this morning the local patch gropper was at last very active and I soon found out why; after seeing him in wing waving display in the edge of the tidal reedbed it was pretty clear that a female was present but the adjacent male Sedge Warbler was particularly aggressive frequently attacking the singing male gropper and chasing it around the reedbed and up to 30m away; the male gropper sometimes flew back up to 5m in the air singing and vibrating in flight a most bizarre sight; the Sedge also attacked the female gropper and drove her out of the reedbed leaving the male gropper wandering around looking for the female; I returned in the evening and the action was still intense and there was also a second male singing nearby -- a selection of images below -- no flight shots!
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