Blyth's Reed Warbler: Today Dawn had a date with the girlies, a date that included taking the baby with her so I had a free pass out and decided to go and see something rare.
These unispring looking birds are migratory birds normally found in eastern Europe and Asia and rarely visiting western Europe so if one gets found its worth a trip to see them.
Typically skulky birds I got unlucky arriving later than I would have liked the bird had stopped singing in which it was showing remarkably well. By the time I arrived it had changed its behaviour from singing to feeding, and feeding in a dense bramble and dog rose patch.
Eventually, with a some patience the bird did make several appearances and came right out into the open before jumping back into the undergrowth.
The biggest issue was the variable light, backlight when it was in the best position, in near darkness when it came out of the shrubbery and forever changing positions.
Nice to catch up some some familiar faces, i'm glad to see folk have been doing ok during this Covid-19 crisis and lackdown.
