It is surprising how quickly the weather can change this week Monday was so hot and Wednesday so windy and wet typical British weather.
The Crook has attracted a few new breeding bird this year which has made the my job all the more pleasurable, as well as or success with the lapwings and redshanks we have had at least five broods of mallards and this last week three week old moorhen chicks and a parent on field 1 then out on the saltmarsh 6 young shelduck with the parents and finally today baby tree sparrows on the reserve we have been trying to get them to move along the bay by putting up clusters of nest boxes and it is paying off with ten youngsters seen feeding in the wild flower meadow. Giving them this chance of dispersal allows them to move to more advantageous areas to feed within the nesting site. We have noted this week willow warblers starting to move south on there long trek back to Africa.
Ospreys have been seen as usual feeding at high tide in the bay on calmer days.