While working over in the visitor centre this week I was pleasantly surprised to see a family of spotted flycatchers, with two fairly recently fledged young, actively feeding from a yew tree out onto the edge of the new heath. We know their first attempt was unsuccessful due to predation, but It seems they must have nested and raised young much later on, which is great news. The hobbies haven't left us yet, certainly two birds are still being seen around the reserve. We've had lots of sightings of treecreepers and nuthatches this week, often on the same tree!
I'll sign off with the most recent images I've been sent.....
Hobby, a late juvenile robin and a garden warbler, Rob Gilmore
Scene on the trail by Ray Piercy
Purple paradise, flowering heather on the old heath by Rob Gilmore