I'm sure that caught your attention, I spent the morning on the Frances Finn BBC radio Nottingham show yesterday and within 10 minutes I'd managed to leave her speechless as I stated the cold winter can be bad for your tits.
Luckily I was able to explain the easily misunderstood scenario, and we talked more on the perils of cold frozen temperatures for long tailed tits, kingfishers and even the Langford wintering bittern - providing a nice plug for Morrisons, with the half-price sprats we used for supplementary feeding.
If you would like to 'listen again' then pop on the BBC radio Nottingham website - click the listen again box and select the Frances Finn morning program on the 28th of April. The interview starts at 37 minutes into the slot, just after Phil Collins 'She's an easy lover' - magic!
I had a quick run out on the reserve in the evening and in 15 minutes had clocked the female marsh harrier, had a glorious view of a yellow wagtail strutting up and down the grass banks, and then heard the familiar screeching of terns - common terns.
Only on tuesday had myself and Graham Gamage been wondering where the common terns had got to as many have been spotted in the coounty already, so very pleasing to have 3 birds screeching and wheeling around the Phase 1 reedbed, but will they breed?...
float like a butterfly