Brushes Reservoir is the second lowest reservoir of a series of four in the Brushes valley. Above Stalybridge in Greater Manchester and offers an easy 2 mile walk past Walkerwood and Brushes reservoirs surrounded by a mixture of open grassland, woodland and good views of the Brushes Valley and surrounding hills.
The bird is pretty faithful to an area along a path up a slight hill, above the Brushes Reservoir. We could hear it on approach and when we saw it the bird was continually singing and foraging out in the open.
Wood warblers are green above and bright white below, with a yellow throat and yellow eyebrow stripe. They are a little larger than the similar willow warbler and chiffchaff but have a very distinct song.