For a few days now local birders have been aware of a great reed warbler at the Weston Super Mare sewage works.   This site has been developed to offer a variety of habitats for wildlife but mainly reed beds and pools.  I couldn't really see how I could hope to visit a site like this and see one warbler, particularly when the area in question was restricted access and behind a high fence.  However, several people had got lucky and James Packer had managed an excellent photograph or two so I thought it would be cowardly not to try.  I stood in a huddle with about 6 others freezing in the strong wind for 45 minutes before the bird even started singing.  It then stayed largely invisible apart from brief flits from one low perch to the next but fortunately quite close to the boundary fence.  Its singing gradually became more confident and I finally got a couple of recognisable pictures when it climbed half way up some reeds.  Unfortunately though it had a lot of reeds in front of it so I can't match the quality of James' pictures.  A great bird and an amazingly loud song.  I suspect that if there had been less wind, it would have been much more visible.

Great reed warbler - Acrocephalus arundinaceus