A few days in East Anglia

New job has meant that I haven't been out as much as I would have liked recently. Over half term however we had a short family holiday to East Anglia. Had a lovely time and it was very relaxing. I managed to get three new birds including two lifetime firsts for me. Definitely some locations I will be visiting again sometime.
First new bird was a rather distant snipe:
160: Snipe

On the second day we found out about a rather showy Red-Backed Shrike that had been seen near where we were staying so we headed off and I managed a few shots.

161. Red Backed Shrike

I would have liked to have stayed and got some more shots of the shrike but while we were there we were told that a Hoopoe had been seen 5 miles down the road. We shot off and when we arrived were told it had flown off 5 minutes ago! We hunted for 30 mins but no sign so we decided to head back to the car. Part way back it flew across in front of us and then conveniently landed nearby enabling us to get some shots :)

162: Hoopoe

Saw loads of other birds including a lovely kingfisher but sadly no other new birds. Before this year I had only seen 174 birds in total so am now aiming for that by the end of the year,