Part 5, Walberswick to Blythe Estuary and open access land.

Walberswick (continued), We carried on with our exploration , after seeing a tempting little layby near some woods on our way to Walberswick, we checked the map,found the layby  parked up and went and had a nose, turned out it was open access land, one path did have a closed gate accross it but a notice explained this was due to ground nesting birds, so we took the other path. This led off to a  gentle sloping path further into the woods,it was so peaceful, birds singing in the pine trees, cones littered the ground, lots had been nibbled, probably by squirrels, we heard shuffling in the trees looked up and caught a glimpse of one now and again, we were probably disturbing their peace, as there was no other person there.Further up the path we had a choice once again, one path led off to our left amongst Bracken and sparser trees, the other led downwards into thicker trees to our right, we guessed this would eventually lead to the estuary(we hoped), so we turned right, lo and behold infront of us was an expanse of reeds ,we could just see them through the trees, the path went on for quite a way, large trees to our left and reeds to the right, then it opened out a bit more and we could see the Blythe Estuary, and then just infront of us we saw a small muddy path leading out onto a narrow spit of land out onto the estuary, our luck was in, slowly and carefully, and keeping low as we got nearer to the end ,so as not to scare the birds, we crept out onto the narrow embankment, hunkered down near the end and sat with our binoculars and scopes and waited, luckily the tide was coming in very slowly, we had the sun on our backs, it was lovely and warm, and there was a lovely golden light, perfect!
A little group of Dunlin were poking about in the mud, alongside were Ringed Plover, we had perfect views, and even better the tide was bringing them closer and closer to us, we also saw Curlew and Godwit, Oyster Catcher, we didnt want to leave, it was so warm and comfy sitting there looking over the estuary, to our left looking over the reeds it looked like a new hide had been built, but we werent sure if the other path led there and as it was getting late, we had to leave.We crept back along the path didnt disturb the birds at all, wandered back through the woods, and just as we were about toturn back onto the sloping path, a very large grey bird flew out from scrub to our left,it was very large, my partner in crime had a better view then I did, it shot off towards trees on the other side of the reeds, it was very large and grey and extremely agile and fast in its flight, so what we believed we had seen was a Goshawk, they have been seen at Henham a couple of miles up the road, so its not beyond possibilities.What a perfect day that was and what a perfect ending to it.