Interesting sightings during the first half of August.

Hedgehogs in my garden for the last two years.

This late visit was to accommodate a Cormorant roost count in conjunction with the Nation Wildfowl Count for the month of August.

A great sighting in Wingerworth

Front garden sighting.

The first Golden Plover of the autumn.

Great Crested Grebe have bred late on the reserve.

A humming-bird hawk-moth seen at Gang Mine

The low water levels in the ponds clearly suit this species.

Highlights for the last few days at Carr Vale.