Pretty quiet on the patch during the last week but the resident pairs of Oystercatchers and Common Terns.

Three lesser spotted woodpeckers.

Water levels on the reserve continue to drop.

Approximately 5 swifts recorded flying around.

It’s amazing the difference a few days can make when looking for plants.

Always expected the unexpected is a good frame of mind to be in.

The wild flower meadow is something of a British icon, and a part of our proud rural heritage.

A family of Whitethroats were busy scolding me.

I recorded my first Emperor Dragonfly for the reserve.

Magpie and blackcap, and single stock dove, willow tit, mistle thrush,