Maple Lodge Nature Reserve & Lynsters Farm

An afternoon visit in unsettled conditions provided the following species:-
Great Crested Grebe (1), Great Cormorant (2), Grey Heron (1), Gadwall (3), Mallard (19), Northern Shoveler (3), Tufted Duck (4), Red Kite (1), Common Buzzard (2), Common Moorhen (7), Eurasian Coot (5), Black-headed Gull, Stock Dove (20 Lynsters Farm), Woodpigeon, Collared Dove (1), Ring-necked Parakeet (4), Common Kingfisher (2), Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Wren, Dunnock, European Robin, Common Blackbird, Common Chiffchaff (3), Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Jay (2), Common Magpie, Western Jackdaw (120 Lynsters Farm), Carrion Crow, Common Chaffinch.
Several Common Darter dragonflies emerged during brief periods of sunshine.

                                                       Common Darter (male).

                                                           Common Darter (female).