Cetti's Warbler

I arrived at Lodmoor RSPB reserve about 8am.  I had already seen about 100 Common Terns in Weymouth Bay (while I was having a cuppa in bed!) and they were presumably new in as I had seen none all week.  Also new in were several hundred Sand Martins that were feeding low over the reedbeds at Lodmoor.  Only one or two Swallows among them and no House Martins.

I walked the circuit on the south end were I was more likely to see some waders but only found two Common Sandpipers, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Greenshank and a Common Snipe.  While I was walking around I was asked by two people what the loud song was that could be heard around the lake.  I answered "Cetti's Warbler" and added that there was not much chance of seeing one,  Then a bit further on the bird below appeared and took no notice of me.  It was as if he had not noticed that the branch he was supposed to be hiding behind, had been cut away!

Cetti's Warbler