Sitting in the water meadows at Thyme, you can hear the call of the reed warbler. These small, buff-coloured birds weigh about 13 grams and are easily missed unless you know what to look for. Migrating from sub-Saharan Africa during the summer months, reed warblers form monogamous pairs building their nests rather like hammocks between the reeds that flourish on the banks of the River Leach.

Having lived here for years, we hadn’t fully appreciated our feathery visitors in such detail until we became involved with the British Trust for Ornithology’s bird ringing project. This revealed an astonishing diversity of wildlife and so clearly demonstrated just how important our wild spaces are for nature's diversity. The fact that these birds had flown many thousands of miles to spend the summer in England and breed here in our water meadow enthralled us.

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