Last week a yellow browed warbler spent several days at Farmoor Reservoir, in some bushes behind the toilet block; sadly, I couldn't make it but yesterday I read that another had been reported in a rather more picturesque location at Coate Water, in some bushes near to a pond. I have only seen one of these birds before, which stayed around for several weeks in an area of the Cotswold Water parks.
I drove the short journey over to the Country Park yesterday afternoon and was told where the bird had been seen, in an area only a few hundred yards from the car park, but despite a good look by several birders for an hour or thereabouts, nothing appeared, although, there were several chiffchaffs, goldcrests, bluetits and a wren, and my first redwings of this autumn.
Having a day off today in rather better weather - cold but sunny after yesterday's drizzle and cloud- I headed over there this morning. The sun was bright and I decided to experiment with some photography with the light behind some swans that were preening in the shallows of the lake.
I then walked over to the area of yesterday's search, but then noticed a couple of people looking at bushes on the opposite side of the pond. Upon asking, they told me that they had seen the warbler, but I might get a better view for photos if I went round the back of the bushes as the sun would be on it.
I did so,and came across a couple more photographers looking up at some saplings. They soon pointed it out for me; a tiny warbler with yellowish 'eyebrow' and wing bars. Typically, it was moving in out of the leaves as it hunted for insects, only occasionally coming into full view. It flew into another row of trees behind us before returning to the original area. It was visible here and there for about twenty minutes I suppose, before it disappeared and I decided to take a walk further round the lake before returning the car.
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