5 Shoveler, 28 Teal, Water Rail, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 20 Pink Feet SE at 11.00hrs, Cormorant south.
Hirundine passage around mid-day saw 10+11+9 Swallows and 15 + 4 House Martins quickly moving south. Also present Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Cetti's warbler (JP/CG)
Insects included 1m Brimstone, 14 Red Admiral, 8 Comma, 1 Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell (the first since July), 1 Meadow Brown, 39 Speckled Wood, 12 Large White an 60 unidentified White species. Migrant and Southern Hawker were on the wing (C. Parkin) and a female Willow Emerald was ovipositing in a dead Willow branch in the Old School Pond (CG).
Also Yellow-bellied Slider, Fox and and a Jack Pike on the dike near the hide (K. Bannister)
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