IOW birds and nature

Brading NR - early evening

The northerly wind continues, so still chilly. But vis mig has picked up, though not much locally it would seem.

A late in the day visit to Brading didn't produce much really, beyond the usual anyway. Although two cetti's warblers rose to the top of the reeds - faced one another - and sounded off with some sort of display/territorial exchange. You don't often see one exposed, so to see two was interesting. Also their vocalizations were new to me in that context.

The fading light made it difficult, but I tried to capture the cetti's 'face off'
There was regular wing flapping and posturing from both, which lasted maybe 3 mins. It ended with the lower bird retreating first.