Sunday 20 May 2018

Warblers and a Wheatear at Rainham Marshes

8th May 2018

The day started with a Heron parading in front of the Purfleet Hide and Marsh Frogs doing their best to drown out the birdsong.






Whitethroats are now present in good numbers and appeared to be singing from just about every bush. Reed Warblers were, as usual, less showy and mostly hidden down in the reeds as they delivered their rhythmical babble. However, even they agreed to break cover now and again.


















Sedge Warblers normally like to sing from a vantage point and are therefore fairly photographable, as shown by this one which had the advantage of a shrubby backcloth.








However, the star of the show today was this female Wheatear along the river wall. Wheatears are normally quite flighty and therefore difficult to approach for those rather special photos. However, this female was pretty confiding and would let me approach to within just 10-15 yards.

MAGICAL!!!!


















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