Before I went on holiday to Spain, I had promised a friend (who is coming back to birding) that we would visit Brandon Marsh upon my return, and we did just that this morning.
In order to miss the maddening bank holiday crowds, we decided to start earlyish and I picked Richard up at 7:45am.
Upon arrival, we decided to have a look for Chats on the Top Reed Bed but alas could not find any although we had good views of Reed and Sedge Warblers, a flyover Cuckoo and my first Swift in the UK this year.
We then proceeded to walk to the Wright Hide via the golf course and encountered further warblers in the lush vegetation near Sheep Field. We managed Chiff Chaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Reed Warbler. Unusually, the resident Cetti's Warblers were a bit quiet today and we only heard one of them.
At Sheep Field, we met up with another friend, Mike and we proceeded to New Hare Covert where we waited around and eventually managed to find Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch and a Field Mouse.
East Marsh Pool was very quiet with just 3 Common Tern, 3 Little Ringed Plovers, Oystercatcher, Lapwings and the usual ducks.
We then walked back to the Visitor Centre the same way and had breakfast before making a sharp exit, as crowds were beginning to descend.
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