Wood Warbler - Halldale Wood

A chance encounter with Roger put me on to the first Wood Warbler record of the year which Roger had located earlier in the morning. My favourite of our resident warblers the Wood Warbler has declined dramatically around Darley Dale in the past few years. In the early 2000's I would regularly encounter 5 or 6 singing males in Halldale with a similar number between Darley Dale and Rowsley but last year I recorded none and only had a single bird at Stanton in 2012. 
Hopefully this will be a better year!

Wood Warbler