Almost the first bird I heard on my arrival to Doxey Marshes this evening was a sedge warbler, a long awaited year tick. These stripy 'across' are probably one of my favourite warblers, certainly of those that occur on the reserve.
Tillington Flash and the scrape were surprisingly quiet at first, but birds soon started to drop in ready to roost. A pair of shelduck dropped in, followed by another pair that caused a bit of an argument. A pair of little egrets arrived in the roosting tree along with 5 cormorants. Otherwise the only other birds of interest were a couple of displaying lapwing and a single snipe.
It was clear there has been another arrival of willow warbler last night, not only more birds at Doxey Marshes but also around the grounds at The Wolseley Centre earlier in the day.
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