London Wetland Centre

It was back to birding with a bump today; not a single Common Crane, Pied Kingfisher or Laughing Dove seen. Nevertheless, there were a few niceties at London Wetland Centre. Nicest of the niceties was this Jack Snipe on the wader scrape:

Also present: a Common Snipe, a drake Shelduck, two drake Pintail, 11 Stock Dove, three Egyptian Geese, some Wigeon, a pair of Stonechats, and a mixed flock of Goldfinch, Siskin & Lesser Redpoll.

Most interesting was a Goldcrest giving sub-/plastic-song.  It gave the recognisably Goldcrest 'cyclic' song but often finished the phrase with a Robin-like warble.  Occasionally it would just warble like a Robin; occasionally it would give a Blue Tit-like phrase; occasionally both strung together.  It was feeding constantly, never pausing and never opening its bill.  I managed to get a very short recording of the bird by thrusting my phone at it—short because, not surprisingly, on thrusting my phone into the bush it flew out the other side.  I haven't amplified the recording so you might want to turn up the volume.