Wednesday morning I had the opportunity to get out fairly early (earlier than John for a change!). There was a Grasshopper Warbler reeling just to the east of the reservoir, in the scrubby vegetation east of the river. There was also three Wheatears along the western shore early one, but they were pushed around by dog walkers and we could only see two a little later alogn the fence through the cattle field. Other than that a single Lesser Whitethroat was the only bird of note.
At lunchtime John had our first Whitethroat of the year and several butterflies including an Orange Tip.
Birding and wildlife blog for Grimsbury Reservoir, Grimsbury Woodland Nature Reserve and the Upper Cherwell Valley, north Oxfordshire.
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This is no Farmoor, Otmoor or Port Meadow. This is Grimsbury. It's Grim up north!
There is a running total year list in the link above.
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