Don't you wish you could replay images of what you saw? I do! Shutting up the visitor centre today, I glanced out of the window and saw a warbler sat on top of the tree our bird feeders are on. Now, this is unusual enough, we tend not to get warblers close to the centre. But this one was a rather non-descript grey colour, definitely not a reed or sedge warbler (the usual ones we get). More than that I can't say, as it promptly flew off. It was no more than a three second view. Oh for the chance play back, zoom in and make an identification. As it is, it will just have to go down in the 'Unknown' file.
There is some excitement though on the bird front. A pectoral sandpiper has turned up, on the wet grassland to the right of the end of the road that divides the main body of the reserve in two. We seem to be a pretty regular site for this uncommon wader which breeds in the arctic and then migrates to south america (that is some trip!)
Also out on the reserve we have a couple of spotted redshanks, 4 ruffs, 3 green sandpipers, 2 turtle doves and lots and lots of black-tailed godwits.
Reedbed, freshwater scrapes, saltmarsh and wet meadow. Frampton Marsh has it all! Come and pay us a visit soon.