On the wader scrape 4 LBB Gulls, c50 BH Gulls, Kingfisher, Dabchick, Little Egret and a Treecreeper at the viewing point. Buzzard and kestrel were hovering over a freshly cut barley field and 4 juvenile Dabchicks were on the main scrape.
Another Treecreeper was amongst a Tit flock in the car park along with a singing Goldcrest.
Butterflies included 10+ Peacock, Small Skipper, 3 Painted Lady, 2 Meadow Brown and 3 Gatekeeper.
Dragonflies on the wing were 3m 1f Ruddy Darter, 2m Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, 2 Brown Hawker and 2m 1f Banded Demoiselle.
East of the reserve, in nearby Cudworth, a Swift was seen still entering into a nest site on the Beech Avenue estate (Geoff Miller)
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