It has long been held that birdsong is all but finished by this time of the year ... Grasshopper Warblers have been described as becoming night-singers only by July ...
And yet in Spadeadam Forest at around 220m asl one was singing and displaying actively in the late morning ...
... the bird came into view surprisingly well as it emerged in a patch of Marsh Thistles ...
... and then some display ...
... with a cocked tail and wing-fluttering ...
... before continuing prolonged song ...
Crossbills were also singing well ... although always distantly in only the tallest treetops ...
... and not far away on the Geltsdale Reserve several Sedge Warblers and Reed Buntings still sang ...
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