A productive visit to an area of Little Cressingham which in previous years has always been reliable for Sylvia Warblers. The habitat here comprises hedgerow, scattered hedgerow trees, bushes, scrub, and a predominantly Larch belt.
As predicted, the four Sylvia species I expected to see were indeed present, these were Whitethroat (singing male), one Lesser Whitethroat (singing male), 2 Blackcaps (singing males), and one Garden Warbler (singing male).
The most vocal of all four Warbler species on this visit was a singing male Lesser Whitethroat, this bird flew the whole length of the hedgerow in this picture and continued to sing with brief glimpses of this bird either in flight or moving in cover.
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| Garden Warbler |
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| Little Cressingham 5 June (Lesser Whitethroat and Garden Warbler present here) |
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| Little Cressingham 5 June. Typical Sylvia Warbler habitat. |
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| Lesser Whitethroat - an absolutely stunning Sylvia. |
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| Dog Rose at Little Cressingham 5 June |
Also seen on this visit was a male Woodlark, this bird was singing overhead, it also was seen dropping to a nearby field on a couple of occasions to feed and collect food which was carried into the nearby training area.
A distant male Sparrowhawk was seen flying low and fast over a large field before entering nearby woodland. A memorable observation was seeing the Sparrowhawk turn to reveal its distinctive blue-grey upperparts.
Finally, a single Cormorant was seen very high overhead circling, and then watched flying off in a westerly heading whilst remaining very high.
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