Years ago, this was a pleasant, enjoyable venue: I have great memories of Red-flanked Bluetails, Radde's Warblers, Collared Flycatchers and much more besides. Today, the place felt quite threatening: several gangs of drunks shouted aggressively: one group released a vile little terrier of some sort that raced around the churchyard chasing squirrels...
I made a couple of quick circuits and was about to leave when I bumped into local birder Chris Small: feeling a little less vulnerable, I joined him (at a distance) and spent another hour near the 'Sainsbury's gate' Holme Oak. Now and then a small warbler flock passed through: there were certainly two Yellow-boweds, as well as a Blackcap and, I assume, a Willow Warbler. Chris also saw a Pied Flycatcher, but I missed that: would've been a year tick, I'm embarrassed to admit! Sorry about the poor image quality: it really was a gloomy day...
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