I was up with the lark this morning, arriving at Morton Bagot at 06.15. This paid off as expected when I heard at least three Grasshopper Warblers and two Lesser Whitethroats singing along with stacks of Whitethroats, several Sedge Warblers, and a Willow Warbler.
The only disappointment was that the Cuckoo which John Chidwick had heard on Thursday appeared to have left.
I had to return home after a couple of hours, but was back in the field by 09.30 and made my way slowly to the flash field which had been shrouded in fog on my early visit. This time I got really lucky as a Whimbrel was striding around the field between the two flashes.
Also present was a Little Ringed Plover and a flock of Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Before finding the Whimbrel I had spotted Martin Wheeler in the distance so I knew he was somewhere on site, and fortunately I managed to contact him before he drove off. The only other person who got down to see it before I had to leave was Mike Inskip.
The Grasshopper Warblers were no longer singing by the time of my second visit and were invisible on my early morning jaunt, so I can only post footage of a singing bush.
A nice boost to the year list.
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