The question that's bothering me is was this a twitch ? After all Sizewell is one of my regular haunts when visiting my old East Suffolk stomping ground but I suppose I have to admit that I did go specifically to see the Alpine !
Like to say we, my father and I, picked it up straight away but it took 2 trips due to a pre arranged meeting Saturday.
I have been lucky enough to pick this bird up before in the UK but it would be a new UK bird for Dad so we had to go back.
We went back this evening and saw it fairly quickly so anyone planning to go and see it I'd recommend Sizewell as opposed to Minsmere after 6.30 and sit it out. The light is a bit tricky but when the sun goes down there is no problem.
Other birds we saw included -
300+ Kittiwake
Cuckoo
Black Redstart
Linnet
Goldfinch
Oystercatcher
Common Tern
GBB Gull
LBB Gull
Great stuff Andy!
Peter
ps Why worry whether it was a twitch or not? Surely an Alpine Swift is an Alpine Swift - anyone would be proud to get that one!.
We were near the visitor centre at about 9:30 on Saturday morning and the swift flew right over our heads for about a minute. Great.
We dipped on the red-rumped swallow though - can't have everything.
Did find a grasshopper warbler south of the sluices 75 yds beyond the windmill. Got some half decent photos of that.