A walk over to Hadham Hall lagoon this afternoon was not too productive. Hoping for a good show of insects, but only large and small white, gatekeeper and meadow brown around the lagoon. Here, the grass had been strimmed, hence the scarcity of insects. Returning to the hall, however, a fly by small heath was a good record. Emperor and black tailed skimmer dragonflies were seen in small numbers along with 25+ common blue damsels roosting on the lily pads
Singles of reed bunting, pied wagtail, lesser black backed gull and green woodpecker were observed along with a party of linnets, family of coots and moorhen as well as a solitary yellowhammer. 2 red legged partridge were also witnessed on a recently ploughed field.
Also of note: a hobby was seen over Ash Valley Golf Club yesterday at noon, chasing a large migratory group of swallows and martins. Their alarm calls attracted my attention to the bird as I had a disasterous round of golf!
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