May went out on a high when no fewer than 44 Mediterranean Gulls went south over the garden on the afternoon of the 27th and two days later 4 Red Kites went north over the lake.
A walk on 3rd of this month produced some god species with Cuckoo,2 Kestrels,Mandarin,Coot,Reed and Garden Warbler plus Blackcap,Whitethroat and Chiffchaff seen.
Cormorant was a flyover as was a Peregrine(96) in the morning.
In the afternoon a Turtle Dove was found behind the pumping station and a single Red Kite went over s/west.
The next day good numbers of Swallow,House Martin and Swift were over the lakeside trees and amazingly another Red Kite was seen.
A quick walk after work on the 5th saw a Red-legged Partridge in one of the fields in the orchard.
As the patch has settled into its summer rhythm I have been photographing insects and flowers on the patch:-

                                                Beautiful Demoiselle

                                                Ovipositing Emperor Dragonfly

An unknown spider. Any Ideas???

I have recently found some interesting plant species on the patch:-

   

       

      Twayblade                                                          Southern Marsh Orchid  

Both of these are new species for the patch and I was super excited to find the Southern Marsh Orchid.