A very 'polished' looking Roe Deer was happliy munching away on roadside vegetation between junctions 2 and 3 on the way home. Lets hope it's smart enough to avoid trying to cross the road!!
Around the pond a surprise in the form of a Tufted Duck female with one small chick whose survival chances are pretty much nil; presumably the rest of the brood were swallowed up almost immediately, and a couple of Cormorants (one feeding, one drying out). One alarm-calling Swallow high overhead and a couple of Swifts. Still three or four female V.zonaria nectaring on Hemp Agrimony alongside several Myathropa florea, fresh Red Admiral, Comma, Speckled Woods and Holly Blue.
