Just a quick update on recent sightings....
Greenshank and dunlin have been on site today, visible from either the public footpath or near the Beach Hut.
Loads of yellow wagtails have been moving over the site in the last few days - this has included a group of 10 juveniles feeding and drinking on Phase 1 visible from the Cromwell Trail on Tuesday.
There are still good numbers of hirundines and swifts moving over. Numbers of house martins are higher than I have ever seen at Langford.
The marsh harrier has been seen again twice in the last week.
We were very pleased with the excellent news of a willow tit on site on Sunday. Heard by Warden, Paul from the public footpath near silt lagoon 6, this is the first willow tit record on site since 2010.
And finally - a double whammy of godwits in the past week. 2 black-tails were on site on Wednesday, seen by volunteer Graham Gamage and earlier on in the week, a bar-tail was on Phase 1, seen by Beach Hut volunteer Chris Stothard. Black-tails are annual here at Langford, but bar-tails are not - the last record being in May 2012.
Insect numbers are still good on warm, sunny days, with clouded yellows still on the wing and plenty of commoner species including red admiral, common blue, peacock and speckled wood. Odonata numbers are impressive, with banded demoiselle still on the wing, migrant and brown hawkers and common darters.