Birdwatch: lesser spotted woodpecker lights up Europe's largest wetland

A Dryobates minor glimpsed during a cruise on the Danube delta awash with waterbirdsWe came to the Danube delta for waterbirds - and were not disappointed. This vast wetland makes my home patch on the Somerset Levels look like a garden pond. Egrets, storks, spoonbills, bitterns and herons - not just the usual grey variety, but purple and night herons too - flew alongside our cruise ship, or stood stock-still in the shallows, hunting for food. Related: Country diary: walking through Wise's Eye into a dizzy of birds Continue reading...