About a week ago I missed a Whinchat at Dickleburgh Moor as I didn't get there until it was too dark! So, the news from John Marchant that he had found another was too much to ignore.
Arriving in the centre of the reserve John was still there and although it took a few minutes I eventually picked up a Whinchat, and then another! A juv Stonechat was with them too, only the 2nd time I've seen one on the reserve. Whilst stood at the same spot John got onto a Sedge Warbler sitting up and then I found a Common Whitethroat and a Common Sandpiper.
On the stroll back to the car I found a couple of nice insects too - Water Lily Leaf Beetle and the red and black Sap Beetle.
The 'rare' Nodding Bur Marigold var.radiata that the site is famous for has gone utterly crazy this year with site management estimating over a million plants! The place is carpeted in them after flooding last year dispersed seed over the entire site.
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