A sunny morning with light winds brought 19 members to Frensham Little Pond looking for spring migrants. Blackcap and Chiffchaff were singing throughout the walk and showed occasionally. They were often accompanied in song by a plethora of more common woodland birds. The lake held the usual suspects – Greylag Geese, Canada Geese, Coots, Cormorants, a few Tufted Ducks and Mallard. A pair of Great Crested Grebes were displaying and a Kingfisher flashed back and forth across the water, pausing briefly in a bush to subdue a fish it had caught. Two Treecreepers showed well, but the Reed Warbler muttering in the corner reed bed stayed hidden. Two Grey Herons were seen and a few Black-Headed Gulls were occupying the tern rafts. A Buzzard flew overhead mewing.

Out on the heath it was quieter, perhaps because birds were already nesting, but Stonechat and Woodlark were seen, Willow Warbler, a Common Redstart and a Tree Pipit heard and a singing Dartford Warbler was eventually spotted by a few tall members!

Back at the lake Cetti’s Warbler called and two more obliging Reed Warblers chased to and fro in the reeds, challenging the photographers. As a grand finale, two Common Terns appeared, dipping over the water. An enjoyable morning with over forty species seen/heard.