The Common Terns have muscled their way onto the rafts and were pretty noisy; a Raven flew in quietly from the west. To support suggestions of a hornets nest near the hide a whopping queen was in the vegetation below and later another was over reception pond where a male Broad-bodied Chaser was defending its territory against a Downy Emerald which never once perched up for a shot, unsurprisingly. Elsewhere, this Beautiful Demoiselle was sat by the radar gate and on the other side of the road a Platycheirus scutatus agg was nfy. A Treble-bar spp. and this Tenthredo sawfly spp (mesomela?) and the wasp Argogorytes mystaceus were also new.
A look at the vaga site with Bob where also Nomada goodeniana and other tri-coloured Nomadas elsewhere.
Not large numbers of Sand Martins at the wall but enough to provide entertainment; sadly the only perched bird here was a Blue Tit taking food to nestlings presumably in one of the holes.
A Hobby was high over reception and Red Kite was heading off eastwards, 2-4 Med and 2+ noisy LRPs on Ibsley Water plus a couple of Garden Warblers around the carpark.
