A sunny, warm morning with barely a breeze, I head to the patch hoping for some new warblers for the year. I'm not disappointed as in the usual prime spot I hear the first Whitethroat (number 89) of the year for my Hull list. Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Cetti's are also in full song. Again, three Cetti's in song along Barmston Drain, as a couple of weeks ago, appearing to be in their territory. I have a fleeting sight of one of them as it flies across the drain. As I return, I walk by the drain again, and from the cycle path bridge I hear a Reed Warbler (number 90), I even manage some photos. Not a bad day at the patch, with 37 bird species seen.
The first Blackbird fledgling of the year, by Beverley Road.
Whitethroat.
Goldfinch.
Jackdaw, one of three feeding on the playing fields.
A breeding plumage Little Grebe, I also hear trilling.
Blackcap in full song.
Pied Wagtail.
Long-tailed Tit.
Reed Warbler on reeds at Barmston Drain.
Brimstone on the Green Corridor.
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