One was singing in the woodland this morning when John walked round, in exactly the same place that he found one two years ago. It remained in the same area for a short time but was mostly quiet, but I did manage to see it shortly after I arrived (and finally patch tick Wood Warbler!). John had to go to work but I stayed watching it, as it moved four times to the north-east hop-skipping to isolated clumps of deciduous trees each time. The last I saw of it (c.9am), I thought it had moved further east again, to the willows over the river and assumed it was then gone. However, I later relocated at c.10:40 in the western corner of the wood by the canal. It wasn't reported as seen or heard again after that, but I expect it remained all day.
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It's reasonable to assume that these sightings all involve one bird, isn't it? However, a note from Richard Broughton on Twitter (who is off to Poland soon to study Wood Warbler behaviour) indicated this would be be unlikely as Wood Warblers are notoriously nomadic. So does that mean we've really been lucky enough to have three, possibly four, Wood Warblers visit this small area in three years? If so, we are very lucky indeed!
Other sighting today included a Sedge Warbler along the canal, the two Willow/Marsh Tits in the wood (Mark), a couple each of Siskin and Lesser Redpoll, c.20 Hirundines - mostly Sand Martin, a Yellow Wagtail over the cattle field and a pair of flyover Mistle Thrush (John).
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