Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve had played host to a single Waxwing since Tuesday the 21st, and it was our main target today. We arrived shortly after the reserve had opened and connected with the Waxwing as soon as we entered the reserve. It was perched at the top of a large oak tree behind the visitor centre and would fly down to pluck a berry from the bushes and quickly return to the oak tree with its meal.
A leisurely stroll around the reserve produced double-figure numbers of Bullfinch from various feeding stations and our first Bramblings of the year was seen from Volunteer Hide.
We moved on to Titchwell, failing to locate the Woodcock but we did find our first Chiffchaff at the beginning of the Meadow Trail. As we walked the main footpath a Bittern dropped into the reedbed and slowly began to walk through the reeds, giving several opportunities to view it.
Before heading for home we stopped at Cockley Cley hoping to connect with Willow Tit. We found the feeding station back up and running and it was attracting a steady flow of birds. Blue, Great, Coal, Marsh and Willow Tits all came in to feed. Both Marsh and Willow Tits were very vocal as they flew in to feed making ID very easy.
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