Nethergong Birding

I was up and out of the house Saturday morning at 05:15 where a few minutes later, I pulled up at the bridge at Nethergong. I spent half an hour listening to the day wake up and listing the birds I could see or hear. The surprise of the morning was at 05:40 when I could hear the sound of a Bittern (85) booming from the direction of the Stour Valley. It called a few times after that before going quiet. I then parked up in Nethergong and spent a few hours walking around in the sunshine and windy conditions. Birds noted included 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Fieldfare but no Redwing recorded, 2 Linnet, 1 Greylag Goose flew over and another seen a short while after in the ditch with what seemed like a broken wing. I have seen a few casualties of late including 2 Mute Swans which no doubt have collided with the power lines overhead too. there were 2 Skylark, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Kestrel, 2 Raven and 1 Great spotted Woodpecker. Whilst walking through the woods, 2 Treecreeper were singing and showing well which allowed me to spend some time taking a few images and trying to get used to using the Canon 7d mark ii. Also noted were 4 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Jay, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Peregrine, 4 Reed Bunting, 3 Coot, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Kingfisher and 4 Long tailed Tit. Nocturnal recordings this week have generally been quite quiet with only the usual suspects noted but with April here soon, I'm confident of  a few more good birds yet passing through as they migrate. 

Treecreeper