Rainham Marshes RSPB

And so when the report came through of a Common Crane at Rainham Marshes, I made a hasty retreat down the A12 only to be balked by road closures that lost me an hour and a half.

But I made it, and the lanky fella was still present feeding distantly on Wennington.

The Crane is in the photo mate.

A Cuckoo also flew past.