Thanks to volunteer Graham Osborne for his report and photographs.
On Sunday I was joined on my Hides and Trails duties at Pulborough Brooks by Toby, a new RSPB Membership Fundraiser who is keen to get to know the reserve. We started at Upperton’s Pond, where, almost as soon as we arrived, a Great Crested Newt larva swam up to the surface .
Along the zigzag path the Ragwort was buzzing with hoverflies, including…