Fortunes Frolic at 10:00 am this morning

The sun almost hot, the gorse smelling of coconut toffee, insects buzzing - surely there must be a Chiffchaff somewhere ............. no sooner than I had the thought, there it was - "Chink Chonk Chink Chonk" right over my head!

I get very excited by the first Chiffchaff of the year - somehow it's an indication that the world is still functioning when such a tiny bundle of feathers can make it back to the UK bang on schedule......

Plenty of singing Goldcrests - they have obviously made it through the winter.

(OK it was supposed to be a WEBS count but you can't help looking at other things can you?? Actually I did see some water birds too - two Water Rails at the edge of the reeds and there were two more squealing)

Rosemary