Morden Bog - Sun 15 Apr

After the very successful boat trip we headed off to Wareham Forest for a walk around Morden Bog where we failed to locate any Great Grey Shrikes (two have been present for most of the winter). A Firecrest was foraging in bushes behind the car and was very obliging but the weather soon took a bit of a change for the worse with heavy and consistent rain coming in and before long we were all pretty soaked. That being said we did hear a Cuckoo singing and a pair of Woodlark were a welcome sight. A couple of Tree Pipits were also back on territory and I heard my first Willow Warbler of the year. A single male Stonechat was also seen but the poor weather put pay to any further birding and we gave up after an hour or so and headed off home after an enjoyable morning out.