Ibsley Water was pretty quiet with the masses of hirundines down to 25+, all looking like Sand Martins. Thirteen Little Egrets and Walter ( or possibly another GWE) were at the far end with many herons. Two Foxes were in the same area, one stalking, the other flaked out having a kip. A Hornet was busy hunting just in front of the hide.
No sign of the Ferruginous Duck although it did show later apparently.
On the silt pond a single Kingfisher and nine Siskins flew over.
On Ivy Lake nothing until a bunch of coots exploded from under the far trees followed by lots of Herring Gull alarms, albeit from one bird - a juvenile Osprey hove into view did a couple of turns and went off north although not back to Ibsley. Photos showed a BTO ring on the right leg and a blue darvic on the left but was sadly too distant to read. There seems to have been far less Osprey activity so far than in previous years.
