Well, the weather broke a little overnight and there was a short sharp rainfall with some very distant thunder this morning. Sadly, the wind had picked up and it was mostly overcast so still pretty pants for wildlife watching, and if anything, far fewer obvious insects than in the hot spell, although this Volucella zonaria was a pleasing first for year. Earlier, just the young male Marsh Harrier and single Buzzard and Sprawk plus a few Swifts and Swallows - if only Barra's White-throated Needletail (or indeed another one) would settle down somewhere in the south for a couple of days. What a twitch that would be!!
Pretty much no other hovers etc and only 4Spot Chasers although there were plenty of these Meadow Browns sheltering low in the grass and a couple of Silver-washed Fritilliaries. A small Grass Snake slipped across the path adjacent to the first pond.
On the west side a couple of Redshank, 60+ failed/non-breeding Avocets and slightly more B-tGs. These two Common Ternlets need to get streetwise or else they won't last long with ever-patrolling LB-bGs.
