The Reed Bunting is a bit of an enigma at the Lower Lea, some winters it is very obvious and easy to find, others it takes on a wraithlike quality, slipping away at the edge of your vision making you doubt it was ever there in the first place. I haven't seen one for quite a while so it was good to see three, found by Gary, industriously feeding on phragmites seed heads at the basin. Two Sparrowhawks were seen today the first a female which drifted south over the basin, the second a probable male that came in low over Orchard Wharf flying inches above our heads before entering the eastern clump and dropping quickly to ground level in full hunting mode, easily the closest encounter I've had with this fierce little raptor. Wildfowl numbers were almost the same as yesterday with the female Pintail still showing well on the creek. Wader numbers were a little lower with six Redshank and two Common Sandpipers noted and the Kingfisher was still at the basin.
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