Pagham and Pulborough.

Coming?

A quick visit to the North Wall this morning was filled with the song of Reed Warblers, Sedge Warblers, a few Cetti,s and a Whitethroat....photographs very limited as they were mostly very well hidden.
This Reed Bunting suddenly appeared right next to me in a hawthorn bush but even he was hiding!

As usual the Herons and Egrets were not only active but very noisy at their nest site in the bushes.

Shelducks were feeding on the harbour mud....

It was good to see this hare in the field

An Egret with prey by the sluice gate

A Blackbird drinking from a bucket in the horse paddock 

Magpie on post

Pretty uneventful but the sound of Spring in the air was a joy!!

Earlier in the week I visited Pulborough Brooks and again the birds were well hidden but the song of Garden Warblers and Lesser Whitethroats were more numerous than I remember in previous years but the big disappointment was the lack of Nightingales...the real reason for my visit. Only one was heard and the view along 'Adder Alley' was very limited.

Distant Garden Warbler

Lesser Whitethroat

Several parties of Long Tailed Tits were on the move but best of all was this  Kestrel that posed for several photographs by the West Mead hide.

So where are the Nightingales?

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