First few migrants :-)

31/3/08 James, Simeon and Connor.
We left Norfolk early and were at Minsmere by 8:30am. On arrival the Bluethroat wasn't showing (it never did show in the end), but several Cetti's Warblers were singing along with loads of Chiffchaffs. We positioned ourselves along the path where the Bluethroat had been, but the clear skies the night before meant that the bird had probably moved on.
Despite extensive searching we failed to locate it, but we did find some summer migrants in the meantime. 3 Wheatears were on a bank on the edge of a pool, 1 Sedge Warbler was singing near South hide, 1 Swallow and 4 Sand Martins flew over, as did a splendid male Yellow Wagtail. 5 Red-Throated Divers were on the sea along with about 100 Common Scoter and a Great-Crested Grebe.
We then went to Sizewell and found another Wheatear along the beach. At the power plant a Willow Warbler sang briefly along with many Chiffchaffs. On return we split up. Connor went to East hide and found a female Black Redstart in the dunes behind the hide, whilst James and I went to West hide, where we had a Bittern fly over the reeds.
All three of us located a Caspian Gull on the marsh. A Bittern was heard booming.
We then went to Dunwich Heath and had a singing male Firecrest but didn't have time to see any Dartford Warblers.
The next stop was Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth. On arrival the Glaucous Gull was sitting in the sun on its own on a jetty. It showed very well for about ten minutes, allowing us to get brilliant views and several pics (see front page). The bird then flew towards the sea with some other gulls, showing the white wings.
The final stop was a site in the brecks where we got 2 singing male Firecrests and 1 showed very well at the top of a small tree.
It was an awesome day, but annoyingly we returned with no Bluethroat on our lists!