5th April - sunny spells, light SW, 12C

This morning I made a couple of stops at two places, firstly Frolesworth manor lake, which can attract quite a good selection of birds over the year.  Most noteworthy I found 3 Willow Warblers in the bordering hedgerow, occasionally giving muted song, one kept still long enough to attempt a photo.  Given this is not their usual habitat, it seems these are migrants that have decided to have a rest and feed.

Also, present was 1 great-crested Grebe on the lake, 2 Canada Geese and 5 Tufted Duck, plus several Coots.

The next stop was the local lake near the village, here also a single Willow Warbler was singing, and 2 Chiffchaff.  The Little grebes were very noisy 'trilling' away.  A pair of Bullfinch were present and ~15 Goldfinch were feeding on Teasels.

It was nice to see a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly making the most of the sun.

A quick evening visit to the local reservoir produced 27 Goldeneye, soon these will head-off north.

There was about 20 each of Swallow and Sand Martin, also one House Martin.  A Cetti's Warbler sang several times.

Driving past the Little Owl tree I was able to see it was sitting out surveying the scene, so I was able to get a photo through the window, without bothering it.