Had a short walk this morning in the sunshine along the river wall and back. Slugs and snails everywhere as they made their way back into cover and there were plenty of hoverflies around including various Volucella bumblebee mimics and lots of dragonflies including Emperors and a couple of Migrant Hawkers.
Female Emperor eating Ruddy Darter... even the hunter gets hunted... (Jerry Hoare)
Many Reed Warblers calling from the ditches and Little Grebes still giggling everywhere. Two Whimbrel and two Greenshank over high tide and 14 LIttle Egrets knocking about.
Let's see what the weekend holds.
3-8-12
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer