'Groppers is in...'

...used to be the cry. Often accompanied by the similar 'Sedgies is in...' Now, in more enlightened, grammatically correct, blogging times, I think the phrase should read 'The Grasshopper Warblers have arrived' ( and the Sedge Warblers too?)

This afternoon a couple of walks around the village and coast with Bunty was very pleasant.

This Fieldfare was feeding most of the day in the Rectory paddock alongside the resident Mistle Thrushes.

My first Grasshopper Warbler of the year was reeling away in Village Wood at teatime. I collected the camera and went straight back to get a pic but no sight or further sound was had. New birds are starting to trickle in as spring finally arrives in the north...

The pairs of Gadwall and Tufted Duck remained on the pond and 'our' Swallow has returned to the outhouse...

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