But the star of the show was a much smaller bird, singing in one of the roadside bushes - a Sedge Warbler. I'm not sure that I haven't seen, or even photographed, a Sedge Warbler in the same bush in a previous year. This particular bird was very confiding - it would come and sit out on a relatively exposed branch for quite a few minutes at a time, and seemed unconcerned by my slow but careful approach. When it did occasionally fly off, it was only to the next bush, and it wasn't long before it returned, again seemingly unperturbed by my presence!

I took a range of images, as I got closer and closer - at 8fs on my new 7D, hand held - I took really quite a lot of images. Here are a few of my favourites.

Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Sedge Warbler

A lovely bird and a great experience!

More images of this bird can be found here