Not only did our new Publicity Officer, Martin Holm, start today but we have been inundated with flocks of House Martins and a few Swallow and Sand Martins moving steadily through all day in a bid to get as far south as possible before the next wave of awful south-westerly gales arrive....

And a juvenile Hobby is still around the car park area to take advantage of these determined travellers...

All three hirundines pausing for breath  - a great shot by Dominic Mitchell from the reserve in 2010

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Howard Vaughan, Information Officer