A brief walk between showers produced a few Meliscaeva auricollis, although the photo was from yesterday, several Cardinal Beetles, two Firecrests were singing from deep in cover, one on the forest side and one on the road side. On the pond the Moorhens now have three very small chicks, presumably just a couple of days old. The usual route is now getting overgrown and so was very wet. Where the scrub thickens a Chiffchaff alarm called and came in response to some pishing; seemed as if it was tending presumably fledged young.
