The weather has been glorious and the wildlife seems to have enjoyed it as much as we have.

A hobby has been seen regularly and the nightingales are starting to perform with the vigour expected of them! Other songsters competing for our attention include : garden warblers, lesser whitetroats, reed warbler, blackcaps and willow warblers - and I wouldn't like to leave out the cuckoo, which has greeted me most mornings.

At the other end of the day, if you are not in a rush to get home, a barn owl has been seen flying near the visitor centre on some evenings.

Lets hope this isn't the end of the good weather, so we - and the wildlife - can enjoy it some more...