Thanks to volunteer Graham for his report and photos.
Once again it was bright and breezy at Pulborough Brooks on Sunday.
For once I bypassed West Mead Hide and I was soon in Winpenny Hide. At least eight Little Egrets were in reasonably close range, providing some nice views through my scope. After a while I spotted a White-tailed Eagle circling high in the sky to the south. After the eagle had flown off a Hobby was spotted by a visitor flying low and fast at fairly close range.
It was not until I reached the Ditch Dipping Ponds that I had the opportunity to spend a few minutes on getting some photos. A lot of plants in were in flower, including Water Plantain
and Red Campion.
Along with numerous damselflies, as well as a few Small Red-eyed Damselflies and a couple of Ruddy Darters, among the invertebrates that were present was a Robber Fly.
I moved on to Hanger View, where I spent most of the afternoon, sharing views of two Avocets and 23 Black-tailed Godwits in breeding plumage with a good number of visitors. At one point the waders took flight as a Hobby flew across at high speed.
As I made my way back to the Visitor Centre I found a shield bug nymph on a leaf,
and on the zigzag path I came across a Common Green Grasshopper nymph
and a Meadow Grasshopper.
Having signed out at the Welcome Hut I decided to spend a while on the Heathland. Near the zigzag bench numerous Green-eyed Flower Bees were digging their burrows.
An Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp occasionally hovered over the path
and a Ruby-tailed Wasp provided a colourful finish to the day.