28th April 2016

Chill wind. Dry. Sun.

Blackcap x3 singing
Pair Whitethroat
Chiffchaff singing
Kingfisher
Pied Wagtail far pool
Kestrel, male, hunting

2 Small Tortoiseshell
2 Orangetip

Leaf beetles
Pond Skaters on new ponds
Rove beetles, 5, on new boardwalk

11th April 2016

Water has subsided, pools showing more clearly.

Pair Great Spotted woodpeckers chasing and calling
2 Ring necked parakeets overhead
Blackcap singing at far end
Treecreeper
Chiffchaff singing
1 male Kestrel
2 Carrion crows mobbing a buzzard
Pair Grey wagtails far end
Pair Gadwall
Pair Canada geese

Wolf spiders on boardwalk