Birders may appreciate 'the Gropper', though. I ran back to the spot where I'd heard one reeling yesterday adjacent to the canal in Appley Bridge. I heard the reel straight away, but the notoriously elusive bird led me a merry dance for quite a while. It took about an hour of nettle stings and trench foot before I picked this skulker out in a little bit of shrub only ten yards away.
There were plenty of other birds to keep me occupied. A couple of Sedge Warbler parents were taking food to a nest, and there were recently fledged Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers and Whitethroats. It's big words, but this could be one of the best Warbler spots in Lancashire.
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