Not that it needed confirming having watched the two new fresh juveniles a few weeks back, but good to hear that Barry has been watching them all season and it was just the two - one on show today - a first for the reserve. And still five noisy Kestrels in front of Meadow Hide plus a couple of juvenile Cettis just outside the windows. Pretty much insectless barring a few hawkers, one Emperor male, one Banded Demoiselle male, several Black-tailed Skimmers and pretty much nil diptera. Marbled White was the pick of butterflies. An invisible but audible Water Vole was munching away outside the hide.
On the west side just two Avocets, 35 Black-tailed Godwits and a couple of juvenile Med Gulls. Three Common Sandpipers and a small but noticeable westerly movement of Swallows were the only indication of migration.
