1st June 2009

A quick hour round the reserve this morning in the glorious sunshine. Plenty of breeding activity with a brood of seven Shelduck on the main pool and a single Moorhen chick on the small pool with the now healthy looking reed bed. The female mallard seems to have had another brood too. The morning was complete when a Marsh Harrier scattered the gulls from the main pool and flew off high to east.

Recent Sightings

Not much to report from the reserve over the weekend. The three Scaup are still present and Sam Williams managed the superb flight shot of the drake Pintail, below.