
Black-tailed Godwit - 7
Redshank - 2
Black-head Gull - 60
Wood Pigeon - c50
Collared Dove - 1
Yellow Wag - 1
Pied Wag - 1
Reed Warbler - 1
Linnet - 6
Blackbird - 2
Whitethroat - 1
Willow Warbler - 1
Magpie -2
House Sparrow - 4
Although I enjoyed the three hour stay it wasn't without pain, both for me and Dave, for me it was a constant niggle
and for Dave and don't laugh unless you need to, the shutter of the hide fell on his head and camera almost knocking him out 
a similar incident happened to me on my last visit, I daresay some people would be pleased this happened to us 
but hey we are still here to wind people up 
When we were just leaving the hide and for me dreading the slog getting back to car a young chap came past with a Labrador type dog, I remarked saying I wish you'd had an horse and I would have got a ride back, he said the dog would take me anyway
. The chap offered to carry my scope and tripod ( Dave had carried it there) so I took him up on his offer, I had enough walking with me stick and carrying camera gear. We had a very interesting chat about the place and people. When we reached our cars I thanked him very much for his kindness and waved bye bye to his companion. I'd like to thank him again on here, he did say he is an Alkboro resident. It's good to know that people who we don't know are willing to offer their kindness to us, the disabled.We left at 19:00 just as it was starting to drizzle.
Kind regards
Max ably assisted by DJ
