Sunday 11 March 2012

Cetti's at Girton

My WeBS count at Girton didn't throw up anything too unexpected in terms of wildfowl today (although there's definately been an influx of Oystercatchers, with at least 6 birds present). The highlight was in fact a singing Cetti's Warbler - a first for the site. I'm going to keep it's precise location under wraps as this is still a rare birds in Notts; up to 2007 there had only been eight records, with the first confirmed breeding in the county at Attenborough that year. Locally, the first turned up in November 2009 at Langford Lowfields (where they remain, and presumably breed), and there was also a bird singing temporarily at Balderton Lake in 2010, so it looks like they may be consolidating their toe hold at this end of the Trent Valley.

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