Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands 14 Apr 2026
Our birding group visit to Burton Mere Wetlands on 14th April gave us a couple of good Spring birds – the first Swallows of the year and the first Willow Warbler of the year. A nice feature of the scrape was the presence of half a dozen Mediterranean Gulls in full breeding plumage.
Other birds were singing well and we got very good views of a Cetti’s Warbler; there seem to be quite a few at Burton but they are not always easy to see. Likewise a Blackcap was singing away but remained elusive. There were a few Sand Martins flying around but, as yet, no House Martins.
Apart from that it was a fairly quiet day and we decided to go home when the rain started around 1pm. A third year tick was a pair of Pheasants. A Spoonbill was apparently on-site in the Heronry but we didn’t see it.