Titchfield

Arrived just before opening and started with butty and coffee whilst chatting to Mark and Grant who'd already been there a few hours, mostly along the canal path. East path closed so all time spent on the other side where a Kingfisher was glimpsed and heard near Darter's Dip along with Emperor and Four-spotted Chaser and Common Darter.

Water levels are still high so no mud for waders; Common Sand, two LRP, two Dunlin, 30+ Avocet, 70+ Black-tailed Godwit and 75+ Common Terns.

Not much in the way of insects but Four-barred Major (Oxycera rara) was a nice find and this longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) posed well.

A coffee at Mud Island and picked up a couple of plants.

On the way back 15+ Med Gulls were flushed up by a low flying helicopter near the top of Portsdown.