With thanks to volunteer Graham Osborne for his report and photos.
It was hot and humid at Pulborough Brooks on Sunday. At Fattengates Courtyard a Red Admiral was on some Hemp Agrimony.
Although there was not a lot of water left in Pipe Pond a Southern Hawker dragonfly patrolled at low level, while a Grey Wagtail was feeding on the mud.
A regular visitor (Paul) had told me that he had seen a Whinchat from West Mead Hide, so I looked for it when I got there. I eventually found it and shared scoped views with a couple of visitors, although it was too distant for a photo. I made my way to Winpenny Hide to find a lone Cattle Egret among the nearby cattle herd.
A sharp-eyed visitor pointed out a couple of Roe Deer in a field on the far side of the river, and she then spotted a distant Marsh Harrier. This eventually flew a bit closer to give reasonable views to a number of visitors. Several dragonflies were flying close to the hide, including Migrant, Brown and Blue-eyed Hawkers. I moved on towards the ditch dipping ponds. By the turn to the ponds I saw a pair of Green-veined White Butterflies. The male was attempting to mate with the female but she had adopted the mate refusal posture, indicating that she had already mated.
At the dipping ponds I spotted three Willow Emerald Damselflies, a single individual and a pair in tandem.
After a brief stop at Hanger View I relocated to the heathland, where I found a good selection of additional photographic subjects, including a Wasp Spider,
a Robberfly with prey,
a Common Lizard
and a Scarce Scorpionfly.