So many different habitats to check for migrants that we are in August. This morning I visited the Watton Brook Valley at Great Cressingham for evidence of Reed Warblers passing through as it is now I expect to see them.
The brook is now full of lush Bur Reeds and Great Willowherb, attractive cover for my quarry species.
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| Watton Brook Valley 8th August (Check reeds for passage Reed Warblers) |
At 0925, I spotted movement at the base of a clump of reeds where it meets water, this was a brief view, but a short while later, a bird appeared, a lovely
Reed Warbler. This bird was quite rather mouse-like as it moved through the dense habitat. It did fly up once to pass through a large Blackthorn, but was then lost to view..
Reed Warblers depart their reedbed breeding grounds from late July and then use water courses as highways for migration, it is at these habitats during early August when I search for this unobtrusive migrant.
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