A Red Kite flew over Royston Road, Cudworth heading for the reserve at around 09.20hrs (Steve Milner)
A Goldcrest and a Garden Warbler (new in) sang in the car park area, a Grey Wagtail was feeding a recently fledged young, and a Sand Martin was flying with other hirundines.
Insects included 2m Southern Hawkers and a Nursery Web Spider (L & A Corrall).
More insects observed from the Western Meadow by Chris Parkin included 8 Red Admiral, 10 Comma, 267 Meadow Brown, 174 Ringlet, 12 Large Skipper, 41 Small Skipper and 12 Large White.
Moths present were 1 Burnet Campion, 1 Mother Shipton, 2 Blackneck, and 1 Six spot Burnet. 3 Brown Hawkers were also flying.
3 Bee Orchids were found
This evening the drake Garganey made a brief appearance on the scape before typically disappearing into Typha reed. A Kingfisher flew along the dike, and Cetti's Warbler sang (R. Laverack/CG)
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