At this time of the year, for some reason, Bearded Tits seem to flock together in the reed beds at Stodmarsh and Grove Ferry, so with this in mind, last Sunday (1st October), I met up with Tim Gutsell and we wandered the back path down to the Marsh hide from the Stodmarsh end of the reserve. Just short of the Marsh hide we heard the familiar "pinging" of several Bearded Tits in the reed bed and it was not long before we had a sizeable flock in front of us. They were very obliging at times with sometimes three to four birds perched on the same Bull Rush head. It was not long before we were joined by other photographers and we were busy for the best part of an hour before the birds seemed to disappear lower down in the reeds as the wind strengthened. General consensus of opinion estimated probably 100 plus birds present and extremely vocal, even I could hear them.
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