Tuesday 20 April 2010

Icelandic Ash does not prevent early arrival of Wood Warblers

Can there be a more evocative sound of Spring than a Wood Warbler giving its full blown shaking, quivering tu tu tu performance in a leafless Welsh woodland?

There were 4 males singing in Canaston Woods this AM, seven days ahead of our previous earliest arrival date.

Tree Pipits can be heard throughout the Canaston area, and it is notable (and predictable) that they now occupy the swath of regeneration where the gas pipeline was driven through the woods three years ago.

Single Crossbill also noted.