Easter Birds - Little Ringed Plover, Garganey, Lesser spotted woodpecker and more

Brilliant Birding over the Easter Break, full of lovely birds, lifers, local ticks, year ticks.
Good Friday we went to Rutland Water was quite there not much about had nice views of Great White Egret and Curlew, was hoping to see Osprey but they were not on the nest.
On the Saturday and Sunday we stayed local checking the local sites, finally got to see Lesser spotted Woodpecker at Middleton Lakes over the moon so nice when you have been waiting to see a bird and nice that now I have seen the three species of Woodpecker.
We checked Coton Lakes and saw swallows, sand martins and house martin, spring/summer finally here, so enjoyable watching all the birds come in.
We then went onto Marsh Lane, there a Wheatear and Little Ringed Plover at car park hide, the Wheatear stayed quite distant but still nice views through bins, the Little Ringed Plover came closer allowing a few photos, I have fallen in love with these birds thing there so little and cute and beautiful with that yellow ring round eye.
Dave got a message whilst we were at Marsh Lane saying there was 2 Garganey at Seeswood Pool which is Dave's local pool, it was all units go go go !!! lol got to Seeswood and located them but they were very nervy and kept flying, but had nice view through scope and better the next day, very exciting felt special knowing it's Dave's local :)
On the Sunday we went to Kingsbury Water Park and saw a 1st winter Little Gull, was flying all around disturbance from the speed boat didn't help but did fly very close and had nice views, and did settle for awhile so got to see in more detail through bins from a distant.

Norfolk adventures

WOW.... that sums up are trip to Norfolk more than wow, Just on the drive there and back we saw, rooks, buzzards, kestrels, pheasants all over.  
 I have never seen so many birds I was looking forward to seeing one oyster catcher instead we saw thousands and thousands it was like being in a fantasy world.
All the birds were equally amazing if I had to pick favorite then Oystercatcher and skylark, the Oystercatchers are so striking with black and white plumage and bright orangy red beak, and the skylark seeing him on the ground so close with Daves telescope showed it in so much detail love the tuft on the head.  
Snettisham had murmations of so many seabirds and looking out all you get see for as far as the eye could see was birds everywhere, Shelduck, lapwings, ystercatchers, golden plover, grey plover, redshank, curlew, black tailed godwit, bar tailed godwit so many more.
The little birds too all you can hear is birds linnet, skylark, meadow pipit, as we were leaving we saw a marsh harrier fly over, love my birds of prey and that was another new one for me.

Titchwell Marsh was also full of birds, Black tailed godwit, Redshank, Turnstone showing well the light wasn't good but still got some nice photos of stunning birds so lucky to have seen so many birds close up.
The sanderling on the beach were so cute and funny they walk so fast. Oystercatchers on the beach too, common scooter and red necked diver in the distant diving in the sea.   

  
Field full of pink footed geese seen as we were leaving norfolk