Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler.......singing both songs !

 

A walk around Waters' Edge on Sunday gave us quite a few Blackcaps, swallow, bittern and this warbler. Chiffchaff or willow warbler? It was singing both songs. Started off with chiffchaff and then moved into a willow warbler song. Very smart bird that sang infront of us for about an hour before the dog walkers totally disturbed it !

Dunlin, swallows and yellow wagtails

 

The dunlin is still at Toft looking good in the morning sun

When we arrived we saw one single swallow. By the time we were leaving they were a good 20 whizzing around, having just arrived. 4 distant ones here on the wires. A good number of sand martins had arrived with them. So good to see these back !

Lots of yellow wagtails and there is plenty to eat, just look at the number of flies. Our walk round with that lot of flies was pretty grim today.

Blackcaps

 

A few dinging blackcaps this morning at Barton

Our first yellow wagtail of the spring

 

Yellow Wagtail and a White Wagtail this morning at Toft

Mandarin Duck, Clumber Park, Notts

 

What is there not to love about a mandarin, it has everything ! A stunning duck xx