AN AFTERNOON ON ME OLD PATCH!

I called in at Whitley reed this afternoon on my way to Marbury country park and had good views of Tree sparrow and Yellowhammer.

The bird feeders had good numbers of birds on them

Whitley Reed

8 Tree sparrow were seen on site

4 Yellowhammmer's were seen

After here I visited my old stomping ground,Marbury country park where I was rewarded with cracking views of a female Hawfinch sat up in a lime tree after a good couple of hours of seaching for them.

Up to five Hawfinch's have been around the park since last November

After seeing the Hawfinch I made my way down to the Bittern hide and waited with a few familar faces to see if we could see the Bittern.

Looking over Coward reedbed

Budworth Mere

A Jay and a Kingfisher kept us entertained whilst waiting for the Bittern

Jay

Kingfisher

The Bittern eventually showed really well in the reedbed.I managed to get some video of the bird and phone scoped photos of the bird which arent the best,but still a great bird to see.

Another lovely afternoon out birding and some quality birds seen for Cheshire yearlist.