A Few Arrivals
On Monday it was forecast to be too windy and wet for our planned location so we switched to Tophill Low. It was quite gloomy when we started, but a Swift still whizzed past D Reservoir, but it didn't hang around. We went south and soon heard the harsh calls of Common Terns, which we saw fishing on O reservoir. Shortly afterwards we saw a Reed Warbler on South Marsh West. South Scrub had a relatively showy Lesser Whitethroat, and a Willow Warbler, but Watton Borrow Pits had quietened down after the large numbers of overwintering wildfowl. Lesser Whitethroat Ditto Blackcap Ditto Record shot of Blackcap Reed Warbler Willow Warbler Roe Deer On Wednesday although it was extremely windy we were able to continue to Skipwith Common. We were rewarded almost immediately with a Cuckoo, a Treecreeper and a fight between 5 Hares (see also the previous post). We heard 3 Tree Pipits in total, but the light was rather poor. The biggest surprise was a very early Garden Warbler - usually w