The morning was a washout, fortunately the afternoon did give an opportunity to get out, so I made it to Pitsford Water nature reserve. This was fortunate as a Wood Warbler had recently been found in the trees tops by the fishing lodge. It had not been seen for over half an hour when I got there, but I decided to walk slowly around the area - all quite. Still, I waited patiently and finally its song was heard high above. Further peering finally revealed the bird moving in the tree tops. Good views were had, and it sang a few more time.
I then moved to the west side of the reserve and walked a section there. At first the area seemed fairly quite, but slowly birds were found. Near the duck trap there were Yellowhammers, Reed Buntings and 3+ Tree Sparrows in the Blackthorn. In the Sheep field a single male Yellow Wagtail was feeding.
On the water there were 4 Gadwall and 2 drake Shoveler, a single female Goldeneye was still present. Over the water at least 100 Swallows and a small number of House Martins. A pair of Oystercatchers were on one raft, probably with a nest. In all nearly 50 species were seen.
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