I was cycling around the Cotswolds on
Thursday afternoon when a Melodious Warbler was reported close to Marsh Lane
Nature Reserve near Hampton-in-Arden. With sports taxi duties to complete I
had to try and get out of work early on Friday to make the twenty mile journey
from the Black Country.
Parking up was easier than expected and the
walk was probably about 1k. As I approached the small collection of
birders I could hear the bird calling from a shrub close to the patch. Despite
the bird being reported as difficult to locate it showed brilliantly.
The distinctive warbler had a very strong beak and a yellow buff breast. It sang from high up on the scrub &
vegitation but occasionally dropped down to feed.
Just need to find one of these beauties at
the gravel pits now. Great bird for a Friday afternoon and a lifer to boot !
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