Weekend at Suffolk

Minsmere 6/3/10
Stayed with family in Southwold at the weekend,and spent saturday at Minsmere, one of my favourate reserves on the east coast.I first went to the bittern hide and saw two bitterns (in flight) in less than an hour, also about 20 siskin, some that gave brilliant views due to the hide being at treetop level.
Next I went to the island mere hide where I watched up to five marsh harriers hunting over the reed beds, I was hopeing to see some male display diving, but I guess it's still too early.
Other birds around were med and common gulls, a spotted redshank and good numbers of shoveler.The only letdown was the weather with a bitter N.east wind.