Penduline Tit at Oare Marshes

                                         22nd April 2023  ;  Oare Marshes

                                                                               

Penduline Tit .

 On Saturday the 22nd April whilst checking out the copse at Uplees at Oare Marshes a message came through that Chris Gillard had found a Penduline Tit near the gate to the West flood !!!!  (Great find Chris)

Hiding among the reed mace

We all made our way around there as quickly as possible and within minutes Andrew & Steve could here it's delicate call, the rest of us soon heard it as well, then it begun to show fantastically well in the Reed Mace further along the path.

Penduline Tit.

The Penduline Tit continued to delight all comers over the next 2 days and was also a new bird for my Oare Marsh Bird List !!!!!

I am reliably informed the Penduline Tit is only the 3rd record for Oare Marshes.

Also seen back at Uplees Copse was a stunning male Common Redstart , the 2nd one this spring .

Common Redstart.