12th Mar 2017: Blackcap

Another new bird for the year for John this morning, when he had a Blackcap singing along the river. This seems very early and we assume must have been a bird that overwintered locally, but who knows. Otherwise there were several Chiffchaffs around still too.

This afternoon we headed out to see if there was a gull roost and possibly get a Med Gull, but the only gulls that came in were two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. We did however see a female Stonechat along the western side and have a Yellowhammer over, so a nice visit. there was also a Jay around at the back of the woods.

Both photos courtesy and copyright of JFT