Sorry for lack of posts over the last few days, mainly due to internet problems. Despite "good" weather the
Little Ringed Plover chicks all seem to have fallen prey to predators, although the largest single
Lapwing chick continues on. The
Common Terns on the rafts on Ivy lake are starting to fly, the first three, all from one brood, flew on Tuesday and there are still over thirty chicks on the rafts.
The warm conditions have brought out lots of dragonflies with good numbers of
Scarce Chaser and more
Gold-ringed Dragonflies than I have seen here before. The numbers of
Common Blue and
Azure Damsels are amazing, with hundreds together in places. The picture shows a male Azure Damselfly.

Moths have been quite good in numbers, with several
Privet,
Eyed,
Elephant and
Poplar Hawk-moths. Following on from the sighting of its parasite, I actually saw a
Horn-tail near the Centre the other day, seemingly the first for the reserve.
Beautiful bug, love the luminous blue color!
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